Fires in Canada
For all my Canadian friends: Be safe. In my prayers. Grey Mountain
Forum Discussion
trailerbikecamper wrote:
...the water treatment plant is still in place but has shutdown due to the evacuations
Yes. It appears now that the river water intake was not destroyed, and thank goodness for that.
It is an unknown for all facilities still standing (every facility has to be thoroughly checked, building by building even if fire hadn't apparently "touched" the buildings, by various engineering disciplines, to verify their fitness to operate (is the hospital HVAC still functioning? Are there burning embers still on the roofs? And many other issues)
The problem with "turning on the water soon" is: the hundreds of burned structures could free-flow water from broken pipes, unimpeded. The various neighborhoods have to be checked (house by house) and mains shut off till the main water pipes coming into all the affected homes and businesses are capped. I imagine that this would have to be done sector by sector. However, there may be shut offs for blocks of affected buildings/houses.
