Nooksack avulsion poses ‘catastrophic’ danger; earthquake could crumble Vedder dikes
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The 1990 Flood was in the fall. See the attached article.
I know, but I don't think I used 1990 in my post.
That one was much blamed on the Nooksack river blowing out I seem to recall.
I do recall that shortly after I moved back to CR in 1990 there was one of those one in a hundred year rain on snow events that caused much flooding here on Vancouver Island. That was November I think.
Remember when Sayward was flooded out and the Tsitika River reached "torrent" levels which caused huge trees to be swept into the top of the canyon, effectively blocking off access to fish?
An M&B crew used a small yarder to clear that out. Glen Venus organized that I think.
That event also blew out the newly gravelled spawning channels on the Campbell that had just been built because Hydro shut down the Diversion dam and sent tons of water to the Salmon river in order to protect the Campbell River watershed.
Our Mayor went after Hydro big time for that and they replaced the gravel in the end.
Ironically, the previous "one in a hundred year" event had happened the previous November, 1989, which also caused much flooding up around this area.
Two events a year apart both called one in a hundred year events and neither associated with any annual snow melt and run-off scenario.
The times are changing.
In 1955 I was supposed to travel by bus to Quesnel to spend the summer with my Grandfather but the spring floods that year wiped out the highway so I ended up flying up in an old DC-3.
I recall the horrible taste of the chlorinated water in Quesnel as the water supply was compromised.
Grandpa got a short job where he (and I) parked at a gas station on the west side of the Fraser just opposite from where the Quesnel river enters it as the river had backed up a creek there flooding out a couple of houses and the gas station. The owner wanted someone there to keep an eye on things.
I taught myself to swim by wading out into the field behind the station and then launching myself shoreward while dog-paddling.
I advanced from there until I was comfortable swimming in deep water.
Been through a few flood events in my life, but this one is by far the worst I've ever seen.
Feel very fortunate that the brunt of it happened south of here, while at the same time feeling extremely bad for those in the Fraser Valley who have endured so much these past few days.
Tough times for sure.
Take care.
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This is pretty telling on where we sit right now - Bill holds nothing back!
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