@BC Coyote
How far are you from the Chilcotin River?
That looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
73
Jeff
How far are you from the Chilcotin River?
That looks like a disaster waiting to happen.
73
Jeff
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Landslide blocks river in BC
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I'm about 150 miles southwest of there out in the islands off the coast. So no danger from that here....
It is indeed a disaster waiting to happen. Hopefully the water will flow over the top and erode down slowly so there isn't a massive flash flood.
If it goes suddenly it could cause a LOT of destruction all the way down the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers to the ocean south of Vancouver.
Either way, the salmon runs in those two rivers will be heavily impacted for at least a couple of years, and that is one of the worlds largest salmon runs. A large number of native tribes are dependent on it as a food source, so it would be a major disaster for them as well........
It is indeed a disaster waiting to happen. Hopefully the water will flow over the top and erode down slowly so there isn't a massive flash flood.
If it goes suddenly it could cause a LOT of destruction all the way down the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers to the ocean south of Vancouver.
Either way, the salmon runs in those two rivers will be heavily impacted for at least a couple of years, and that is one of the worlds largest salmon runs. A large number of native tribes are dependent on it as a food source, so it would be a major disaster for them as well........
It already has cut off the river below the blockage. I watched a helicopter vid this morning and downstream from there the water is gone.
I fear you are correct that a massive fish die off is already going to the occur.
The other thing is behind the blockage water is piling up and looks like it may flood way upstream.
Bad all around.
Thanks for the reply.
73
Jeff
It already has backed up about 9 or 10 miles, and that's after only a few days........
A new lake even if it is only temporary !
They expected it to overflow possibly late yesterday or today but I haven't heard anything about it yet. Hopefully it will simply overflow as expected and gradually release pressure and headwaters. It is 2000 feet long and over 100 feet deep right in the river channel so it likely will not let go all at once. If it did it would be a huge disaster downstream all the way from Farwell Canyon all the way down to Hope B.C. over 200 MILES downstream and beyond. The Chilcoultin River empties into the Fraser River not too far downstream from the slide zone with many small communities along the way.
Anyone know the cause?
I don't know your weather up there, lots of rain or ?
73
Jeff
The whole area burned in a massive fire in 2017. The trees would have regulated the flow of water and retained much of it, but it all burned...
All those thousands and thousands of stumps and burned trunks are now in the lake behind the dam and will come down with the water.......
Also it's been a wetter than normal spring in much of that area.
Updated news story on this situation....
New modelling has province no longer fearing the worst from Chilcotin River landslide - BC News
The provincial government is more confident today than it was days ago the Chilcotin River will naturally overtop the dam that formed in a recent landslide and the risk to communities downstream is Li
www.castanet.net
Yeah I forgot the year they had the big burn but that is sure a big part of it. With the recent rains the entire area was pretty much saturated with water. That along with not much for vegetation to hold things in place is what lead to the slide.