Still no power to impacted homes
The state of local emergency in place as a result of December 14th's deadly landslide has been extended to January 23, according to Village Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackwell.
Blackwell, who was also appointed as Director of Emergency Operations, continues to oversee the Emergency Operations Centre that has displaced daily operations in the Lions Bay Village Office.
In response to a query about hikers traversing the site over the weekend, Blackwell said the area remains closed to the public. He added that 24-hour security is being paid for by the Village.
BC Hydro is expected on-site this week, addressing the ongoing problem with reconnecting homes above Crystal Falls Road. Blackwell said that up to three Hydro poles will require replacement and that homes in the area could be without power for as long as the next two or three weeks.
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Thank you for posting a photo of the toe of the Battani debris torrent "A picture is worth a thousand words", though additional photos up-stream to the highest elevation of scouring of the creek bed is worth ten times more.
Organizing and coordinating the emergency programme is a major and stressful task, for which our CAO is to be commended. However, some technical observations on the source area and course of the debris torrent will go far in dispersing speculations/rumours of the role of logging, road building, pond construction and permitting (or the lack thereof). Is it any wonder that people are hiking-in, if only to find out what happened? In a situation that may leave numerous parties exposed to…