Highway 1 to highway 21
This portion, both directions, east of Calgary has been closed most of the evening. No major collisions, but lots of semis blocking the roads in both directions. Also, seems like a lack of sanding trucks available to sand hills east of Strathmore. Also seems like noone really knows who is contracted to do what portion of the highway. Wasn't monitoring north of Calgary except for brief moment around 1800 local when they started to close down the highway. Did hear 71 and 72 on C16. All I can say is that with what I would call a very minor storm [compared to what we used to get years ago], it is amazing with the technology today, that we have so many collisions and highways blocked, then closed. What would have happened if this storm lasted more than the 2 hours as the front passed the area?
I believe I read that Red Deer was cutting available ambulances back from 9 to 5 over the next year. I wonder how many were requied today?