Saved....by Snow

I never thought I'd be wishing for snow and cold weather on Sept 24th, but that's what kept our flood from getting much worse last night.  Today's picture is the snow on Mount Nusatsum taken this afternoon when the clouds finally lifted a bit and it stopped raining and it was actually pleasant for the remainder of the afternoon.  It always amazes me even after a life on the coast how fast it looks normal after a huge rain like that. 

It will be awhile till the full extent of the property damage is evident but once again some people have had homes and properties damaged and a lot of work, time and money will be required to get them back up and running.  People will pitch in where needed to help. 

Late this afternoon, the Bella Coola River was down from it's peak at least 2 feet in the places I watch and at least the people who got river water this year have a lot less fine silt to clean up because the flood didn't carry that miserable fine slippery, sticky silt that was so fine that it permeated even plastic and left a permanent haze from last years flood.  Most of that came out of the interior portion of the Atnarko River when it flooded.  Grizzly