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Saw an interesting Tweet that merits some discussion: 80,000 people moved out of a city in hours. No deaths, shootings, injuries, looting. #Canada

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) May 5 '16, 09:29

It's a very Canadian look-down-our-noses-at-Americans attitude being exuded, but the basic notion that it was about as orderly an exac as one could hope for... Was it Canada as the influence? Or maybe Fort Mac itself*?

* - Low homeless, impoverished residents. Self-sufficient mentality. Lots of pick up trucks.

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There have been some reports of looting, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 09:50 1
- Those must be fresh. There was nothing on Google News. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:57
"no shootings"? Even in Alberta, that's a low bar. -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:37
um, there have been recent pre-hurricane evacuations of millions of people in the US that have gone smoothly -- nm - decline May 5, 09:32 2
- I suppose that is correct. The mind just runs to the instances where it broke down. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 5, 09:33 1
  - that's cause Canadians are all negative nelly's -- nm - decline May 5, 09:40

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Saw an interesting Tweet that merits some discussion: 80,000 people moved out of a city in hours. No deaths, shootings, injuries, looting. #Canada

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