When The Waters Rise (Part 1) - Preparing for the big flood in BC's Lower Mainland

[@DirtRoadRemedy]

what an interesting time for this to show up on my YT

[@phillyunrau4736]

Yes ..why not one year ago ..Why now .. WEATHER WARFARE is here see MIKE MORALES show WIND FARMS put ELECTRICITY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE and

[@xxxXSuperbXxxx]

Right? I was saying the same thing. Ironic really.

[@zipperboy2008]

Mine too

[@JavaThePuff]

You need a new tinfoil hat

[@xxxXSuperbXxxx]

@@JavaThePuff if we wanted any lip from you we would undo our zippers.

[@GGBeyond]

Well played, KZbin algorithm.

[@asingh6947]

*Narrator:* "Next spring the chance of a major flood is 1 in 500" *2021:* Hold my beer

[@bonnie_gail]

lol

[@MrLennybach]

So sad, my moms lives in Abby. And pretty much every in BC that is flooded I Family. Thanks for the jokes.

[@bananian]

There'll be a 1in 500 year flood every year from now on lol.

[@gerrycoleman7290]

@@bananian The one in 500 means that each year there is a chance (1 in 500) of such a flooding event.

[@bananian]

@@gerrycoleman7290 Duh

[@danadams1661]

Nov 16 2021- ace of spades ♠️

[@wretchedslippage3255]

"What would a major flood look like in BC Lower Mainland" Well fuck we know now dont we? lol

[@bananian]

Could have been worst according to models, lol

[@Yielar1]

@@bananian think we're experiencing some worst case scenarios right now no doubt

[@bananian]

@@Yielar1 This is only the beginning. It could definitely get much worst.

[@phillyunrau4736]

Strange how this video made one yr ago ..is released now ... it not Climate change but WEATHER WARFARE ..our governments are allowing homes 🏡 to burn 🔥.. 🔥 and now flooding .. HAARP DEW etc ..

[@wretchedslippage3255]

@@phillyunrau4736 This was released a year ago though. Its just popular now cuz it happened lol. Its just nature.. its not government altered weather lol.. what do they stand to gain? They spend millions on fixing it

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Flood plains are for floods . It's pretty simple .

[@pinhaserez]

Well, at least someone was paying attention and trying to do something about it. Imagine more will lisren to them now eh.

[@Cj2o]

Well, someone was talking about it, they had been for years. There was a cross border committee that had been created a couple decades ago to look into the options to prevent flooding in BC and in Washington. In 2012, that committee in name still existed, but they no longer held meeting/discussions. All their years of findings and recommendations were never acted upon. So there's a lot of talk, but definitely no action. Maybe now, politicians will start to take things more seriously.

[@rnrmeier1983]

I was in the 2021 Flood and it had more to do with the Nooksack River but it was also affected by high levels of the Fraser River stopping the Flood gates from the Sumas Prairie side

[@confracto]

Well this aged well.

[@broadstreet21]

This video was produced a year ago, went unnoticed until now.

[@BricklightFilms]

We also made a video about this 9 months ago - specifically Sumas lake - we only got views on it in the last week.... Canadian history and climate change are hard sells until it directly affects somebody, or a group of people. Our society is more often than not reactive vs. preventative in nature.

[@denniscolewilliams]

They really called it. At this point, I don't think it's a matter of if there will be another flood, but when.

[@hl7303]

Well not sure what we expect when we’re living on the floor of a lake… I always thought the sumas valley was a flood plain… not a damn lake.

[@TheLastElite01]

It's amazing people don't know their house was built on a lake bed.

[@sidharthafocus]

Most flooded homes were on farm land, yes people knew well, anyone applying for a building permit was told of the limitations on what they could do.

[@xxxXSuperbXxxx]

Crazy what happens when you pump a lake out amd build in the middle. Lol

[@xxxXSuperbXxxx]

1884 flood..man that climate change is crazy.

[@CB-zt6qs]

I also wonder if people know that Richmond is lower than the ocean.

[@everestcomputer]

@@sidharthafocus and most of that farm land IS old lake bed. this was an inevitability.

