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

Post by lhorie » Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:10 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #166

lhorie wrote: post #100

For just a bit of context/anecdata, I'm talking to my brother who lives in Vancouver and he wasn't even aware this was a problem. The road closure[0] on hwy 1 near Abbotsford/Chilliwack is a good one hour drive away from Vancouver core[1]. So while it sounds noteworthy for an entire city be technically flooded in, unless you were driving to the boonies, you're probably not actually impacted in any meaningful way. He…

"The boonies", does that include Calgary? There is quite a bit of road traffic between Vancouver and Calgary via Kamloops and Banff. Or did you mean just West of the Rockies?

Post by ygjb » Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:12 PM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #195

ygjb wrote: post #119

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The overall tone of the thread is about logistics in a port city that is the main port of entry to Canada. Individually, the testing requirements are very disruptive, but it's one less issue that may have impacted supply chains within the BC lower mainland, and an avenue to ship goods out, albeit more expensively. This isn't (generally speaking) a thread about COVID restrictions, but if you want to sound off about th…

Fair enough. My responses might be slightly shaped by the fact I was going to drive to Vancouver next week to visit a friend and am flying to Europe in 2 weeks. > that no one really gives a fuck about how inconvenient travel has become for non-essential activities Plenty of people do. Hence why so many countries (literally the whole EU) are trying to facilitate travel.

Post by Tiktaalik » Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

bialpio wrote: post #194

Tiktaalik wrote: post #128

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Gas comes through pipeline from refineries in Washington, so that should be largely unaffected. Lots of produce does come from the Fraser Valley which is impacted, but also North/South links to the USA (ie. we get heaps of produce from California). I assume there's a fair amount of food that is delivered from the port, as a lot of food packaging warehouses are near the port. Most trade in Canada is North/South aligne…

> we get heaps of produce from California Are the prices in line with what those products would cost in the US (e.g. WA state)? I was under the impression that the prices in BC were lower, so now I'm wondering if the price adjustment to account for local markets is significant or not, or if I misremembered completely.

Post by plow-tycoon » Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:15 PM UTC

Post by suetoniusp » Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

cf100clunk wrote: post #157

zaptheimpaler wrote: post #125

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I live in Vancouver and had no idea until a friend in another country saw the news and asked me about it. Not to say people elsewhere in BC weren’t impacted (one town had to evacuate) but the media is not painting an accurate picture.

Perhaps the picture being painted by the media is not being accurately assimilated by you? This is real, and magnitude of the circumstances is dire.