Calgary hailstorm now second-costliest Canadian disaster

Calgary's August storm is officially the second costliest natural disaster in Canadian history racking up a whopping $2.8B in damage claims.

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[lucian]

When did Cillian Murphy become a news reporter? I’m here for it!

[JUVI]

I thought the carbon tax was supposed to prevent all this

[YardPrep]

Well sure with inflation and the dollar having less and less buying power. They can forever in the future say every disaster is the “costliest” as the days of affordability is long gone

[annettecoates]

Maybe a different kind of siding would be a better option!

[rgen]

If it does this every year, insurance companies will leave

[Lovethatjoke]

Human builds cities and Nature takes back cities!

[evguenikrassavine]

Humans decide it, to live with money system. They print them, they can print more.

[The-Real-Ginja-Ninja]

Start building brick houses. I always wondered why all the houses are made of vinyl plastics

[danielchow]

So they're gonna remove rate caps while they're raking in record profits?

[InvisibleHotdog]

The carbon tax didn't prevent this? Insurance companies are happy to take money but never want to pay it back out, they don't deserve help

[WhiteBantha]

Increase the hail tax it’s not working yet.

[markskids]

Thanks to Singhflation and carbon tax based vinyl siding.

[leonkennedy-bk]

Mason looks like the protagonist on Oppenheimer.

[bubstacrini]

Haha frikin plastic siding is so ghetto...
Wood, metal, stone, stand up to hail!

[nicholas]

Only in Canada will hard snow be devastating 😅 was FEMA deployed?

[CrisCDXX]

This is what you deserve Alberta.
Stop denying climate change and vote in some actual decent politicians that care for the wellbeing of Albertans instead of what you have now.
Reap what you sow