After seeing what's been happening weatherwise throughout the rest of the country and into the states, I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that we have survived the first week of January relatively unscathed here in Edmonton. We've had a little snow and some temps down around -20, but nothing like places as near as Regina where you guys have been digging out for days. And even in perpetualy balmy California they have been shocked with major dumps of snow.
And of course our hearts go out in a big way to southeast Asia with all this tsunami related devastation. Even after the monumental cleanup is done it will take years to get those countries back to their previous condition. The biggest loss, after all the human lives, is the damage to the tourist industry. Even with rebuilt resorts, people are going to be a bit leary spending their vacation dollars in that area of the world for a while. With all the hurricanes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, the world is becoming a rather precarious place.

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