November 16th...
Vancouver gets nailed with rain for 2 days without letting up. I'm told that rain is a regular occurance here, which would lead me to believe that the city can handle it. However, this time the tricks of nature prevailed, causing mudslides to plunge into the watersheds that house Vancouver's water supply. Vancouver is forced into a "Boil Water Advisory". We are still boiling water.
Days of boiling water to date: 12
Nature: 1 / Vancouver: 0
November 27th...
Vancouver gets nailed with snow for 2 days without letting up. Snow is new turf for Vancouver. It shows when people look at you funny when you drive somewhere after it has snowed. The boiling water advisory was going great until we woke up this morning without power, but with a foot and a half of snow in its place. (**side note: the front porch makes for a great alternative to a refrigerator in the winter.)
Hours without power and heat: 13
Nature: 2 / Vancouver: 0
hmm... i wonder what's next...
(on a side note, check the previous post for the fun we were able to have in the snow... we are glad to get a taste of real winter!!!)
2 comments:
oh you guys this is awful. are you keeping warm? we heard about power outages but hadn't noted it in vancouver. yuck yuck! well if you need some heat come on down...ruthie
all is well now.
the power only stayed off for 13 hours... we can now drink the water from the tap.
we were able to take it all in stride, though, and noah took his nap that day pretty much in a snowsuit. :)
Post a Comment