Our town has issued a flood alert: http://www.mapleridge.ca/EN/rss/media.xml for the lower lying areas in the Hammond area along the Fraser River. Today the Albion Ferry imposed a load limit for vehicles - no large trucks were permitted on the Ferry. I noticed that the campers who fish along the banks of Barnston Island year-round (and who were still there yesterday) have now left. The Fraser is high - and so is the Pitt River. Kanaka Creek is also a lot fuller as well. So far the Alouette Rivers appear to be normal - we do expect them to be higher this time of year anyway. The community seems to be bracing for the worse case scenario. R's cousin lives in Hammond so she is definitely in an area of concern. Most of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are in the "flood plain" but we do have many dikes protecting the low lying areas. I have finally started buying canned goods and water - in case we are land-locked or without power in a state of emergency. Everyone is keeping a close eye on the government websites and the news - but we are all just hoping and praying that the dikes will not be breached and that the weather cooperates and the water levels subside.
1948 Flooding of the Fraser River
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