[@chlomyster8526]

Someone there should have consulted the gov't of the Netherlands. They do an amazing job of engineering and keeping the water out.

[@optimusakc]

Ya i would say for any future rebuilding, take into account the land will flood again and build accordingly. In earthquake zones they build houses for withstanding them so make houses higher for floods (no basements?) Not sure the best plans but a new system needs to be built for the future and getting advice from there would be a great start.

[@kevinoneill41]

The Duch have offered many times and our politicians turn away.

[@DrPowerElectronics]

Ely Cathedral 1083 sits on the Isle of Ely. Now it is high ground and can be seen for miles. Same with Lincoln Cathedral. The Romans started draining the land. The Dutch drained the ‘fens’ around Cambridge England around C17 and the Victorian English put in steam pumps and finished the job. It will flood once in a while, but driving along with a canal 10m above and fields 2m below on the other side of a dead straight road is amazing! People die here from driving into the rivers, which are lower than the fields mostly. It’s massive engineering, needs maintenance and is very fertile land. As in all countries such land is great farmland. We don’t need the Dutch. We need to pay BC engineers to work on it, like the wonderful lady in the video.

[@blueman5924]

Waiting for the 2022 sequel. Ought to be some interesting cards dealt after Sumas flooding.

[@byronloveridge8381]

if the americans cleaned out and managed the nook, sumas would not be at risk of 10 feet of water right now

[@bananian]

They should build an emergency overflow pipe that directly dumps flow into the Fraser instead of relying on the pump.

[@smokenbudesq]

Thats the plan ITS ALL IN THE GLOBALIST MASTER PLAN.

[@Yielar1]

@@smokenbudesq put the pipe down

[@Cj2o]

@@bananian - What needs to happen even more, is for Washington State to build a new channel from the Nooksack River down to the Pacific Ocean, with a huge dam at the Southern end of the channel, so when water levels get high, the massive dam can be opened up and the excess water can flow right into the ocean, instead of flowing north, in the channels between the mountain valleys that slope north to Sumas Prairie. This would be an enormous undertaking and come at a great cost. For that reason, I don't see a necessary, international solution being reached. Local, provincial and federal taxpayers in Canada already have way more than enough infrastructure that needs to be paid for on our side, so having Washington request that Canada foot the bill on their side of the border (like we did for the new Detroit/Windsor Bridge) is not reasonable, but I think Washington would demand we pay for it anyway with the threat of doing little or nothing at all if we don't.

[@justbe1451]

Timing is perfect.

[@memyselfandcorpse2]

This video aged well

[@peterwilliamson8721]

I just learned that the most flooded area in BC is below sea level and was formerly a lake Lake Dumas, and the flooded area is exactly where the lake USED to be so given that in this era of extreme weather and climate change ,how wise would it be to rebuild on a lake bed below sea level?

[@anthonyc7279]

Not wise.

[@oriolesfan7807]

I would think they have some pondering about their future with the catastrophic weather.

[@SuperSalad7]

But do you like food cuz that's where a majority of lower mainland crops are grown. Not wise no but should we start farming on your rich mountain land then?

[@yvonnehummel7323]

Yeah, it was a lake called "Lake Sumas" - they drained it to make more farmland. The lake was huge and they should have just left it be a lake.

[@GeckoHiker]

What did they grow there before the lake reappeared? I think it's past time to encourage people to at least grow their own vegetables at home. We turned our pantry into an indoor, year-round greenhouse using inexpensive LED lighting. Lettuces, spinach, kale, collard greens, green onions, parsley, cilantro, basil, and cherry tomatoes. No need to drain an entire lake, either.

[@catherinehamer5653]

Flood plain=cheap land for concrete buildings. Big river delta systems=Flooding. Even as I write this JCB’s are gouging out land for new houses and roads next to River Severn in UK. They are calling it Pear Tree Fields. Cute name. But maybe they shoulda left the pear trees where they were..

[@robertlee3778]

I think they are building houses, under the Lions Gate bridge ... on some newly formed sandbars. (I'm not jesting either) I wonder what they named the streets? Quick Sand road?

