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There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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post #4

Port Roberts commandos strike. Canada should investigate which Intelligence organs were funding their efforts... This, of course, means that supplies of bread, milk and cat litter have vanished amongst rioting.

I admire the sense of geography and humour shown here. Yet people prattle on about politics. Hackers smiled when I was young.

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not without a Covid test, no matter your vaccination status...

And you can’t drive without a driving test.

Terrible analogy. You're not required to take a road test every 48 hours to continue driving.

Edit - might be 72 hours. Regardless... I've done a road test once in my life...

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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post #9

I misinterpreted the headline the mean that the city was continuously surrounded by roads, e.g. a wild animal trying to reach the city could not without crossing a road somewhere.

That's literally true of every regular city block, so it woukd seem a strange headline.

I don't know what timezone you're in, but maybe you need a cup of coffee?

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

#29
A different article[1] I read with a similar headline has this claim:

> To leave the Lower Mainland of BC, you would have to use Highway 99, Highway 1, or the Coquihalla.

I'm not at all familiar with the area. Are there really only 3 roads between Vancouver and the rest of Canada without going through Washington? That seems like such a low number.

[1] https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-closures-flooding-mu...

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

#30
post #10

You can still go around, through the US.

Not without a Covid test, no matter your vaccination status...

Not a big deal compared to actually being cut off with the current pressure on basic necessities.
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