jim morrow
Active Member
High water in the rivers, like Squamish and Chilliwack, will be bringing lots of logs, trees, stumps and branches to the Howe Sound and SOG. Beware!
floods/ boat hazards
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Good reminder!
Forecast looks nice for tomorrow and I was thinking of heading out for a few hours but then I watched the news this morning about the river levels and debris that are floating down from higher elevations. They’re also talking about a possible wind storm coming in later in the afternoon. Maybe it’s not the greatest idea to go solo fishing in the Sound until it settles a bit.
It’s been a crazy year weatherwise!
Yep. Water level at Vedder went up by 2m in less than 24 hrs.it’s a similar situation for most other flows. The impact on the Chum run could be devastating.
ziggy
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I’m sure the other species Redds will also get blown out. Could be a real disaster.
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Just drove over the golden ear bridge and there is a line of **** floating down huge logs, trees, bark. Even looks like some debre from the upstream mills
trophywife
Crew Member
oh man,, anyone want to buy a booming drainage business?
ship happens
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tubber
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Glad I got down to the old folks home in White Rock to see Mom on Friday. Looks like the backside of the storm just passed Kelowna. Crazy wind, rain, lightning and thunder for about 6 minutes. Now it's calm again. Soccer game in Edmonton tomorrow should be interesting when the moisture and the cold combine to make the Mexican team cry.
ab1752
Crew Member
I was driving down upper riverside at about 50 kph, looked over to see an 80' tree pass me in the river! It's crazy and folks on the west side have experienced a full breach onto their properties.
Friends were driving down from osoyoos last night and got caught around hope. They ended up hydrolocking the engine in the 440i and had to leave it, most likely a total loss.
Friends were driving down from osoyoos last night and got caught around hope. They ended up hydrolocking the engine in the 440i and had to leave it, most likely a total loss.
Corey_lax
Crew Member
My buddy is stuck on Highway 7 near Agassiz. Spent the night in the truck and they were just told that they might not be moving tomorrow either. They are right beside a band office so have access to water and bathrooms. They knew weather was crap though and stocked up on beer, food, and gas prior to making the trip home. I went through the same area about 4-5 hours prior to him going through so I was almost caught in it. Absolute craziness.
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Sea Chaser
Crew Member
Glad they stocked up on beer that would suck
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Man I feel for all the flood victims that are gonna spend the next 6 months rebuilding.
not easy right now
not easy right now
Sea Chaser
Crew Member
Wonder if your buddy got air lifted out of there ?
trophywife
Crew Member
fogducker is somewhere out there!!
Sir Reel
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There is currently no route between the Lower Mainland and the rest of Canada.
Slide completely wipes out Trans-Canada at Tank Hill east of Lytton - BC News
The Trans-Canada Highway has been completely washed out at the Tank Hill rail overpass east of Lytton.
www.castanet.net
Corey_lax
Crew Member
No, they were airlifting people that were stuck between the two mud slides. And anyone with a medical emergency. There was someone going from car to car to try to find insulin….
My buddy was stuck between the mudslide and the rockslide. They cleared the rockslide so he’s back in hope now waiting for highway 1 to open which may happen tonight
cracked_ribs
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Look on the bright side...if you average out the temperatures and rainfall numbers over the entire year, the downpours probably cancel out the heatwaves and this year ends up looking really typical!