[@Paladiea]

Interesting! Glad to see at least there was some semblance of a plan.

[@parapelegicBUD]

Wow called that 1 ! Well done 👏

[@kelp4est]

Planning for Floods: Develop real estate on a flood plain. Have lots of luncheon meetings about flooding on flood plains. Wait for a flood and have more luncheons and pin it on climate change. Rinse repeat.

[@tomaaron6187]

As a geophysicist I cringe at development in the Fraser River region. An inevitable earthquake and the resulting liquefaction is going to obliterate the area. You ‘ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.

[@paxwebb]

Yup, that's what happens when you build on a river delta.

[@23ofSeptember]

This should have gotten more attention, but Bonny Henry had everyone worried about Covid-19 and even if there had been projects to address this issue, she would have shut them down over a single Covid case.

[@andresbElSerBiologico]

Home prices should plunge in BC. Realty should reflect the "working" class earnings in BC. Lower home prices for the people of the land. No more realty for profit in BC. Affordable homes for our citizen, Now

[@Yielar1]

That's not how free market works. Need more supply to reduce costs

[@grejen711]

@@Yielar1 Yeah free market capitalism is the best system, if you don't care about people.

[@Yielar1]

Sounds like someone doesn't know how markets work. They go up and down based on a number of variables including supply and demand. If you don't like it you should try North Korea. Their system may be more what you're looking for

[@ExtremePainGames]

BC will never go down into reasoable affordabilty. If it did Canadians all across the country all the way to Newfoundland would all head to BC. And ka - boom the prices rise again. There is no chance in anyones lifetime that BC becomes affordable. Floods don't help ok.

[@jefsiv]

Looks like we got dealt that flush.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Reminds me of USGS ARKStorm scenarios developed for California. Looking at the current damage from the Atmospheric River; BC is having a historic flooding event like those outlined in this video.

[@bananian]

They should have seeded the clouds before it hits the Fraser valley IMO.

[@BricklightFilms]

We made something similar not long after about the hypothetical failure of Barrowtown pump stations... It's on our page. It's almost like this is predictable by looking at models, past incidents, and the natural place mother nature wishes to be.

[@gerrycoleman7290]

If managers follow a logical plan a lot of the flooding adverse impacts can be avoided. Valley floor------agriculture, foothills------town, uplands-------timber production.

[@SuperSalad7]

Is basically EXACTLY how Abbotsford is layed out except ya people live in the farmland cuz they don't wanna be crammed up in the foothills with the sheeple.

[@phillyunrau4736]

@@SuperSalad7 it WEATHER WARFARE see MIKE MORALES show WIND FARMS put ELECTRICITY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE and flatearth101 is real ..

[@johnnyjones3362]

A city built on a drained lake..... floods.... what a surprise...

[@classicrockcafe]

I would like to download a copy of that flood map online. Do you have a link available?

[@EyeSpyFocus]

don’t forget part 2

[@solartribe]

One in Five Hundred odds and we get lucky in the most unlucky way. :(

[@BobTheBob647]

2021 sends its regards

[@bonnie_gail]

indeed

[@sandyb2391]

wow just came across this n I live in mission. when we had the snowfall n then floods n highways falling apart n Abbotsford n so many places. Once that rain came the floods were many n much damage to lots everywhere. I see this video now n going to watch part 2 now

[@logicalatheist1065]

well my house is lake front property now... what else does the 2020's have in store?

[@rickvervoort9536]

If you would have read the Book of Genesis, chapters 5-9 you would know that it is bound to happen.

[@logicalatheist1065]

@@rickvervoort9536 LOL why would i read terrible fiction?

[@ivok9846]

@@rickvervoort9536 more floods?

[@rickvervoort9536]

@@logicalatheist1065 Terrible fiction is happening before your very eyes and yet you deny it. What will it take?

[@logicalatheist1065]

@@rickvervoort9536 yeah a local flood, they happen, it doesn't confirm anything you may think it does. It's a natural event, mostly because of climate change

[@jesusmarin95]

Loool who would of thought that the city of delta was called that because it's was build on an old river delta ?

