The lower mainland is cut off from rest of Canada by road

[gmctavish]

In the past not even 24 hours, highway 5 and highway 1 have had huge washouts and landslides, and highway 99, highway 7, and highway 3 have had landslides blocking them in multiple places.

The towns of Merritt and Princeton have been fully and partially evacuated due to flooding, and significant portions of the Fraser valley near Abbotsford have been as well.

Over 300 people were also trapped on highway 7 overnight, stuck between two landslides. A few cars were caught in the slides and washed into the river, so hopefully they were among the 275 that have been helicoptered out so far by the military.

All this because of getting well over the average rainfall of all of November, in under 2 days.

Here’s a Flickr album from the Ministry of Transportation: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/albums/72157720143417483/

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@gmctavish Yikes, that's ultra not good. Unless it's some kind of fancy Bluetooth bridge that doesn't need a physical road

[CB]

@gmctavish Stay safe!

[Shop-Teacher]

@gmctavish FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@gmctavish that is not a lot of barrier holding all that water up

[gmctavish]

@cb Today I’m feeling very grateful to be living on some of the highest ground in Burnaby

[Exage03040]

@gmctavish

I left for work at 02:45 this morning and it was awful, just constant belting like something out of a 90's movie. Boat tied up when we came back at 10 and the wind really picked up after. When I got home the neighbours backyard looked like a pond.

[HoustonRunner]

@gmctavish I’ve seen my share of floods in Houston, and that road with the K rails holding in the water is terrifying.

I’ve definitely learned to not F around when the rain is coming down so hard you can’t see the car in front of you. Thankfully after being in Houston a few years you learn the low spots.

[ranwhenparked]

@gmctavish Yeah, that's not going to be a fast fix

[beefchips]

@gmctavish this is definitely not good. Please stay safe!

[Roadkilled]

@gmctavish Holy $&@!

Those of us complaining about supply chain issues need to shut up. There are a lot of people who are going to find bare shelves in stores just because there is no way to get anything in with all the roads gone.

[Dr. Zoidberg]

@gmctavish Whoa! Is that you driving on that road?

[gmctavish]

@dr-zoidberg Thankfully no, that’s just taken from someone on Reddit

[gmctavish]

@roadkilled Yeah depending how long these take to get fixed to some degree, we’re gonna have some very isolated communities relying on supplies being flown in

[TheBarber]

@gmctavish

Holy crap, I've been watching the carnage up in Whatcom and Skagit counties but I didn't even think to look how the other side of the border was fairing. That is some major devastation! Shit like that doesn't get fixed overnight.

[Someoneatacura]

Wait, has anyone heard from @CarsOfFortLangley ? He better not be out there trying to prove himself as an off roader.

[CarsOfFortLangley]

@someoneatacura haha, tempting but nah. Works crazy with the flooding!

[StreetsofPerth]

@gmctavish That's wild. It'll take an age to put that right.

[gmctavish]

@streetsofperth The railways should be fixed within a couple days, but I’m betting the highway washouts won’t have anything more than bailey bridges over them for a while....

[pip bip]

@gmctavish oof! that's going to cost a dollar or two to repair.

[facw]

@gmctavish That looks bad, hoping people are ok.

Looking at the Google Earth:


I'm thinking a town called "Floods" is probably a really bad place to be...