Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:18 pm by nikkinutshop
You are better off Googling British Columbia flooding than having me try to explain. You may like to check out the flood damage to The Highway Through Hell. Highway 5 or the Coquahalla as is is also known was totally washed out in a few places. Highway one through the Frazer Canyon was washed away and the only other route out was Highway 3 through Princeton until it shut down from slides. Highway 7 was shut after a big slide covered the road and washed a few cars away. Highway 7 was not going to take a person out of the area, because 7 connects to Highway 5, Highway 1 and Highway 3. They were closed.
We experienced some food shortages and heavy price increases at our local grocery store. Alberta Beef was in short supply and expensive after sir freight charges.
I have not been outside in many months, possibly close to two years. I was absolutely astonished at the increase in traffic. Traffic has been close to gridlock for decades, but this ???
The increase in traffic is closely related to the increase in population in this area. Lots of big off-shore money has bumped real-estate pricing way up, again. The real-estate news likes to report increases of 13% in this area, when the truth is closer to 50% increase here. We bought our home in 1978 for $68,000. Last week we were offered $2,500,000.
Sell and move is something I hear all to often. Move to where? The prices have gone up "there" also. I like it here. We are close to everything we like and use. Medical service, that I need more often now, is as close as a phone call and the response time a few minutes.
A fortnight ago, I lost my nicest neighbour. He died after a long suffering time with the worst getting old can offer. I used to maintain his tools for him. He was a wealthy plumber. When he retired from being a plumber, he gave me all of his tools, because as he said, "You know the tools as well as I do". He was 90. He was 13 when I was born. We had been friends for almost 50 years.
The outside temperature is finally double digit. It is 11c. I might go outside.
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have