3rd near natural disaster/night out in Calgary

Hello everyone I am still stuck here in Canada but will be on my way soon....I hope. It is quite frustrating having to put your whole life on hold for this. 

Since I have been here, I met up with one friend for lunch to talk about my travel journey, and last night I met up with a few other people. It is always great to sit down and chat to those familiar faces about your adventures. Unfortunately in Calgary you can't sit on a patio without sooner or later someone coming along to harass you. After dealing with scam after scam and countless muppets in Asia, I have become quite skilled at dealing with less desirables. It is frustrating when you are trying to enjoy your day/night and someone is pestering you. Before the person had much of a chance to say anything I look at him and tell him to hit the road. The guy argues with me for a bit and realizes he is not getting anywhere and leaves. There were two girls sitting right on the edge of the patio who immediately say "thank you" for getting rid of him. I do not get joy out of being rude to people but sometimes you just have to do it. I had to negotiate with a cab to get a ride back to where I am staying and well it worked (negotiating for taxis in Canada is not the norm)! Wohoo the bad things I dealt with in Asia are already paying off!

Anyone who has followed my blog long enough knows I have encountered two near natural disasters since I started traveling; 1, in Antigua Guatemala a volcano exploded http://tunatom.blogspot.ca/2015/02/volcano-explosion.html and 2, in Jacksonville Florida a Tornado was close by http://tunatom.blogspot.ca/2015/04/welcome-to-rockville-day-1_26.html well now I have a 3^rd one. Unfortunately there are wildfires in the state of Washington in the US these fires are running quite rampant and British Columbia in Canada is dealing with fires too. Hopefully these fires will be brought under control soon as thousands of people are losing everything. Where I am staying right now you can see the smoke in the sky and the weather forecast calls for smokey conditions.   Last night there was a “red moon” from the smokey conditions. Although we are hundreds of kilometers away from these terrible fires we are getting some of the effects of the disaster here.

There have been times where people were the cause of natural disasters such as fires and flooding. There is a plethora amount of information online on what to do for natural disasters. You need to think about what could happen in your area and have a plan for it. I do not want to write down any of the information as I know I will miss it. Just spend some time making sure you are ready for anything. Every day I travel I think about what could happen in the areas I am in. I am not trying to get people worked up just merely raise awareness as it is better to think about it when you are calm rather than trying to deal with it when or if it comes up.  Take care everyone.

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