What happened to the good neighbor?

Too much snow, too little drainage, too much City inaction, too little community involvement.  That has been the story for the last three days as a frozen city drain has caused some substantial flooding outside the homes in our crescent.  The city has done nothing, the people affected have done nothing.

While the kids are enjoying floating their water tubes on lake Edmonton, I have been working at pumping the water to another functional drain.  It has certainly been a time waster.  The biggest disappointment however, has been the community involvement.  At least 10 houses have been affected by the problem.  Over the past three days only one person has come to help out with the situation. 

I think this really is a sign of the times.  There is a real attitude of ‘someone else will solve my problems’.  I am pretty certain if my neighbors were SRKF members the situation would be different.  More than ever I wish the world could follow our lead.

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