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Many of you are aware of the disasters that my town and area have endured in the last two years. To recap:
in the spring of 2022 we had the largest flood in territory history. Our town had been moved to high ground after a disasterous flood in 1962. A freak ice jam caused the new town to flood. Over 400 houses were destroyed or damaged in a small town of 4500 residents.
Almost exactly a year later a forest fire forces evacuation of the town for ten days. 18 houses destroyed.
August 2023 a series of massive forest fires force the evacuation of Hay River and Fort Smith for five weeks. Only a handful of structures are destroyed but both towns are now oasis surrounded by hundreds of miles of burned destruction.
The economic damage to lost business and expenses of evacuation are staggering. The mental stress and damage is incalculable.
Yesterday morning the crew plane departing for one of the diamond mines crashed shortly after take off from Fort Smith, killing all but one aboard. This is a massive hit to the northern community where everyone is related and everyone knows everyone. Our son in law works in one of the diamond mines and will be flying out on the crew plane today. Our clerk at work was on the crew that perished before she came to work for us and knew everyone.
We are all getting a tired of disasters.
in the spring of 2022 we had the largest flood in territory history. Our town had been moved to high ground after a disasterous flood in 1962. A freak ice jam caused the new town to flood. Over 400 houses were destroyed or damaged in a small town of 4500 residents.
Almost exactly a year later a forest fire forces evacuation of the town for ten days. 18 houses destroyed.
August 2023 a series of massive forest fires force the evacuation of Hay River and Fort Smith for five weeks. Only a handful of structures are destroyed but both towns are now oasis surrounded by hundreds of miles of burned destruction.
The economic damage to lost business and expenses of evacuation are staggering. The mental stress and damage is incalculable.
Yesterday morning the crew plane departing for one of the diamond mines crashed shortly after take off from Fort Smith, killing all but one aboard. This is a massive hit to the northern community where everyone is related and everyone knows everyone. Our son in law works in one of the diamond mines and will be flying out on the crew plane today. Our clerk at work was on the crew that perished before she came to work for us and knew everyone.
We are all getting a tired of disasters.