The only thing more impressive than the pace of the repair is the quality and timeliness of your reports. Excellent reporting, many thanks from Vancouver Island.
Wow! Amazing real time footage and reference to the damage done to the Coquihalla--and that's just a small part of it. Mother Nature changing the map for us. Thank you so very much for your exceptional work showcasing your first hand experiences of this history-making catastrophe.
Thanks for posting. Imagine that, us unwashed masses now have a real picture of what it looks like instead of the sanitized, limited view from conventional channels. You guys have provided an amazing service!!!
Thanks for the current state of the highway. Instead of individual shots of the damage, this drive of the road and coupled with the sites really brings home the extent of the devastation, the areas that still need work, and the places that are passable now. You give credit regarding the logistics involved including the sources of material to get everything repaired especially at the non-stop speed that the workers are maintaining to connect the province. Keep recording more for BC history. Cheers to all
Awesome details! Honestly, if it wasn't for you guys, we would really be in the dark. Regular media is too busy fanning the flames over yet another bs variant. Thanks for everything!
Excellent video, thank you! I know the flooded locations very well, as a frequent driver on the Coquihalla. I had planned to drive up into the interior for Christmas. Now I'm stuck here in Vancouver. Thankfully UA-cam has great people like you who take the time to download videos like this so the general public can see what's happening. I wish the BC government would do the same, but they don't. It's extremely interesting to see what's going on, and how hard the road crews are working to get things back to as normal as possible. Hopefully we will never see another event like this again in out lifetimes!
Highway took a beating plus making repairs before hard Winter conditions set in is impressive! Thanks for documenting everything! Really put the personal view on everything.
Really got to hand it to you guys/ family for amazing and comprehensive video of the roadworks and progress for us viewers in other parts of our great nation of Canada. What you have done is made things so much easier for us to see, get bearings on previous videos. The views from above put it all into perspective. I, for one was seriously disturbed when this news originally broke about the slides and flooding. I think your family deserves a commendation for the work you have done. Thank you from Manitoba!
The fact that the MoT plans to have the Coq open for essential traffic Hope to Merritt on Monday is just absolutely mindblowing. I know the repairs aren't permanent but holy crap they threw a lot of work at it to at least to get the road usable.
Your videos are more informative than the lame stream media ever thought of being, showing us the true aspects of what is being done to reopen the highways of your region that are more vital to the nation's economy than any idiot politician running their mouths about nothing that concerns them, y'all are doing a great job, keep posting boys
I’m here in Lubbock, Texas and I thank you for keeping the updates on the BC highways! I watch “Highway thru Hell” and I’m trying to keep up with what’s going on!! Thank you 🙏!!!
excellent presentation, exactly the sort of info I was looking for to helps put all the damaged areas into context with the showing the maps. With being here in Ontario I was always trying to find the specific problems on Google maps which was sometimes difficult, this video now solves that. Great job guys, keep up the excellent work.
As someone who has driven that hwy many years. Along with 3,000,000. miles across Canada and US. Your coverage is exceptional. The media could learn from you. How to ease the minds of many. Saam Bailee. Extra Mile Productions. Edmonton, AB.
Thanks for the updates. Amazing what those crews have done in such a short time. Hopefully you keep posting updates as more permanent repairs are worked on.
thank you folks. thank you very much. in your videos are so much more information on the state of things than we'd ever hope to get from 'official' sources.
Another great video for the archive vault guys! The engineering feat is totally amazing as the work crews have been working tirelessly 24/7 to re-open such a vital route for BC!Stay safe everyone 👍
Thanks for the videos. I drove the Coquihalla on opening day, and many times a year to get to and back from our Cabin, on a lake just north of Kamloops. (My buddy Rick and I drove it the year before it opened as an adventure in his Datsun pickup to start out our fly fishing trip.) So I know it quite well. (The "checkerboard" landmark you refer to, was a Telus / BC Tel anchor point for their "chairlift" up to a microwave relay station, which Rick had to use donkey years later when he was on their service crew.) Your video gives great details of the damage - vastly superior to the local Vancouver Media with their Helicopters, and "professional" reporters. Too bad you didn't get all the way to Merritt as I expect the Coldwater river did some damage too. Thanks again for the effort.
