Calgary Stampede

magnusfide wrote:

96Brigadier wrote:

magnusfide wrote:
Hopefully it won't be flooded out this year.
http://cs.calgarystampede.com/

Kind of misleading to say you hope the Stampede won't be flooded out this year as that implies to those less informed that it was flooded out last year... which it wasn't. Yes, there was a ton of flooding, yes it was a herculean effort largely by volunteers to get the grounds ready in time, but the Stampede went off pretty much without a hitch.
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Your statement is misleading: the Stampede grounds were indeed flooded according to Calgary news. It did take a massive effort on the part of volunteers to ready the grounds and as I said, hopefully the Stampede won't be flooded out this year and the celebration will be a happy one as well. Those who travel from a distance found their campgrounds flooded last year and no place to park their RV. Hopefully that won't happen again this year either. A lot of us make that annual trip to Calgary and last year's flood was a hardship on the good folks there. We hope it doesn't happen again this year for their sakes.

Were you there? I was. Did you help with the flood efforts? I did. Do you live in Calgary? I do.

Read my post again. To quote what I already said, in a very non-misleading way:

Yes, there was a ton of flooding, yes it was a herculean effort largely by volunteers to get the grounds ready in time, but the Stampede went off pretty much without a hitch.

To add to what I previously said - The Stampede grounds were completely bone dry BEFORE the Stampede started, with the exception of the Saddledome (a stadium). Anyone parking their RV's at places within the city didn't have a problem, including right on the Stampede grounds which is where many of those participating in the rodeo stay.

Areas in the mountains is a different story, but the Stampede isn't in the mountains.