The tree this year is much narrower and a bit shorter so it can be squeezed into small spaces.
I made these two winter scenes in jars but it's hard to keep the stickers stuck to the sides.
Today in Vancouver we were supposed to have record rainfall of between 40-60 centimeters. I stayed indoors and watched television and internet news to learn about street flooding in various parts of the Greater Vancouver area.
These photos were taken from the safety of my balcony.
A map of Northern British Columbia. The areas affected by flooding are in the Peace River Distrcit (NE BC)
I'm not sure who took this aerial photo but it was one of the first ones I came across on line. It showed me just how devastating the flood is.
Here is some drone footage of the flooding. It also gives a good overview.
Photo credit: Chet News, M Gomez
The Canadian National Railway (CNR) service between Prince George in north central BC and Ft. St. John in the north, is not running. If you look at the tracks going over the water in photo above you will see how precarious some of the railway tracks now are.
The Highway 97 south of the town of Chetwynd to MacKenzie is closed. Here is some film footage of the highway taken just before it was shut down.
Altogether the people in the far north are "hemmed in" and a state of emergency has been called. Hospitals in some towns are accepting emergency patients only. Mother nature has spoken yet again. Apparently the City of Dawson Creek had a record rainfall on Monday, June 15, 2016 of 89.8 millimeters.
Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available to eligible British
Columbians in the Peace River Regional District area, including Dawson
Creek, Chetwynd, Fort St John, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor,
Tumbler Ridge and the First Nations communities of Saulteaux and West
Moberly who may have been impacted from the major flooding that occurred
this past week. A public meeting will be held on Monday, June 20 at 7:00PM at the Encana Events Centre to help people access the DFA.
I encourage my reader to view the drone footage. Even under water you can see how beautiful the area is at this time of year. I grew up in this area of the province and so I am concerned about the people there. As a child I walked through this park area many times to reach school. It is so hard to believe it caused a flood because the water levels were always quite low and the creek was often more like a trickle. That's the difference a heavy rainfall can make.
