COLLINS: Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling…again
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IN 1971, A BRITISH GROUP called the Fortunes put that song out. While the song was more about a dying relationship, the title lends itself a bit to what we’re going through right now.
With the North Thompson level at 175 per cent of normal, and the South Thompson jumping to 157 per cent of normal. The flood watch has started again.
Some evacuations have been ordered for the small communities of Remo and Usk in my old stomping grounds along the Skeena River. Through spring, we’ve also seen high streamflow advisories in many communities along the Tulameen, North Thompson, and the Nicola near Merritt. Some residents are sandbagging, some are waiting.
The graph of the water level at the railway bridge at Riverside Park is going almost straight up. A lot of money has been spent by various governments on flood mitigation but I daresay if the water wants to find a way in, it will. Just like it did in 1972 at Oak Hills.
