Archive for 2017

May 09, 2017

Stranded during an evacuation

We loaded till 9PM and discovered a problem with the batteries.  Nothing could be done till daylight today as we were in a deep puddle of water and the batteries were arching.  Called Freightliner at 10PM and they were there and would have come this morning but our go to RV tech ( another good […]

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May 08, 2017

Evacuating Urgently

This is Rae posting on Contessa’s behalf. At 7AM this morning, the incident command chief came by and told Colin and Contessa that they were on evacuation alert and needed to be ready to leave in five minutes. The lake by their home continues to rise and they now have rain and wind.  There is also […]

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May 07, 2017

The lake keeps rising and rising

Our patio and a few feet of our lawn are underwater.  The lake is rising slower today but still rising, maybe 3 inches since 10AM.  We are slightly higher than either neighbor and so their water logged sites are also flowing into our yard. Evacuations have begun here in our RV Park, a few condos […]

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May 06, 2017

State of emergency

Our city, Kelowna and many around us are under a state of emergency.  Roads are closed, entire apartment buildings have been evacuated as well as many homes.  We went out for a few hours at noon today and came back to floods within our park. It is late and we are exhausted but we spent […]

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May 05, 2017

We are under flood watch

The post I was going to write tonight is delayed due to current environmental issues.  Sorry, Shelagh, maybe tomorrow 😉 Just now as I am checking the latest online updates I discovered that our severe thunderstorm watch has ended.  We have been under this watch for 48 hours and have endured many heavy dumps of […]

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