Stormpilot Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) And even more bad stuff. Barrow town pump station has failed. Sumas lake has returned. I can kinda see now why farmers in the 1920s wanted to empty it I should be fine. I’m not on the sumas flats but the vedder river is pretty high. CYCW (Chilliwack airport) is super busy doing flights between Chilliwack and Abbotsford. Edited November 17, 2021 by Stormpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 No, the pumps haven’t failed yet; that was misreported. But they could… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Latest news has the water level stabilized at the pumps, thanks to the tireless work of volunteers sandbagging the pumps. So the situation is holding. But evacuations on the Sumas Prairie continue… There are also a few towns in the Interior completely evacuated But the roads are a mess E: Oh, and there’s a large fire burning at an RV lot in the middle of the flood. All they can do is let it burn while hosing down what propane/NG infrastructure they can reach Now if only I could find the images from the news chopper, short of taking a picture of the TV lol Edited November 17, 2021 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Just learned that a CC-130 might be coming in from Edmonton to Chilliwack. Not sure what there bringing but probably something to help us. Edited November 17, 2021 by Stormpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Toilet paper, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: Toilet paper, lol Politicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, TheSaint said: Politicians. We have enough of those. Hopefully they're bringing something we can use. Oh right, we can use the politicians for hot air to dry things up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 It’s a CC-130J model. It just flew into Edmonton from somewhere in Ontario. Probably coming over soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stormpilot Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Via rail just evacuated people out of hope to Vancouver so it seems the Yale subdivision is back up and running. Cp cascade subdivision seems still empty though. However… CC-130J no 607 is on her way! However she might be heading to Abbotsford and not Chilliwack. It hope it the former over the latter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Just heard on the news that the CC130J is heading to abbotsford with 60 soldiers to help build a new levee. Then it'll go back to Edmonton for more men... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Just heard on the news that the CC130J is heading to abbotsford with 60 soldiers to help build a new levee. Then it'll go back to Edmonton for more men... That’s probably 607 then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I should add that the plume of silt thrown by the Fraser is not much bigger than usual, but it is far heavier/thicker/more opaque (is 'opaquer' a word?) than usual. And the tendrils stretch farther. And then there's the Cowichan and other rivers on Vancouver Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Pov it’s 1948 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) No, it's 1920 again. Two levee breaches and Sumas Lake IS filling up again. 2km+ of levee needs to be built before the next rain system brings in another 80-100mm of rain starting Monday. https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/9d5694ea-48d8-11ec-81cc-0242ac110015/?jwsource=cl Homes are in the way and will have to be sacrificed... Edited November 19, 2021 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: The next rain system brings in another 80-100mm of rain starting Monday. Another 80-100mm? Darn. Edited November 19, 2021 by Stormpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 And here we go again! After the flooding two weeks ago, we're in the middle of another trio of atmospheric river events. The first storm wasn't bad, but storm two has the mayor of Abbotsford looking nervously across the border at the Nooksack river. If it floods, the fields are already saturated so the water will be here within a few hours. And if the Sumas dike breaches (again, it just got fixed last week!), the old Sumas Lake will refill again, and it hasn't even finished draining pumping out the last flood. And if we weather this one, the third storm on Tuesday promises to be the worst of the bunch! It'll be interesting to see if the government finally takes note that maybe we need to get serious about fighting climate change, which means ramping down oil/gas ASAP. But that won't happen. Oops, I'm getting political, I need to shut up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) The highway was closed so they could build a "tiger dam" (water-filled tube) across the highway to keep the Sumas River from overflowing into the resurrected Sumas Lake and flooding the prairie further. (highway cam) Things are looking okay for now, just have to see how bad the next storm over the next few days gets. They don't expect as much rain along the border, which is good news for the prairie, but more along the mountains, which is not so good for the last highway through the Fraser Valley. I probably won't be going to work at all this week. I don't consider myself essential enough to brave that highway again. Narrowly avoiding getting hit head-on will tend to do that. Edited November 29, 2021 by StrandedonEarth apparently did not proofread after initial editing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) taken Saturday on highway one when it was open. Edited December 1, 2021 by Stormpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Yup, that's what i saw on Friday... It's certainly been one for the books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 This seems to be the only place can find the video clip of the dike shortly after the breach. It's at the beginning of the video accompanying this article, sorry about the forced ad... https://globalnews.ca/video/8419024/b-c-government-warned-about-low-staffing-levels-at-river-forecast-centre-report What? Government declining to spend more money on something that won't earn votes? No surprise there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpilot Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) Now that that’s over… it’s 1 degree outside and forecasted for snow! Highway 1 is open again Edited December 3, 2021 by Stormpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Yeah. And now we're expecting up to 10cm of snow by Monday morning. I know, I don't consider that a lot, but most drivers here don't see enough snow to know how to drive in it. And then stretches of the highway are still surrounded by water... it's going to be fun ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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