Three provinces and thousands of kilometers away Kingsville's Tom Welacky can only helplessly watch the Alberta flooding unfold.
Welackys' three children, Jen, Bernice and Rich all live in Calgary.
“The fact that I'm not there to be with them, and hug them, and help them, it’s a concern,” says Welacky.
Welacky's daughter Jen called with some bad news – she was evacuated overnight.
“They've turned off the power,” says Jen Welacky. “It’s a major emergency, a flooding disaster.”
She was told the water was up to the second floor and she was assuming the worst because she's up on the second floor.
“I can't believe it, it is ridiculous and it’s still pouring rain,” says Welacky.
Jen Welacky wasn't allowed to return to her home after finishing work Friday morning.
“I just found out my apartments' flooded,” she says. “Everything’s gone. Honestly I don't know what I'm going to do.”
Welacky has been told she won't be allowed back home for three days, at best.
“I'm gonna be very hesitant to go back to my place,” she says. “I just have to prepare myself for what I'm going to see.”
So far neither the Red Cross, Salvation Army nor reservists have been called into action from Windsor.
Walmart Canada has launched a fundraising drive for Albertans.
