Last night was the Stanley Cup (Hockey) Final in Vancouver Canada. There were an estimated 100,000 + people crammed into the streets during and after the game. Once the game finished, riots broke out and many stores, businesses and properties were destroyed from vandalism and fires. Also the local hosptials were overwhelmed with 100's of injuries of types and there have been unconfirmed reports of at least one death.

A co-worker of mine was in the midst of the riots and destruction. He provided us this morning with a harrowing story of getting out of the area on foot (Transit was shutdown due to safety concerns.) It took him and his wife almost 5 hours to get home that usually takes less then 1/2 hour.

These links further graphically show what it was like to be in the downtown area last night...

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