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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Imagine If This Happened Here

We all know in Saskatchewan what Mother Nature can do when it starts to storm. Many Saskatchewan communities have felt the effects of tornadoes. The people of Billings, Montana are cleaning up after a tornado---one that destroyed the city's arena. Here's a video of the storm tearing apart the roof.



Here's an aerial shot as you can see the damage first hand...








An interior shot.....







Can you imagine the chaos that would be caused if something like this ever happened to the Brandt Centre or Credit Union Centre. Lets hope we never find out.

For old fans of the WHL, I have a question. Is this the facility where the old Billings Bighorns used to play?

2 comments:

Darrell Davis said...

Mitch: Rimrock Auto Arena used to be called the Metra because it was at Metra Park, the exhibition grounds in Billings, Mont. Indeed, the Billings Bighorns used to play there when they were in the Western Canada Hockey League in the late 1970s and early 1980s. For awhile, Dave King was the Bighorns' general manager and Bob Strumm their GM. I used to referee WCHL games there because the league would import Canadian officials for Bighorns games. It was, at one time, a beautiful facility built right along one of the city's rimrocks. What a mess it is now!

Mitchell Blair said...

Thanks Darrell! Hope you are feeling better.