Rain, rain, rain.
16 communities, mainly on the east side near the Manitoba border, have declared states of emergency, with drinking water not available in several of them. Several highways are closed due to flooding, and some wash-outs.
At least the rain has stopped and my little submersible could be unplugged.
All the standing water across Saskatchewan and Manitoba means mosquito hell.
City of Regina has advised that several underpasses are flooded, and manhole covers are staring to lift from the water pressure. Advising people to stay off the roads if possible.
And the Riders just sacked the Hamilton QB for a total of 10 sacks in the first game of the season.
We had that kind of thing a little while ago; it’s not weather that one wants to be out in. Good to know that you’re safely at home–and that the Riders won. 
Thanks, Spoons!
Just saw on Sports Centre that at the beginning of the game, the Riders came onto the field using the visitors’ entrance because their entrance was flooded.
Riders have released attendance stats: 31,000 tickets sold; 19,000 in attendance. Too many people with flooding issues, they assume.
I should try to get to Regina for a game sometime this season. I had fun last year in a Regina sports bar when I was passing through one game night; it would be even better at the stadium, I’m sure.
Heck, for that matter, I should try to get up to McMahon for a Stamps game. Good excuse to get to Calgary again.
Still raining, off and on. We have to wet-vac in one spot in the basement every 20 minutes. I’m taking the first shift, until 3 am, then Mrs Piper handles it.
Storm sewers in our area are working well, so that’s good. We’ve seen a photo of a guy in a kayak on a street, but that’s not in our area.
Rain stopped for about six hours, so we got some sleep. Wet-vaccine down to once an hour. But, rain has now started again. Projected to rain on and off all day.
I’m going around the house humming the “Annie” song: “The sun will come out, tomorrow, tomorrow!”
Woot!
Enviro Canada has lifted the heavy rain warning!
To celebrate, the Piper Cub and I are going swimming.
Hopefully not in your very own indoor pool. 
I guess it’s close enough to midnight to wish all my fellow Canadians a happy Canada Day.
I wasn’t born in Canada; I came here from the UK as a 6 year old. My Scottish parents completely and utterly embraced Canada as our new home. After growing up in cool, rainy Scottish weather my Mum embraced the hot summers in Canada. She’s 78 years old this year and still loves the warm summer weather. The cold weather is almost unbearable, but she gets out and curls in the winter and gets out on the golf course in the summer, and never complains about the heat: and neither do I.
We have a very special country here and I can’t imagine my life if I’d stayed back in Scotland. Nothing against Scotland, but the opportunities here in Canada, especially for my dad in the 1970s were phenomenal.
I’m as Canadian as the rest of you born in Canada, but it took a few years of integration when I got here in grade one. I had a funny accent. I didn’t know what baseball or hockey or football was, and I was bullied because of my ignorance.
Within a year or two, like all kids that age, I came up to speed. I lost my silly accent and embraced North American sports, and suddenly I was just one of the guys. I recall my best friend saying “you’d never even know Doug wasn’t born in Canada.” That was a huge compliment as an 8 year old trying to fit in.
As the years went on my Scottish dad LOVED watching the Maple Leafs on Hockey Night In Canada. He was a vociferous fan. Bear in mind this was in the early Ballard years when there was still a glimmer of hope that the Leafs could actually win something.
Canada has been very, very good to my family. My aunts and uncles and cousins in Scotland have had a difficult time over the years, but Canada has served my side of the family extremely well.
In the winter we were fortunate enough to drive to Orlando, and Disneyworld a few times when I was a kid. In the summer my dad had an aunt and uncle-in-law
who lived in a cottage near Mancelona, Michigan. I realize these are US locations, but without moving to this side of the pond I never could have imagined such vacations.
Thank you Canada. I truly believe we are living in the best country in the world.
Happy Canada Day, mes amis.
Happy Canada Day, everybody! (Are there any Newfoundlanders here these days? Happy Memorial Day, just in case.)
Northern Piper, I was afraid you’d be in the way of getting some flood water. My nephew in Brandon has been pumping like a madman, but it’s just all coming right back in. He was supposed to audition for MasterChef Canada, but there’s no way he can get to Winnipeg tomorrow. I’m hoping they’ll reschedule…
I’m sorry I haven’t been around much in the last few months - my boss (me) is insisting that I only use my computer for purposes that are directly work related. That’s a drag - of all the time-wasting distractions I could be procrastinating with, you guys are my favourites.
I’m not sure if I ever said anything about it on the SDMB, but I parted ways with my agents a few months back. The good news is that I save 10 - 20% on every gig I book; the bad news is that my workload has grown by leaps and bounds. (If the saying ‘you are what you do the most’ holds true, I am neither a singer nor a musician - I’m a writer of schmoozy e-mails and grant applications.) I hope to be around here a lot more once I’ve established a working relationship with every choir, orchestra, and concert presenter in Canada.
Little darlin’, it seems like years since it’s been here…
My parents and my brother’s family went to that game. They had a hard time finding a way into the stadium because of all of the impromptu lakes!
Happy Canada Day, tout le monde!
Piper household has survived. The sun is shining, the basement seepage has stopped, and the de-humidifiers (yes, plural) are now the focus of attention, rather than the pumps!
Welcome back, Le Ministre! I was starting to worry that something had happened to you - glad to hear you’re alright. Sorry to hear about the new slave-driving boss. ;). Hope it works out for your nephew - would be unfortunate to lose a chance like that due to weather…
Looks like a lot of the Canada Day events here will be cancelled. Even though the rain has stopped, the ground in Wascana Park is saturated, with pools of water and squishy soil everywhere. They cancelled the musical groups a couple of days ago - I assume because of the safety risks of running all the electrical cables on the ground. Beer tent is also gone. Only thing that is on for certain is the fireworks tonight. Haven’t heard if the Lt Gov’s garden party is on. We often go to that.
And Leaffan - you’re absolutely right!
147 years and still going strong!
Happy Canada Day!
I’m sitting here listening to fireworks outside. My neighbours set a few off earlier for their 6-year-old and 2-year-old, both of whom were thrilled.
We had thunderstorms forecast today, but they all hit the west end of the city and we got only a couple of short sprinkles of a minute or two. Too bad, as we could have used something to break the heat and humidity.
Oh, for Quebec: Happy moving day!
(What a dumb concept. I mean really.)