jamesq | Condos Roasting on an Open Fire

Calgary saw the it's most expensive residential fire ever this week. I had no idea until I had this little exchange with

bunglelord via email:

Subject: Pardon me, is that your bonfire????

Hi James,

Is that your condo that is roasting Calgary?

Welcome to the home of the Flames....

-Nazrat

He can be surreal at times, so I thought he was making some obscure joke/pun. Not getting it, I responded with:

What the hell are you talking about?

On his next email, he told me the news, that a condo complex by the Stampede Grounds was a raging inferno. Sure enough, I could see it from my balcony.

For the record, it's nowhere near my condo. And it's a good thing I put a deposit on my place last Monday because I'm sure all the available condos downtown have vanished (as 200 people go condo-hunting simultaneously).