407 Driver Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 The world is sliding down in BC. There are several major highways closed across the province, and more snow and rain is comming. The Trans Canada Highway #1 has been closed for 36 hours near Revelstoke, and is expected to remain closed for 48 hours more. Most heli-ski ops are grounded today, and the weather is expected to remain very poor for up to 4 more days. What a mess! Quote
CTD Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 Get that cleaned up before I get out there! Just what I need - more winter. Maybe you''ll get some work fishing people off the hills? Chin up buddy - spring''s coming, it really is... Quote
VERTICAL REF Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 now would be a good time to double the 407 tarrif... Quote
407 Driver Posted March 12, 2003 Author Report Posted March 12, 2003 It''s pouring rain in town now, not a good sign in the mountains. Slides keep roaring down, the hazard is now extreme. Every back country operation was kicking off 2.0''s to 2.5''s today. A highways crew attempting to clear the road got dusted by a class 4.0 (mega-big avalanche), so everyone went home. The new 407 rate is now 3,000/hr, and my fav steam-duckie is up to 5,000. Quote
CTD Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 Good for you Buddy. Now, just watch some idiot show up and start selling A-Stars for $2950 and a clapped-out S55 for $4950.... Quote
VERTICAL REF Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 407, saw your back yard on the news...what a mess!!! so did ya land on top of the semi''s Quote
VERTICAL REF Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 pussies, make the pilot fly in zero-zero and white out but a little loose snow and some avalanches and they hid in there cabins...Suck it up!!! are you on scheduled time off or just a slow down due to the slides? Quote
407 Driver Posted March 13, 2003 Author Report Posted March 13, 2003 V-Ref, it''s far worse today. Those pics were taken by Selkirk Mountain Heli from YRV. Most of my valued back-copuntry customers (read: Yogurt sucking mutants) are staying inside their Mountain Huts today due to extreme avalanche conditions. Quote
407 Driver Posted March 13, 2003 Author Report Posted March 13, 2003 V-Ref, every day is a work-day on a Base. I''m between jobs right now, there''s a lot of work pending, but nothing is going to happen soon. When this weather breaks though, you''ll be hearing the sweet sound of a steam-chicken, intermixed with that unmistakable 4-per beat of a 407 from dawn to dusk. You may even hear an obnixious 3-per from the low-rents next door too? Quote
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