Nice job guys , thanks for the steady updates. Seeing what’s actually happpening is so much better than the official updates. Thanks so much for taking your time to put these videos together. Fredb
Excellent reporting. One can truly appreciate the amount of work these road heroes have to complete. Wish I could bring out Christmas cookies for everyone 😌
The speed of the repairs is amassing keep up your updates l find them quite lnformative In 1978 the highway 16 between Terrace and Haselton had like 8 bridges wash out, they put in Bally bridges ( single lane) as a temporary fix . They were many years before all the bridge repairs were completed
Thank you very much, it was greatly appreciated. Now we can see that in a relative small section the amount of effort that is going on, thank you Also it does want me to see more of what was happening on the other sections. :) To bad there was no one in those areas. Stay safe and have a great day.
Very interesting, I bikepacked from Hope to Britton Creek via Coquihalla Lakes Rd. in July. Then we went over the FSR into Tullameen. Thanks for the update, doing a great job.
Well as usual, you folks have out done yourselves. The extent of the damages & obstacles you face were beyond comprehension. You Canadians stood up to this challenge, took the Bull by the Horns & said "Yes" to Motor Nature. You took this challenge & worked day & night to get the "Coke" back open. It is a testimony to the Ministry, the Citizens of BC, Kiewit International, all the locals that supported this task of the rebuild along with all the construction companies. A big "Job well Done" to all who completed this task for all citizens of Canada.
Way back in the 60's when the Hope slide happened that was very devastating .But all this flooding is more then 100% worse ? Thank you for taking the time to show the true story of this devastation 🏔️🌧️🙏🎄🤪
Thanks, I find your videos very interesting as I know the area from working on the original highway through that area with EAC. Also worked on flood damage caused from flooding back in the '90's. The power of the Coq. in flood is substantial. This past flood damage is far greater than the last one in the '90's.
a lot of REALLY intense editing in this 8+ minute video - thanks for the visuals on some of the more than 20 sites along the coquihalla that need repairs...
Hands down the best reporting, video, real world, comprehensive work ever. I have read the comments below and all say the same thing - brilliant work. I can't add anything more except that this is a series so compelling, so well done, that you could actually make a TV program of 1 hour and sell it to the networks, it is that good. Better than any of the news media shots, not even in the same league. This is like being there, compelling, addictive, can't put it down story. Why? Because it is real world people, in real time, optimistic, cheerful, never say die, we will get through this and full of smiles and hope in the face of absolute destruction and misery. That is so damn rare. You just don't see it. I saw the Sumas Prairie videos and they were raw, the sadness and suffering, the struggles, the drama, . . . But nothing of the kind of optimism that is here - that is the difference. I think you guys have given us all a reason to believe. It is not the doomsdayer, the sad moments, the drama queen stories, but instead, one of those kinds that gets all of us rooting for you, we are on board, we will be there with you. That is powerful stuff. And completely natural, un rehearsed, non acting, good guys - all of you. Knowhatimean? Don't stop!!!! Dave
Just gotta add another superlative here; great stuff guys, you definitely have your backyard covered. Thanks for all your time & effort. MSM should fly y'all around the country to document stuff like this! Cheers from Sointula.
BMC, British Motor Corporation, did my six year indentured apprenticeship with Cockshoots, a BMC dealership in the North of England. That sign brought many memories
Incredible progress! I said in a previous video but if that happened here in the States they'd still be fighting over who would get the contract, budget and rezoning.
Wow, thanks for the updates on all the washouts. The Cog took a beating that's for sure. Good to see progress. I wonder if Google maps will update the Cog. But sush about tolls. Don't give the BC transportation bureaucrats any ideas.
Good stuff, thank you for covering this, very thorough, muchly appreciated. Funny,.... toll sign. But ya might be right on point there, eh. But wow, their sure kickin it. Thanks again.
the checkerboard tower was the bottom station of the Jarvis Mountain tramway, It is referred to as " Jarvis " by the technicians who work up on the mountain.
thanks for the awesome reports,you guys are right on the money with the opening picture of the toll sign. lol.as others have said , a lot better than the regular media reporting the same old bs. cheers brothers
The only thing more impressive than the pace of the repair is the quality and timeliness of your reports. Excellent reporting, many thanks from Vancouver Island.