[@StewartMidwinter]

"so, we should prepare for the big flood."" "what's the rush, bro? it won't happen for 50 years."" the very next year: "oops!"

[@audiarayz]

Aged like a fine wine

[@nicallen2137]

Too little too late "Regional flood authorities"

[@FromStoneage]

only if KZbin could recommand this a year earlier

[@classicrockcafe]

Is the Still Creek region influenced by this? Same with Burnaby Lake, Trout Lake, and the lakes in Van Dusen Gardens etc...?

[@smokenbudesq]

NO JUST THE OLD LAKE BED

[@elizabethhaley5964]

Id like to know where this plan is right about now

[@bigwoods574]

Need backup power generators at Barrowtown And a wall at the border to keep the Nooksack river out Apparently never learned anything in 1990. Still all talk and no action Think if the billion was spent on that pro action rather than this year’s reaction

[@uprightfossil6673]

I love how this report ignores that major floods occurred fifty years apart with minor floods in between when they talk about the risk by 2100. Bureaucracy created by those not affected paid for by those most affected.

[@MrJx4000]

Today is Nov. 15, 2021, and it's raining everywhere, heavily. Did the flood plans work?

[@harmanaulakh7529]

No

[@MrJx4000]

@@harmanaulakh7529, oh well, better luck next time (maybe they're not paying enough carbon tax ;-)

[@mariagee1233]

D.U.M.B.S cleaned out by military White Hats. On Whiplash, Telegram. Good bye, tunnels to traffic our children! Welcome to the new World

[@LK-pc4sq]

William, current and future flooding will be worse as the worlds oceans heat up from climate change. Heat content is adding up to 5 thermal nuclear bombs per second globally!

[@MrJx4000]

@@LK-pc4sq, heat rises. How the F will that heat up the oceans? You guys still using that BC bud?

[@mysterycomment1553]

But people will still say no one warned them even though they live on a old lake bed lol.

[@bananian]

I always thought it's crazy people would build on floodplains. I thought maybe it's an old floodplain that doesn't flood anymore, lol.

[@noelgenoway9360]

Interesting we knew this was coming! ..................Did we do enough to prevent this in Nov. 2021? Most likely not!!???

[@GreanKwean82]

My thoughts are..........they knew about this a year ago and now the lower mainland is flooded out worse than the 1894 flooding and they never did anything about it

[@braydopaintrain4346]

We build cities on floodplain then we're surprised when the inevitable happens. I'm not even upset. Let mother nature do her worst so we learn our lessons.

[@Method9]

Well that didn't take long. It is going to get worse before it gets better but hey, keep building those pipelines on unceded lands

[@Sarando1]

And a year later the 1 in 500 year flood nails B.C.

[@Parjesh888]

The views r coming in noww

[@Randomclips1877]

Gosh did this just show up in my home page?? This is unbelievable. It's happening now.

[@smokenbudesq]

YES BETTER PROPAGANDA.

[@kehenabeach4418]

The cost to fix would be a fraction of what they quote… if they could manage the (nepotism, kickbacks & pork barrel spending our trusted leaders routinely commit) FRAUD, WASTE & ABUSE like us common/normal people! I’m Fed up with all the graft & backroom deals!

[@dennispalmer6007]

The flood plains yes, but what about the coquihalla. Those bridges and hyws are much higher than the flood plain.

[@zaarrd69]

Clearcutting and massive forest fires. The back country is being raped of trees.

[@fiascoshenanigans5018]

Search Term Mastery LVL 1; "managed atmospheric rivers" , as opposed to "natural atmospheric rivers". Questions, who manages them, and to what end.

