BC Storm

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by keratosis

Fraser Way RV. Cousin lives in Abbotsford.

Surrounded by water that won't help stop the fire but will stop firefighters from getting to it.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Looks like US-style gas hoarding has hit Victoria. A bunch of stations have long lineups and they're even blocking traffic in some places. Haven't heard about anyone filling up plastic bags just yet, but that's probably next. I feel sorry for anyone that legitimately needs fuel getting caught up in the panic buyers.

Also BC Ferries is pulling a ferry out service from Victoria-Vancouver in order to run cargo between Nanaimo and Victoria.

It’s so dumb, there are fuel trucks in Nanaimo, they’ll be on the ferry that’s running between Duke Point and Swartz Bay. I’ve got half a tank and that’ll last me at least 2 weeks.

Ugh..

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Surrounded by water that won't help stop the fire but will stop firefighters from getting to it.

Vancouver smells of burnt suger right now which is weird and I suspect it my be the smell of 5th wheels roasting away

[dammage79]

Yup, the pandemonium was sparked by media sensationalized supply chain issues. Esquimalt is fully locked down with traffic clogging up every road there's a gas station. The colloid crawl from the base if full blown hell.

Lemmings being lemmings. If ppl needed to get any where for an emergency they'd be hooped.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by curves2000

News reports from Global are saying that the town of Merritt has thousands of people stranded there, people are paying thousands of dollars for private flights out of the local airport. People all over BC are running out of food, water, clothing, medication.

I haven't read about the rest of the province too much but I suspect the biggest issues right now are obviously concentrated to the lower mainland. In my tiny little bubble here in the Kootenays not much has changed at all. Yet. I did notice tonight when I was shopping that the milk section was almost totally bare with a sign saying it was because of what was going on. Other than that it has been business as usual the past few days. Luckily. I think in my area over the next few hours or days the bigger problem is going to be the hysteria and hoarding of some people.

[Mr.Coffee]

Gotta feel for folks in BC right now. Alberta should send some help if it can, anything.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by mr.coffee

gotta feel for folks in bc right now. Alberta should send some help if it can, anything.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1461106356719607811

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Man, this country is really not properly prepared for the impacts of climate change. Our infrastructure is going to get absolutely destroyed if we don't do something quickly about it.

Do something about climate change or our infrastructure? Both probably.

[kermitology]

Now I’m wondering how many of us are in the South Island area..

[81MC]

Originally Posted by Playfair

The ghost of Sumas Lake. I don’t know if it has been posted before or if everyone can see it but it is pretty wild.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2421...8681108497044/

This so neat.
Seems like maybe, just maybe, draining lakes and wetlands and developing flood plains is stupid.

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by 81MC

This so neat.
Seems like maybe, just maybe, draining lakes and wetlands and developing flood plains is stupid.

Well it has been an exceptional source of local produce and meat pretty much for the whole west coast...for almost a century. The growing season is long and I cant imagine having this kind of fertile environment in basically a mountainous region is common without some find of land manipulation.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by kermitology

It’s so dumb, there are fuel trucks in Nanaimo, they’ll be on the ferry that’s running between Duke Point and Swartz Bay. I’ve got half a tank and that’ll last me at least 2 weeks.

Ugh..

I'm surprised no one is chest thumping EV in such a scenario. I can't wait to get an EV in a few years to replace the second car. Being able to "fuel up" at home and using it heavily as a commuter car seems pretty awesome.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I'm surprised no one is chest thumping EV in such a scenario. I can't wait to get an EV in a few years to replace the second car. Being able to "fuel up" at home and using it heavily as a commuter car seems pretty awesome.

I’m more than happy to brag about my electric cargo bike that currently is our family’s main mode of transport.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by 81MC

This so neat.
Seems like maybe, just maybe, draining lakes and wetlands and developing flood plains is stupid.

Parts of central Calgary are flood plains.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I’m more than happy to brag about my electric cargo bike that currently is our family’s main mode of transport.

Nice.

I wasn't trying to derail the thread, but if there might be a fuel shortage for a bit, I was kinda just musing out loud whether finding someone to carshare an EV might be helpful as a tactic to ride out the potential fuel shortage.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I'm surprised no one is chest thumping EV in such a scenario. I can't wait to get an EV in a few years to replace the second car. Being able to "fuel up" at home and using it heavily as a commuter car seems pretty awesome.

Yes. The electrical grid is failproof. Blackouts from weather related events never happen, especially in BC.

Combine that with the oh-so long range of EV cars on a full charge....

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Yes. The electrical grid is failproof. Blackouts from weather related events never happen, especially in BC.

Combine that with the oh-so long range of EV cars on a full charge....

I meant that if there is a fuel shortage and an issue to transport fuel to the affected areas, that electricity might still be a viable option there... It wasn't meant as an attack.

I think the lowest range Tesla is still around 140km. But the average ones are around 400km on a full charge?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Parts of central Calgary are flood plains.

Richmond, most of Pitt Meadows, Ladner, most of the Downtown Eastside basically huge chunks of the Lower Mainland are on a flood plain

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Yes. The electrical grid is failproof. Blackouts from weather related events never happen, especially in BC.

Combine that with the oh-so long range of EV cars on a full charge....

Nothing a portable generator and some jerry cans in your trunk can't fix. I call it the hillbilly hybrid.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

Yeah that topic into the Columbia Valley is older than I am. Driving to the cottage in 1/2 the time, would be nice. Get a Cesna?

Oh yeah, nothing beats the time it takes to just fly to Invermere. Around 30 minutes or so if you just go up and over the mountains (in a small single engine). Only thing that can hamper that plan is weather of course.

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Parts of central Calgary are flood plains.

Can confirm.