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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 by cf100clunk »

suetoniusp wrote: post #209
cf100clunk wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Perhaps the picture being painted by the media is not an accurate representation of reality. Get a grip man

The parent comment to mine specifically mentioned media coverage. So, bearing in mind that there are states of emergency declared throughout the Province Of British Columbia as a direct consequence of this atmospheric event, there is plenty of objective primary source material available to anyone from those authorities should a person decline to believe media reportage.

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

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Post by vkou »

suetoniusp wrote: post #209
cf100clunk wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Perhaps the picture being painted by the media is not an accurate representation of reality. Get a grip man

The picture painted by the media is a pretty accurate representation of reality. This recent spat of weather has been pretty horrifying for a lot of people in the valley. Mudslides, power outages, flooding. My parents have been dealing with it for the past few days in their homestead out by Chilliwack, and it's not been great.

I understand that someone WFH in their swanky Kits apartments isn't particularly impacted by any of this, but there does exist a BC outside of Vancouver.

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

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Post by itronitron »

Dedime wrote: post #7

I surprised you didn't link Kelowna's finest newspaper, Castanet: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/351544/Mudslides-close-all-... I love them because their reporting is terrible and the site itself is straight out of the 90's. They used to run polls that were easy to manipulate, according to a ex-coworker of mine. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Nonetheless, everybody in Kelowna acts like Castanet is…

+1 for the link on their front page to a 'Tuesday Meme Dump'

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

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Post by progman32 »

ashtonkem wrote: post #76
javajosh wrote: post #57

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That garmin is a cool toy, but pricey ($400 for the device plus $50/mo for unlimited text service). What does your family member do that they have one? It seems like the kind of thing a park ranger would have, or that someone might rent before going on a long hike in a remote area.

You don’t have to be particularly intense to find value in a full fledged GPS. We just do a lot of day hikes and a few overnighters, and the 64st ($300-400) has been immensely valuable. Considering that the inreach eliminates the need for a separate rescue beacon, that’s a cost and weight savings. If you’re even more marginally intense than I, one of these is less a toy and more a life saving necessity. Dedicated GPS…

Not saying dedicated units are not useful, but there are local-only mapping applications for smartphones, too. OsmAnd is a good example, it uses OpenStreetMap data which can be downloaded to local storage (by region). It supports local-only driving/walking/transit directions, too.

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

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Post by cronix »

amatecha wrote: post #133
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…

I live in Vancouver - my coworkers and family were very aware of this, watching footage online and exclaiming at the brutal nature of the weather and landslides we experienced yesterday. Never seen this many roads closed in BC in my nearly 4 decades living here.

The whole upper pacific coastline is experiencing it. There is a lot of flooding along the Oregon coast as well with cars/trailers floating away and evacuations. Intense rains for days at a time. I mean we get a lot of rain here, but this has been pretty crazy and constant.

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

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Post by cf100clunk »

justsid wrote: post #214
skrebbel wrote: post #105

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I'm surprised there's no shortages yet because trucks can't get to the city. Or does Vancouver import most non-regional goods from the US (and not the rest of Canada) anyway?

The shortage is the other way. The rest of BC gets most of its produce from the lower mainland. I live in Kelowna (funny to see a local news site on here), and our stores have basically no produce because we can’t get anything from the lower mainland. Fun times.

Conversely, the outward flow of Okanagan wine products will be sharply affected. For example, the market for Okanagan ice wine in Asia is huge. Also, when the Lower Mainland growing season is done, the produce shipped from Chile and Peru comes into Vancouver's ports and goes out across western Canada and the North.

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Post by arcticbull »

klyrs wrote: post #196
cf100clunk wrote: post #191

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Dire for Merritt (evacuated), Princeton (under water), Hope (all highways closed or curtailed), Abbotsford (under water), Chilliwack (under water), Fernie (no highway access) and a host of other places on the mainland and on the Island that are vital transport, agricultural, forestry, tourism, and mining centres. You mentioned prices, so scale it up to international economics level.

If I had a nickel for every time folks have suggested moving out to the country as a solution to the housing crisis...

Did someone suggest that?

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

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Post by ryanisnan »

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…

As an anecdote, I live significantly East of Vancouver, but most of our goods come from the port of Vancouver. Things are going to get really interesting, as these roads will take a while to be repaired.
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