Sorry! I haven't been checking GR, because I know I'll just spend ages being distracted by it. I've been safe at home, ignoring outside life and dealing with massively frustrating homework, as well as one or two very needy heartbroken friends. And we'll just leave it at that.
The floods happen almost every year, with varying degrees of severity. I'm safe. I don't live in the interior; I live pretty much right in Vancouver (although not in the city proper -- just in the metro area). I used to live in the Fraser Valley, and almost all of my friends still live there. One of them used to live on what's technically a reserve, and they are used to having to sandbag the area to protect their homes from the rising water levels. The flooding is just part of living by the river. It's unfortunate, but that's the geography of the area.
It is very weird to hear about disasters in other parts of the world, bringing all these random people onto your stage of awareness. I heard a few weeks ago about a shooting in the states, right on campus where my friend lives in residence. Fucking scary, was in a panic all day. Those instances always leave me wanting for better means of communication.
I must say, I'm a little disappointed. I thought that perhaps GR thought I was gone, and that this thread was going to be filled with gossip about me!
