Society Of Anxiety?

[keithb7]

We had a ton of rain over the past couple of days here in BC. We are seeing Massive widespread flooding. Mud slides. Hiways were destroyed. All major hiways (supply chain routes) are closed. People trapped in vehicles for hours.  Railway lines damaged and impassable. Blocked by mud slides. An Entire town evacuated. Many other people evacuated. Its catastrophic.
 

Its been a rough go here in BC over the past year.  We had a heat wave in July  setting all-time record temps. Then forest fires went nuts. Entire towns burned. Many people died from heat exposure. Many folks ended up homeless in shelters. Many were evacuated. Many are still not back home yet. 
 

We saw the largest ever storm over the northern pacific ocean last month. A massive cargo ship lost like 120 sea cans full of stuff. Fell over the side. Sea cans went for a swim. Some sea cans washed up on beaches. Many floated away. Many sank. Most never seen again. The ship caught fire from some sort of dangerous goods in seacan. 
 

Last week a tornado touched down in Vancouver. Extremely rare occurrence. Climate change seems real and it is hitting us hard. Add to that, 2 years almost now of Covid restrictions and fear. 
 

It seems many people in BC are scared. Anxious. Panic appears rampant. Today mass hoarding is really happening at Costco and all grocery stores. All produce, meat and dairy. Shelves are picked clean.  Not unlike the toilet paper hoarding we saw when covid broke out. I am sure it’ll be difficult getting any toilet paper for a while again around here. 
 

A few pics are below of the recent carnage courtesy of Mother Nature. Strange days indeed here in BC. 
 

We’re all good here at my place. No flooding in my town. Electricity was out last night, high winds. All good here tonight aside from the bare shelves at the grocery store.  The effects of this latest mess will be forthcoming I’m sure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by keithb7

[Sniper]

Be careful up there

[RobertKB]

Yup. BC is a mess. Glad to hear all is well with you. They are calling the atmospheric river that dumped on BC a once in a century storm. I find that optimistic. Now, more like once in a decade or five years.  Maybe more often. No doubt in my mind the climate is changing rapidly. It’s mid November in Alberta and it’s still like fall. A couple of minor snow skiffs and although weather is cooler, nothing really cold yet. Strange!!

 

Stay safe!

[plymouthcranbrook]

I get worried when stories like yours continue to come out.  You are of course not alone but have a lot of company.  Hopefully you and your family are safe and protected to the best of your ability to be so.

[Worden18]

My gosh how terrible.  If you need some supplies, toilet paper or the like, just say so and I'll send it out to you.  Hopefully your parcel service can find ways through. 

[Dodgeed]

Man oh Man, sorry to read about those problems up there. Best of luck to y'all as you fight to regain "normalcy", whatever that is. 

[Ulu]

I am very sorry to see this.

 

There were some slides here on the coast, but where I live in the desert we only got a bit of that rain. Heavy but brief.

 

Thankfully, it was enough to dampen the fire in the giant Sequoias and smoke quit coming down the mountains.

 

We are sure wishing BC had got half as much and sent the rest on south. Our reservoirs are running dry.

 

Best of luck Keith.

[JBNeal]

On 11/16/2021 at 7:35 PM, keithb7 said:

We had a ton of rain over the past couple of days here in BC. We are seeing Massive widespread flooding. Mud slides. Hiways were destroyed. All major hiways (supply chain routes) are closed. People trapped in vehicles for hours.  Railway lines damaged and impassable. Blocked by mud slides. An Entire town evacuated. Many other people evacuated. Its catastrophic....

 

Has the sun come back out yet?