It has been one year since Alberta surge 2013, when rain beat
the foothills of the southern Rockies - overwhelming, constant rain more
average of a typhoon than a late-spring shower.
In Canmore, more than 200 millimeters fell in 2 1/2 days, 10
times the measure of a commonplace precipitation that time of year.
A torrent of floodwater from the headwaters of the Bow and
Elbow waterways cleared through lanes and homes in such groups as Exshaw, Bragg
Creek, High River and inevitably through the heart of downtown Calgary and on
to Medicine Hat.
Upwards of 100,000 individuals scrabbled for higher ground
any way they could - in kayaks and vessels, in the backs of consolidates or in
the scoop of a front-end loader. Some swam for their lives.
In the repercussions, there was misery and despondency. In
the weeks that emulated, there was flexibility and determination. There's still
outrage regardless there's trepidation, yet much has been remade. Here are the
stories of four individuals who survived Alberta's surge of floods, cleaned things up and carried
on:
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