This B.C. resident lost her home due to flooding as storms batter the province | Hanomansing Live

Our next guest is among some B.C. residents already dealing with the aftermath of the storms that Darius has been talking about. Chloe Shue Collicott lost her home early this morning from the flooding. She joins us now from Port Alberni, British Columbia. That's on Vancouver Island. Chloe, I know a lot has happened and it's only been in the last few hours. How are you holding up? We're doing good on our side. We're trying to do everything we can. Obviously it's extremely unexpected but we're managing. And explain to us what happened to your home. So essentially at around 12:30 a.m. today we got minimal flooding. We had a sewer essentially kind of like combust and flood our house with about almost two feet of sewage water forcing us to evacuate and ruining most of our belongings. I think we have some videos of you, yeah, there it is, trekking through the water. Oh, man. Like, I've... I've dealt with very, very minor flooding, and I know how disruptive it could be. Looking at these pictures, Chloe, I just feel for you. What were you thinking as you were dealing with this? At the moment, it was my brother and me there with our dog. We were very shocked. For one second, it was two inches of water, and next thing you know, it was two feet. It was like, oh my goodness, what's happening? How do we manage this? We didn't prepare any go bags, which is not our fault, but it was definitely very hard trying to navigate through that in such short notice with all of a sudden it being kind of manageable to you have to go. Yeah. I mean, you know, I'm obviously sorry that you've had to deal with this. One of the things that comes out of people hearing a story like yours is the reminder of how quickly things can change and how important it is to have a go bag. I don't have a proper go bag. And this is this is a reminder that we all need to for whatever might happen in our community. Thank you so much for having me. Where are you right now? Like, where are you going to stay now that, you know, your house is underwater, basically? So currently I'm just staying with a buddy, but my mother is just with some family where we kind of try to navigate. It's all so soon, so it's, we don't know exactly what to do exactly, but yeah, we're just kind of staying in places that we can for the moment until we can figure out a plan B to get on our feet again. Yeah, we saw some video there a moment ago. Maybe we can play it again. And that is a street in Port Alberni early this morning. And what does the community look like this evening? This evening, it's still quite bad. Obviously, we have everyone that we can hands on doing everything, like doing what we can. But it's still, there's noticeable debris. There's rain still coming. It's not stopping anytime soon. Our sewage, our sewers are now drained, thankfully, but it's still going to be quite wet and there's going to be a lot of noticeable debris and further damage. That video is extraordinary. The video we were just watching, the amount of water on the street is, yeah, I had no idea that it was as bad as that. So there must be a lot of people in town who are feeling the impact of this. 1000%. We are only one of many, like even just our complex alone, like there's five or six other units attached that were directly affected. And that's only one area in Port Alberni. What's next for you? I'm not too sure. I know we're just going to be, as I said before, doing everything we can. Obviously, I have my GoFundMe set up, hopefully, with donations with that. We can get the emergency necessities, some housing, and hopefully get a place that we can call home again. Well, I so appreciate you being willing to talk to us at such a tough time. But I think a lot of good comes out of people hearing stories like yours. And I hope some good comes out of... For you personally, and you can get back on your feet, Chloe Shue Collicott is a Port Alberni resident who lost her home due to flooding. Thank you. Thank you so much.