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To: miraje who wrote (6001)	11/17/2021 12:25:33 PM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (1) of 7187

There's an area out in the Fraser Valley out east of Vancouver known as the Sumas Prairie. It was once a large shallow lake, but in 1918 it was drained and became the primary source of dairy and poultry production in BC. Sumas Prairie is once again a lake, The Nooksack River across the border in Washington state has flooded and delivered enough water from the south to cover the it 3 metres deep. And if the pumps on the north side which move the water out to the Fraser River fail as is feared, that will add at least another 3 metres of water. Meanwhile, all highways east and north remain closed for the foreseeable future. In many case the entire roadbed is gone. (There are still a thousand people stranded in Hope, which is where the Fraser Valley turns into mountains.) And many gas lines and railways have also been destroyed. As a result, shelves are going bare in the stores. Over 10,00o people are still evacuated, mostly because sewer and water systems have been overwhelmed. This is the fifth major 'atmospheric river' we have had this fall in southern BC, an unprecedented amount. It will take years to recover. LC

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