Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2008 / Damon & Radisson
bev.:
;D ;D ::) ::) ;D ;D[
CASSIE HAD OFFICIALLY FLEDGED. i MISSED FIRST FLIGHT BUT I SURE SAW SECOND ONE
I am so excited but my heart w in my throat. (I cried and I did not get a picture) I ma sorry but it was just me today and I took other pictures and then thought , she is going to fly avian and I cannot run with a big camera around my neck that is not mine and drop it.
I just put it down and she went.
Now you will have to wait until I finish yesterdays report , then I will do this mornings, then clean house and then if time I will post pictures before I go back for 17:00.
Loriann:
--- Quote from: carly on August 11, 2008, 05:06 ---
--- Quote from: sami on August 10, 2008, 22:01 ---Carly, I was watching scenes of the explosion and fire on TV this afternoon. How far away from it are you? That could be really frightening for anyone close (and close could still be some distance away).
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Fortunately for me I'm about 20 minutes away from that site - and that's 20 minutes by car so it's quite a ways away. I did get woken up by the explosions but like alot of people I thought it was thunder and ligthtening. We had just had an day of violent storms so it never occured to me it would be anything else. I really feel for the people in that area.
On the plus side if there is one, there are no peregrines in that immediate area as it's all residential and low rise :D
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Glad to hear all is well with you Carly.. wasn't that something? And the news reports here this morning don't paint a very pretty picture do they? so many people are now homeless.
I'm here in Mississauga, and if you were around in 1979 you will recall the Mississauga Train Derailment, and those explosions and fires yesterday took me right back to that horrible night.. My parents and my sister and I lived three minutes from the initial crash site and were evacuated first, and were the very last ones allowed back in.. Chunks of tanker from the train were raining down all around and we all suffered mild skin burns from the blast wave of heat that rolled across us after the first explosion, when we were standing in the driveway saying ' what the heck was that?' ( a plane crash, chemical plant, etc... ) Our house then was damaged, melted siding, broken windows, cracked foundations ( and the house i now live in is even closer.. and has a cracked foundation from that too)> the fire yesterday and the explosions made me remember how very fortunate we were that night. ( nov 1979 )
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people who were left homeless, and with damaged properties.
OUr thoughts and prayers go out to the family and co-workers of DIstrict Fire chief Bob Leek who lost his life fighting this fire yesterday. May he rest in peace.
Many thanks to the FIre and emergency services of the Greater Toronto Area.
As Carly stated. . residential and commercial in that neighborhood... and no big birdies.
I know this is all slightly off topic.. sorry. Just a little close to home, and scary as heck.. tankers of propane would have wiped out this entire neighborhood and then some.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_25645.aspx
ballywing:
Thanks for trying Bev, don't worry 'bout us - you've got enough on your plate now - we know you'll give us the scoop when you can - hope all goes well today! 8)
carly:
Oh Bev, I'm so sorry - that's happened to me in the past too :(. No worries about us, you go and check on our girl! Give here a wave for us and have a good day!
bev.:
I just wrote the whole last part of report and clicked on submit and server shut down. ??? ???
Sorry , I cannot write it again until I am come back. I am so p-----off right now.
I am off to nest building. that took me a long time to type :( :( :(
See you later
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