Sarcasm isn't lost on me it just wasn't appreciated. If you bothered to read my post Sean84 you'd see that I did not say "all is lost". So the reality is that YOU are the one going far is saying something I never stated. What I did state is some concerns that were mocked. For example I stated the the Bow and other East Slope streams likely had unprecedented mortality. I believe this for many reasons. Here's two: 1. the volume of water during the flooding was massive and many fish moved to slower water for refuge. Countless numbers of these fish then became stranded in small pools, the temperatures increased greatly during the time they were stranded, the water warmed, the fish respired and remaining oxygen was quickly consumed leading to a large die off 2. The bed load movement and sedimentation annihilated and suffocated countless YOY fish...........And no this isn't the first and won't be the last flood but what is concerning is the increased frequency that these events are occurring. This is why I wonder these things. A river can and will recover from an isolated event but repeated events may results in a gradual or quick deterioration of what we take for granted.