[Jeff Alton]

In the lower mainland, it is predictable, and was predicted. The last massive flood in this area was in 1990 and has happened many times back to 1920 when the area was a LAKE before it got pumped out and reclaimed. ****ty situation, but not un expected. The Nooksack river that over flowed its banks flooded the area. That river is in a different country. Not the first time, or the last unless something gets done to contain the river within its banks.

The destruction of the other highways is different. HWY 5 will be a long time before it gets opened again. Remember please, it was a rush job for EXPO 86.... who knows the level of geotechnical engineering that went into it. Could have been the best available at the time or could have been compromised due to time constraints. We will never know..... HWY 3 area suffered the "Hope slide" many many years ago, the current HWY routing is around that slide. It is mountain terrain, not typical of all that many places in the world.

****ty situation from an epic rainstorm, absolutely. The events on the Duffy Lake road where people and cars got swept away is terrible and tragic.

It is great to hear the stories of people helping stranded folks, offering up their homes for shelter etc. Good stuff, humans behaving above what we come to expect in this day and age.

Hope the Gov't heeds warnings going forward and puts mitigation in to place before it happens again.