F Photo ____ Capilano River Regional Park

 

'Who needs a ladder when a Fence will do!' Clydesdale Rider

 

 

The killer side of Cleveland Dam's release of water: Two lives lost downstream

 

The week BEFORE the loss of two lives, this video shows the uncharacteristic results of a heavy rainfall on Friday where Metro Vancouver had lowered the gate incrementally, until they were satisfied with their results.

Possibly the lives lost the following week was because Metro Vancouver (staff) defaulted to the previous week's lowest settings.

 

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The Greater Vancouver Water District does a 'dry run' drill every six months to ensure that their new warning system is functioning properly by announcing verbally:

THIS IS A DRILL ...... THIS IS A DRILL

I wonder why there isn't an 'invitation' to the general public to participate in the drill process, such as having to get up and leave a freshly laid picnic adjacent to the river;  fishermen standing at the river's edge with a fish on the line.   Metro Vancouver's game plan is LEAVE AT ONCE.  Don't stop to pick up your belongings.  Just drop your fishing gear, leave and seek out the safety of high ground.

In reality, there are NO further instructions for the public posted anywhere.

Two lives lost..... and all that Metro Vancouver has done to protect their employees, and the public, is lip service ("express approval of or support for (something) without taking any significant action.")

Sort of reminds me (1950s-1960s) of the fire drills at school where the Fire Department showed up at Lord Tennyson and later Kitsilano, but we all knew that it was just a drill, and it only happened once a year.

There has Never been a Drill at Capilano River Regional Park, not even for the staff.  

Fire Department / North Shore Rescue training, YES, but that has always been well planned out before hand.

Text Message alerts

the alerts are available to the general public for the real thing, but in the trying-it-out phase twice a year did it actually work? 

 

UPDATE

 

Cleveland Dam Safety Enhancements Program Notifications

 

 

https://metrovancouver.org/services/water/cleveland-dam-safety-enhancements-program-notifications

 

and

 

https://metrovancouver.org/river-safety 

The Capilano River is an ever-changing and sometimes unpredictable force of nature.

Know the risks of being around the river and learn how to avoid them.

Vancouver Rioters: It's only been 12 years? Where Are They Now? Fulfilling their dreams, their aspirations?

 

 https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2016/591238/stanley-cup-riot-prosecutions.pdf

 

 

 

'Our' Riot provided the means for gathering, and using, the data to prepare for January 6th.

B.C.’s Prosecution Service – Report on the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot Prosecutions

Page 9 of 21

"Analysts processed the video by “tagging” a suspect depicted committing a criminal offence. The image of the person would be tagged with a description of their personal characteristics and their clothing.

These tags permitted an IRIT investigator to later use a search program, AVID Media Composer, to search the video and photograph exhibits by the personal characteristics and clothing descriptors of a particular riot suspect. The search would return all tagged images matching the description of a particular riot suspect. Through this search process, IRIT investigators were able to uncover the criminal conduct committed by individual suspects without personally reviewing all of the photographic images.

The processing of the video and photographs in LEVA also ensured that evidence of the full conduct of a rioter was located. Some individuals turned themselves into the police shortly after the riot and provided a statement to the police of their conduct during the riot. The processing at LEVA permitted investigators to search all the evidence to ensure the accuracy of these statements. At times the search produced evidence showing that an individual’s self-reported account was inaccurate, and in fact the individual was much more seriously involved."

AA Photo____Capilano River Regional Park

 

E Photo____ Delbrook Plaza Bench

 

D Photo____ Capilano River Regional Park

 

 

 

 

 

C Photo____Capilano River Regional Park

 

B Photo____Capilano River Regional Park

  

 

A Photo_____Capilano River Regional Park

 

 

 

Back in 73' Vancouver Planetarium and George Norris' Crab double exposure

I used a ....

Koni Omega camera

120mm Kodacolor 100   

Negative size:     2  1/4"  X  2  3/4"

 

First photograph:

Linhof Tripod  set atop a pile of gravel where the Music Academy is now

 

@ 10 seconds  F 8

 

Reset shutter

 

Second photograph:

Linhof Tripod set between the Planetarium doors and the Crab

 

@ 10 seconds F 8

 

And Thankfully, the fountain was Off, 

And the Parking lot lights On,

And the apartment lighting almost non-existent,

And Thanks to H.R. MacMillan Space Centre,

The Koni Omega was great for weddings because of the film format matched the paper size, no cropping required. 

 

Link to  George Norris Sculpture backgrounder, and those others images