The summer of 2012 will likely live on in the memories of locals for, obviously, the all-but cataclysmic rainfall which has dominated our consciousness over the past five weeks or so.
But there are some other incidents that have also proven to be as refreshing as a face-full of puddle water splashed up from a passing “dually.”
Kudos to the folks down at City Hall who not only considered cancelling the Canada Day celebrations, but acted quickly and decisively in putting off the official merriment until, hopefully, things have dried out.
As we all know, the dithering family member may be irritating, but a waffling politician or administrator is more than frustrating.
It was good to know ahead of time that we’d be giving the hoopla a miss for a couple of weeks. It’s not as though we can’t party in the mud, but it just doesn’t seem ideal.
If anyone thinks we won’t be ready to let our patriotic hair down for the consolation event set for Sunday, July 22 they’ve hopefully got another thinks coming.
Maybe it’ll turn out to be a regular procedure. We could go to school on how everybody else does it on July 1, then go all out a few weeks later, just like we had our own calendar... now that would Kootenay time.