[@jysnjp]

this video is *chefs kiss*

[@c.a.greene8395]

The entire area IS a delta!!!! To expect anything less than a flood every winter / spring should be insane!!! Deltas flood, they ARE a flood plain that is what they do because they are below sea level and winter water always rises in a temperate rain forest. Fairy lake in the Port renfrew area is also on a delta, tidal fed rivers contribute to the water levels, we have measured 126 feet from summer ground level, completely engulfing fairy lake under water. Now I am sorry you build your house on a flood plain, but I don't believe insurance should cover this kind of stupidity...as this was bound to happen sooner or later

[@kevinchavarria6792]

I agree these places aren't meant to be livable long term it will eventually back fire sooner or later

[@c.a.greene8395]

They had to have 3 pumping stations that pump out water 24/7-365 days a year....the stations are over 60 years old and had been failing in the 80's and 90's. The government offered every family $$$ to relocate, either used to buy a new house, or jack up the one you have znd move it...3 of my neighbors moved as did my husband and I. Anyone that stayed was told IF and WHEN the pumping stations fail, this entire area WILL BE UNDER WATER, and there will be no compensation - also nullifies their insurance as this was no act of God

[@ProduceBOY939]

Good thing they acted swiftly after this video came out last year. 👀

[@johnnytshi]

Last major flood was 35 years ago, they are still working on the report for that. If this is NOT a failure of the gov, I don't know what is

[@MotherNatureschild3]

Flooding will Forever be part of Canadian life .. Canada has extensive waterways .. like Any country there is Always good with bad but humans can only hold back Natures reclamation for so long .. She will Not be Played with ....

[@joshliu4774]

What a fantistic prediction!

[@krismason1875]

3:22 - I guess we need more sent to BC

[@geraldhgiles]

Look at all the houses built on side of the hills in the Fraser valley they are the smart ones

[@interestedmeow]

This aged...well.

[@maicajaz5999]

Climat change , of course ...🤔

[@joeysharp7786]

that,s what i say climate change no shit

[@nadeeneringuette9193]

Guess they didn't prepare.

[@shaq9361]

They never do

[@SuperSalad7]

Are you prepared?

[@krismason1875]

7:50 well said lol most were built in the 70's and 80's

[@coryleblanc]

is this the part where i can say "aged like milk"?

[@anthonyc7279]

No it's the exact opposite, since video predicted potential flooding which happened. So it aged well..

[@coryleblanc]

@@anthonyc7279 like wine? but the video was made just last year

[@wildeman32]

Govt getting together to solve problems = nothing

[@misterfunnybones]

Flood mitigation has limits.

[@abayohawa418]

Greetings Kelly how do I get a hold of you I have some questions for you I remember you I wanted to know if you still remember me

[@498278]

Provincial state emergency issued for forest fires Aug 2021 .. Provincial state of emergency issued over flooding in November 2021. Please ask yourself : When was the last time two extreme weather related provisional states of emergency were issued within three months ? I'm sure glad we can keep dealing with the symptoms by: buying more air conditioners to shelter from “heat domes”. Manage our forest better to reduce, annual, record braking, forest fires. And continue to ignore the elephant in the room by doing absolutely nothing to really stopping climate change .. how pathetic. Common everyone lets go buy the latest jacked quad cab 4X4 that gets 10 mpg Yay!

[@lordjabari6927]

Bro, this flooding occured years before. Nothing to do with climate change

[@498278]

Yes absolutely, same floods as in the past.. of course.. check out these new "all time" record breaking rainfall numbers for BC. Records broken by substantial margins. This is in Nov 15 , DH News article, titled “Sunday's atmospheric river broke 20 rainfall records across BC” Incredible rain fall numbers, all very similar to what happened in southern Germany, New York city and in the state of Tennesse this past summer . Waverly Tennessee received a staggering 17" ( 430mm) in 24 hours. Bro I'm in my mid 50s and still live in same town in BC interior I was born in. I can clearly see with my own eyes the annual forest fires are getting much worse in BC and globally (California, southern Europe and Siberia, etc,etc) What kind of forest fires and floods are my kids going to be facing in 10 or 30 years from now ? But hey, no worries, absolutely nothing to do with climate change, all coincidences

[@498278]

Oh I almost forgot the tornado near UBC ! what are the chances , all within 3 months .. all coincidences

[@Cj2o]

Sam, if you think mankind is going to stop climate change, tame Mother Nature etc. then you really do need a reality check. Mankind does need to clean up our disgusting and polluting ways, but certainly not on behalf of climate change, but because it's the right thing to do. Polluting the waters and air we can control most of, climate change we cannot. Millions, billions of years of earths history proves this to be the case.

