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> City folks who think this was just some rain are nothing but evidence of how disconnected city people can become from the infrastructure on which they depend.
by tjr225 5y ago
> City folks who think this was just some rain are nothing but evidence of how disconnected city people can become from the infrastructure on which they depend.
This is a really funny angle. I would think the city people are keen on how internationally connected they are as a coastal port city. Vancouver also has international access to the US. Vancouver can get goods from Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, San Diego, Alaska, Mexico, China, etc. Highways to the East and North being out won’t change this whatsoever.
Isn’t it the rural folks who live inland who are dependent on port cities and road infrastructure that goes over the passes going to be the most screwed? Which crops/goods are being shipped from central Canada to Vancouver during the winter months?
- iainctduncan 5y agoWell, we have tons of folks in Van, where it basically snows a few times a year, who have never driven the roads through the rest of the province and have no clue how bad they can get in bad weather. And I'm sure every modern city has people who have never thought about how things get in their stores. As to your assertion that highway closures won't change other access, this is nonsense. Take away the highways and you suddenly have WAY more that needs to get in and out the other ways, so the ferries and shipping traffic gets blocked up. I don't understand how anyone can believe "we'll just go the other way" is going to work fine. We don't have extra shipping works, boats, port slots, etc just waiting for twice the load or anything.
- tjr225 5y ago> I don't understand how anyone can believe "we'll just go the other way" is going to work fine. We don't have extra shipping works, boats, port slots, etc just waiting for twice the load or anything. This is _already_ the direction these goods are coming in from. These so called idiotic city folk are likely going to be just fine. They might not be able to go to Whistler or whatever to go snowboarding for a year,
- iainctduncan 5y agoHey don't listen to me, I only lived there for 35 years. But maybe listen to some professors of supply chain management instead: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bc-floods-rail-impact-1.6250554 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bc-floods-rail-impact-1.625... A large part of Vancouver's food comes from the Fraser Valley by truck -- through two municipalities that are now under water. The mayor of one of whom is already wondering whether farmers will be killing all their livestock. It's a fuck of a lot worse than a cancelled snowboarding trip.
- iainctduncan 5y agohere you go, the food breakdown. Grain, meat, dairy all come into Van mostly from the east. http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/PlanningPublications/FoodFlowinMVExecSummary.pdf http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/Pla...
- tjr225 5y agoThank you.