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BC Hydro is delicately balancing water levels in the Campbell River and behind John Hart Dam in a tense effort to manage a ‘perfect storm’ of flood conditions. “We may likely need to further increase the discharge through the Elk Falls Canyon as we try to manage through these flood risk management conditions,” BC Hydro spokesperson Stephen Watson said Tuesday morning. BC Hydro had spent Monday night keeping a nervous eye on the Campbell River watershed after a combination of heavy rain, winds and high tides hit Monday night and Tuesday morning. The Upper Campbell Reservoir/Buttle Lake rose almost one metre in 24 hours from Monday to Tuesday. As the reservoir level increases, BC Hydro’s downstream operational flexibility diminishes, Watson said. Two waves of subtropical storms hit the Campbell River area this week bringing the wind and rain. Meanwhile, the flood watch continues. “This was a major rain event and the wet weather continues - this will be a multiple day event,” Watson said. BC Hydro increased the spill down Elk Falls Canyon to 180 m3/s on Monday night to provide a total Campbell River flow above the Quinsam River of 300 m3/s. In consideration of the uncontrolled Quinsam River and the high tide Tuesday morning, BC Hydro
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There was water everywhere in Campbell River Tuesday morning after storm conditions hit the city overnight. Road flooding occured on 16th Avenue.
backed off power generation from the John Hart Generating Station considerably during that sensitive period and just barely managed to keep the flows within the river bank. Since the weekend, BC Hydro had been spilling water down Elk Falls Canyon from the John Hart Dam and that looks to continue for at least the next nine days to balance high reservoir elevations and flood risk along the Campbell River. BC Hydro was anticipating the availContinued on Pg. 2
Oyster River could exceed 20-year flood level According to Emergency Info BC, folks with property on the Oyster River should probably be filling their sandbags. “River levels on Vancouver Island and the Central Coast have risen substantially overnight (Dec. 8),” according to the alert issued at 10:45 a.m. on Dec. 9. “Flows on the Tsolum River and Oyster River are now above the 10 year flood level and are expected to continue to rise today (Dec. 9), potentially exceeding the 20-year flood level.” We will continue to monitor the situation and update this story at campbellrivermirror.com – Mike Davies/Campbell River Mirror
A Campbell River family is asking the community for help with astronomical medical expenses being racked up by one of their members who was hit by a vehicle in Mexico last Saturday. And as of Monday, Campbell Riverites answered the call to the tune of about $12,000. This is one of two stories of Campbell Riverites appealing to the community for help with costs incurred in Mexico. On page 3, a local family is struggling to deal with the legal costs of bringing a daughter back home. Ryan Hogue sustained eight broken ribs and damaged lungs, including one punctured lung and one swollen lung. He is also suffering kidney failure and underwent surgery Friday night. He was discovered laying in the middle of a road by some unknown passerby late Saturday night in Cancun. It’s believed he had been hit by a vehicle. “And down there, if they hit somebody, they just take off,” said his brother Shane Hogue. Fortunately, an anonymous Mexican citizen felt compassionate enough to call an ambulance which took him to the hospital where Ryan Continued on Pg. 3
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