[@Cj2o]

@@498278 - These are not record breaking floods, not even by a long shot. The flood of 1894 in the Fraser Valley was much worse, and if you want to know what was many magnitudes worse, look up the Younger Dryas flooding and you'll soon find out the kind of flooding that the Lower Mainlands have seen previously.

[@squ1r7y]

Build a community in a old lake bed... Then people are puzzled when it floods

[@Wilderness-brothers604]

What happen to 500 years

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

This isn't a flood plain, this is a lake bed trying to restore itself. Mother Nature will always win. Restore the lake and move on, learn from the mistakes.

[@reverendjimjones9061]

its a flood plain from hope b.c. west, because there is a small shallow lake 50 k from hope does not change the fact.

[@jorda.2412]

But they are shocked this year.... Not expected.

[@rookiefarmer702]

I can’t understand why we screw with Mother Nature, she carved out lakes and rivers to catch and channel water. We as man come in and change routes, dam up waterways and can’t figure out why we get flooded out. I don’t care how long you went to school to get your engineers certification you don’t know as much as the people that have been living in the area for generations. We had a company come in our area to build a new road and all the neighbours and I told these engineers where they were going to build the road would get flooded out. Well they didn’t listen and 2 years later the road flooded out and caused 22 million dollars damage to the road. We all told them if we get real heavy rain the water floods this whole area. They told us we have done studies and then told us it will be built to withstand a flood, NOPE. How about we start building with Mother Nature and stop trying to out smart her because that doesn’t work. Stop building in giant valleys and think if we build dikes and dams we won’t have floods. BC this week is a prime example!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Frederer59]

How can anthropogenic climate change be blamed when there was a major flood in the 19th century.

[@acanadianineurope814]

wonder how many views of this in the last 3-4 days.

[@freakinxbox7363]

“Chance of major floods is 1 in 500” God: How major are we talking?

[@zipperboy2008]

So what was done? Apparently nothing.

[@WilliamSikkema]

Well this aged well

[@motherofone1]

Well, I guess the past few days has thrown all of these hypothesis out the window. Back to the drawing board folks or time to move to higher ground.

[@Sarando1]

They will need to start building their homes and businesses on stilts.

[@tylero8595]

The odds are now 1 in 1. Oops

[@oriolesfan7807]

How prophetic to a few days ago.

[@ROBERTTIMCO]

I have to wonder where the money was going to come from for this physical infrastructure in the 2020 plan? Billions and billions on highways and bridges like the Sea to Sky and billions more for light rapid transit expansion now the planers are going to spend twice as much now repairing existing infrastructure then dealing with the root cause of the flooding.

[@Cj2o]

Makes you wonder where all those Billions in B.C. carbon taxes have been spent the last 15 years. Talk about a money laundering scam!

[@melikab]

Well, this has aged well. :(

[@SailorGreenTea]

Was anyone prepared?

[@JoStra15]

Good job everyone 👍🤦

[@everestcomputer]

heck of an atodaso moment eh!? minus the climate change bs. how do you explain the 1894 one?

[@peterwilliamson8721]

Wonder what flood insurance will be like when this is over?

[@Cj2o]

It will be like carbon taxes. Never ending and always increasing.

[@One_Guy]

seems more and more that we ignored the risks and are paying the price for not preparing more for these floods.

[@Is402831]

what if what happened was manufactured?

[@fattymcbastard6536]

We have to adapt to live with nature, not fight it. Buildings on a flood plain ought to be built to float when the waters rise, in much the same way boat docks in a marina do.

[@bananian]

Just let the floodplains flood during high flows and don't build homes in those areas.

[@richardvalitalo3670]

Good if they planned it 130 yrs. ago.☔😕

[@christianhamel4862]

What had to happen, well we are in FLOODS, Sumas

[@joyandbuddyschannel]

Well....

[@jimgalle1371]

when I grow up I want to live on a Flood Plain ....

[@user-dp9pe2kq7x]

Sure, bring it on. I am fed up. Give me the hard-core forking.