So true- Great work filming and editing with maps- Another thumbs up from Vancouver Island
Wow! Amazing real time footage and reference to the damage done to the Coquihalla--and that's just a small part of it. Mother Nature changing the map for us. Thank you so very much for your exceptional work showcasing your first hand experiences of this history-making catastrophe.
Thanks for posting. Imagine that, us unwashed masses now have a real picture of what it looks like instead of the sanitized, limited view from conventional channels. You guys have provided an amazing service!!!
Thanks for the current state of the highway. Instead of individual shots of the damage, this drive of the road and coupled with the sites really brings home the extent of the devastation, the areas that still need work, and the places that are passable now. You give credit regarding the logistics involved including the sources of material to get everything repaired especially at the non-stop speed that the workers are maintaining to connect the province. Keep recording more for BC history. Cheers to all
Awesome details! Honestly, if it wasn't for you guys, we would really be in the dark. Regular media is too busy fanning the flames over yet another bs variant. Thanks for everything!
100%
just wanted to say thank you for posting all these updates.
Excellent video, thank you! I know the flooded locations very well, as a frequent driver on the Coquihalla. I had planned to drive up into the interior for Christmas. Now I'm stuck here in Vancouver. Thankfully UA-cam has great people like you who take the time to download videos like this so the general public can see what's happening. I wish the BC government would do the same, but they don't. It's extremely interesting to see what's going on, and how hard the road crews are working to get things back to as normal as possible. Hopefully we will never see another event like this again in out lifetimes!
Highway took a beating plus making repairs before hard Winter conditions set in is impressive! Thanks for documenting everything! Really put the personal view on everything.
Huge thumbs up. … great information!
Hats off to everyone who is working so hard to get the roads in BC open. You people are amazing!!
Really got to hand it to you guys/ family for amazing and comprehensive video of the roadworks and progress for us viewers in other parts of our great nation of Canada. What you have done is made things so much easier for us to see, get bearings on previous videos. The views from above put it all into perspective. I, for one was seriously disturbed when this news originally broke about the slides and flooding. I think your family deserves a commendation for the work you have done. Thank you from Manitoba!
The fact that the MoT plans to have the Coq open for essential traffic Hope to Merritt on Monday is just absolutely mindblowing. I know the repairs aren't permanent but holy crap they threw a lot of work at it to at least to get the road usable.
Thanks for keeping us updated. I'm really impressed by the crew getting the highway ready. Your videos are good for easing our Interior anxiety.
Your videos are more informative than the lame stream media ever thought of being, showing us the true aspects of what is being done to reopen the highways of your region that are more vital to the nation's economy than any idiot politician running their mouths about nothing that concerns them, y'all are doing a great job, keep posting boys
I’m here in Lubbock, Texas and I thank you for keeping the updates on the BC highways! I watch “Highway thru Hell” and I’m trying to keep up with what’s going on!! Thank you 🙏!!!
This is the most comprehensive report I've seen good work
Excellent coverage of this . You show us the before and after and can really see , just how destructive this storm was . Thanks for what you do !
You are putting out the best information of anyone on UA-cam about the situation on the Coquihalla. Thanks.
excellent presentation, exactly the sort of info I was looking for to helps put all the damaged areas into context with the showing the maps. With being here in Ontario I was always trying to find the specific problems on Google maps which was sometimes difficult, this video now solves that. Great job guys, keep up the excellent work.
As someone who has driven that hwy many years. Along with 3,000,000. miles across Canada and US. Your coverage is exceptional. The media could learn from you. How to ease the minds of many. Saam Bailee. Extra Mile Productions. Edmonton, AB.
So devastating amazing coverage guys.
Look forward to your daily reporting. Awesome more informative than any news reports. Thank You so much for your vids.
Thanks for the updates. Amazing what those crews have done in such a short time. Hopefully you keep posting updates as more permanent repairs are worked on.
This makes sense - and helps put the magnitude of the disaster in perspective. Great info to share - much appreciated!
