BC floods.

[the big wheel]

I guess we have to remember it’s BC and
Not Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan they have to
Replace the red flags about 5 times as they deteriorate
From the weather before they fix a pothole.

[wmoebis]

I guess we have to remember it’s BC and
Not Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan they have to
Replace the red flags about 5 times as they deteriorate
From the weather before they fix a pothole.

Yes it is BC so they won't have to fight and balk with getting any help from anyone else especially Ottawa, to make it look like they did it without help or trying to figure out how their international buddy corps that are the biggest supporters get all the contracts.

[sumdumguy]

Wouldn't rule it out. They put in a new grade and bridge at mile 67.8 on the Sangudo sub over the Paddle river near Mayerthorpe in 20 days
https://www.klohn.com/blog/project-i...e-replacement/

Here they were replacing a bridge on 33 Highway. It took all summer, just got done last week. It’s the way we like to do it in Sascratcharound.

[SmallTimeOperator]

The whole area contains a lot of flat land and farmland. Flat farmland is a lacustrine soil type, formed under a lake for thousands of years. Then you have a huge river delta formed from the discharge of a large river- the Fraser. It takes tens of thousands of years to build soils from the discharge of soil particles moved in by water. I hate to tell the the “climate changers”, but this area has been flooding since the formation of the very existence of the Rocky Mountains. And the area formed without the existence of any burned fossil fuels. Humans just merely came along and built their settlements in places prone to flooding, as they tend to do.

[furrowtickler]

Kinda like New Orleans, then all surprised when a hurricane hits and it’s a climate change disaster.

[woodland]

Kinda like New Orleans, then all surprised when a hurricane hits and it’s a climate change disaster.

Ya. I just looked up Sumas Prairie near Abbotsford which is a lake drained a hundred years ago and it’s elevation is 1m above sea level. I imagine flooding would be something you would prepare for……………

[bucket]

Ya. I just looked up Sumas Prairie near Abbotsford which is a lake drained a hundred years ago and it’s elevation is 1m above sea level. I imagine flooding would be something you would prepare for……………

If they looked at the cost to prepare for the flooding, maybe they would have realized it wasn't a good place to build 50 dairies and chicken barns.

While this is tragic, the catastrophe was made worse by people building there...

Maybe that's what they mean by man made climate change?????

Imagine if they had just left it as a surge plain for events like this with no human intervention???

[furrowtickler]

If they looked at the cost to prepare for the flooding, maybe they would have realized it wasn't a good place to build 50 dairies and chicken barns.

While this is tragic, the catastrophe was made worse by people building there...

Maybe that's what they mean by man made climate change?????

Imagine if they had just left it as a surge plain for events like this with no human intervention???

Very good description of “man made climate change”

[chuckChuck]

Many people are too ignorant to know a lot of things. Generally in the name of convenience. Look at dietary habits. Those are more risky than any location for building.

You want to crusade against the placement of metropolitan areas and their risk management strategies go ahead. Don’t be surprised when the rest of us tell you it’s not our problem though.

True, we have been warning people about the risks of a poor diet and unhealthy lifestyles for a long time. But millions of people ignore the warnings and show little restraint.

But we require smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in bedrooms by code now.

Should we not also warn people and prepare for floods, forest fires, heat risks and other potential natural and climate disasters?

Would you put your barn or house next to a river that frequently floods or would you choose to put it on higher ground? Most people will choose higher ground. But some people will not unless the municipality zones against it.

When municipalities allow people to build in high risk flood zones we all pay the insurance bills, so its a problem for all of us.

Climate change and the increase in the severity and frequency of disasters has changed risk assessment.

[JankoFarms]

If they looked at the cost to prepare for the flooding, maybe they would have realized it wasn't a good place to build 50 dairies and chicken barns.

While this is tragic, the catastrophe was made worse by people building there...

Maybe that's what they mean by man made climate change?????

Imagine if they had just left it as a surge plain for events like this with no human intervention???

Or properly protected the region with adequate flood dikes like they do in other parts of the world that are reclaimed land in flood plains.