Rain, rain, rain … flood
Squamish isn’t mentioned in the CBC Vancouver report but it has been quite a day for Squamolians. Due to the heavy rain, a sewer backed up on the street behind the office this morning at about 1030 am releasing a noxious gas smell into the office. Then the power went out in most of town for an hour and a half. The Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) was closed for much of the afternoon. I hear on the local news that the main road into Valleycliffe, our burb, is closed due to flooding. I came home at lunch and found a flashlight, then rounded up candles and candlesticks in case the power was off for hours. I brought E-dog with me in the car when I went back to work post-lunch. By that time the management had decided to close the office and the power was back on. A meeting I was scheduled to attend was not cancelled and I sustained major soakers getting out of the car. It is still raining heavily and the wind has picked up. People call this weather ‘the pineapple express’ - a misnomer, if you ask me. At least skiiers will be happy as all this precipitation is snow in Whistler.