Thanks for a coherent report linking the amazing progress. Your intimate knowledge of the area is invaluable.
Thanks for the update. I'll be happy to get off of hwy 3.
Hey guys thanks I learned more from watching your videos than I did on main steam media
thank you folks. thank you very much. in your videos are so much more information on the state of things than we'd ever hope to get from 'official' sources.
Another great video for the archive vault guys! The engineering feat is totally amazing as the work crews have been working tirelessly 24/7 to re-open such a vital route for BC!Stay safe everyone 👍
Thank you for all of your excellent updates . Love the visual map and drive along. Puts it more in perspective. Great job to the highway crews.
Thanks for the videos. I drove the Coquihalla on opening day, and many times a year to get to and back from our Cabin, on a lake just north of Kamloops. (My buddy Rick and I drove it the year before it opened as an adventure in his Datsun pickup to start out our fly fishing trip.) So I know it quite well. (The "checkerboard" landmark you refer to, was a Telus / BC Tel anchor point for their "chairlift" up to a microwave relay station, which Rick had to use donkey years later when he was on their service crew.) Your video gives great details of the damage - vastly superior to the local Vancouver Media with their Helicopters, and "professional" reporters. Too bad you didn't get all the way to Merritt as I expect the Coldwater river did some damage too. Thanks again for the effort.
You folks are Great at keeping us up to date. Love watching all your vids. Thank You all.🇨🇦
Nice job guys , thanks for the steady updates. Seeing what’s actually happpening is so much better than the official updates. Thanks so much for taking your time to put these videos together. Fredb
Much appreciated,love the video keep them coming. It's nice knowing what's going on in b.c. . You and your Dad make excellent videos.
Excellent reporting. One can truly appreciate the amount of work these road heroes have to complete. Wish I could bring out Christmas cookies for everyone 😌
Who ever tough that your dog would become a movie star !!!
Great coverages i enjoy your work keep it up.
Great report guys ...keep up the good work .. ur my go to for Coq updates !
The speed of the repairs is amassing keep up your updates l find them quite lnformative
In 1978 the highway 16 between Terrace and Haselton had like 8 bridges wash out, they put in Bally bridges ( single lane) as a temporary fix .
They were many years before all the bridge repairs were completed
Thank you very much, it was greatly appreciated. Now we can see that in a relative small section the amount of effort that is going on, thank you Also it does want me to see more of what was happening on the other sections. :) To bad there was no one in those areas. Stay safe and have a great day.
Very interesting, I bikepacked from Hope to Britton Creek via Coquihalla Lakes Rd. in July. Then we went over the FSR into Tullameen. Thanks for the update, doing a great job.
Good opening tune! Eh from Langley. And thanks for all the great updates. Much appreciated
Well as usual, you folks have out done yourselves. The extent of the damages & obstacles you face were beyond comprehension. You Canadians stood up to this challenge, took the Bull by the Horns & said "Yes" to Motor Nature. You took this challenge & worked day & night to get the "Coke" back open. It is a testimony to the Ministry, the Citizens of BC, Kiewit International, all the locals that supported this task of the rebuild along with all the construction companies. A big "Job well Done" to all who completed this task for all citizens of Canada.
Your efforts with these videos are remarkable.
Well done guys, thanks for the clarity!
Thanks for your great work! I´been wacthing since the start! BR fr Stockholm, Sweden!
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Lucky that Transcanada had crews in the area and repaired the pipeline so Vancouver is back online. Just in time for miserably cold weather too.
Thanks for the tour. God bless 🙏🏼
Way back in the 60's when the Hope slide happened that was very devastating .But all this flooding is more then 100% worse ? Thank you for taking the time to show the true story of this devastation 🏔️🌧️🙏🎄🤪
Thanks, I find your videos very interesting as I know the area from working on the original highway through that area with EAC. Also worked on flood damage caused from flooding back in the '90's. The power of the Coq. in flood is substantial. This past flood damage is far greater than the last one in the '90's.
Awesome video. Nice to have the maps showing to see where you are talking about.
Thanks for the video and drive through. It was very informative
Thanks for all the great updates. Keep ‘em coming. The rebuilding process is going to be interesting!
