As in the Days of Noah

The Central Fraser Valley is split in two by the Clearbrook escarpment. Today I toured both the south and the north side of the valley, two areas that are both prone to flooding. These first pictures are of Sumas Prairie, which extends down to the US Canada border. Today the border crossing was not letting big trucks through because Whatcom County in Washington State is flooding. There is not much snow left, but because this is a prairie, the snow usually blows and drifts in the low spots and there is not usually a big accumulation. Here is a farm right along the Trans Canada Highway that is getting very wet.

This is the location of a nursery that started up recently. All the new shrubs and treelings were either blown over by the wind or partially underwater. Perhaps he could change up to an aquaculture business in the near future.

Here is Hogan Park that usually has a quiet meandering stream flowing through it in the summer time. It is about 12 ft. above the banks of the Sumas River. There is a dike on either side of it, one being the road, for situations such as this.

This is the other end of the park. Visitors here in summer think the sign is a joke. I have taken many extreme weather photos here. Everything from the massive Weeping Willow trees blown over in the wind, to silver thaws (ice storms).