Many thanks for your effort to put out great information.
a lot of REALLY intense editing in this 8+ minute video - thanks for the visuals on some of the more than 20 sites along the coquihalla that need repairs...
Thanks for the awesome updates!
Thanks for your very informative videos. We travel from Kelowna to the coast frequently. I also would have no problem with the toll being reinstated.
Once again... awesome reporting 👍
Hands down the best reporting, video, real world, comprehensive work ever. I have read the comments below and all say the same thing - brilliant work. I can't add anything more except that this is a series so compelling, so well done, that you could actually make a TV program of 1 hour and sell it to the networks, it is that good. Better than any of the news media shots, not even in the same league. This is like being there, compelling, addictive, can't put it down story.
Why? Because it is real world people, in real time, optimistic, cheerful, never say die, we will get through this and full of smiles and hope in the face of absolute destruction and misery. That is so damn rare. You just don't see it. I saw the Sumas Prairie videos and they were raw, the sadness and suffering, the struggles, the drama, . . . But nothing of the kind of optimism that is here - that is the difference.
I think you guys have given us all a reason to believe. It is not the doomsdayer, the sad moments, the drama queen stories, but instead, one of those kinds that gets all of us rooting for you, we are on board, we will be there with you. That is powerful stuff. And completely natural, un rehearsed, non acting, good guys - all of you. Knowhatimean? Don't stop!!!!
Dave
Just gotta add another superlative here; great stuff guys, you definitely have your backyard covered. Thanks for all your time & effort. MSM should fly y'all around the country to document stuff like this! Cheers from Sointula.
Thanks for the update.
Thanks for update!
Thank you for these videos. Your presentations are top notch
Awesome updates. Thanks for posting 👍
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They are saying the highway will be reopen on next Wednesday, if so, that is an impressive repairing in a month~
By Monday was the last I heard. :)
Great video boys!
great job thanks for updating us
Thank you for the Map and the Tour .
Great update for travelers. I'm not sure if I'm even 'allowed' to leave the island
BMC, British Motor Corporation, did my six year indentured apprenticeship with Cockshoots, a BMC dealership in the North of England.
That sign brought many memories
Hi thanks for the up date just love your video,s keep up the good work.
Happy for another update. Thanks.
Incredible progress! I said in a previous video but if that happened here in the States they'd still be fighting over who would get the contract, budget and rezoning.
Thank you! 🍻
This is awesome reporting! Thanks guys!
Once again great information, thank guys. Keep it up.👍
Such an impressive recovery ... BC is setting the standard.
Wow, thanks for the updates on all the washouts. The Cog took a beating that's for sure. Good to see progress. I wonder if Google maps will update the Cog. But sush about tolls. Don't give the BC transportation bureaucrats any ideas.
Good stuff, thank you for covering this, very thorough, muchly appreciated. Funny,.... toll sign. But ya might be right on point there, eh. But wow, their sure kickin it. Thanks again.
the checkerboard tower was the bottom station of the Jarvis Mountain tramway, It is referred to as " Jarvis " by the technicians who work up on the mountain.
Love your videos. Thanks!
This is excellent and so interesting to see!
thanks for the awesome reports,you guys are right on the money with the opening picture of the toll sign. lol.as others have said , a lot better than the regular media reporting the same old bs.
cheers brothers
Thanks for sharing this.
Great work Bros
Great Job!
Great report!
Excellent video! Well done. Are they bringing in any bridge sections or are they just back filling to bring things up to grade.
Great video
excellent , you are better than watch the news , might put CBC outta work lol
Thank-you!!
Always look fwd to your vids
Nice video. Would it be possible for you to do a series of 5 or 10 minute videos on each section of damage so we can get a good look at them?
The editing on the video endings is often an abrupt cut out...possibly to entice the audience in wanting more?
That's exactly what's up 😂
nice update. thanks.
I have no problem paying for a toll to help paying for the repairs. If they reinstate it and then remove it once the bill is paid off. Then so be it.
Good job, bro, thanks!
Thanks , you are doing way better reporting than the big news. We were lucky there were no earthquake after the flood, it would be total destruction.
There was a small earthquake this morning off the Coast. Salt Spring Island.
Good narrative