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Waters of Neglect: A True Story of Disaster, Warning, and the Path to Resilience
The flood of 2021 was not an accident. It was a decision.
On November 14, 2021, an atmospheric river slammed into British Columbia, unleashing a "Category 5" torrent of moisture. In the Sumas Prairie, the Nooksack River burst its banks, dikes failed, and the "Battle for Barrowtown" began. As 200 volunteers raced to stack sandbags in the freezing rain to save the region's critical pump station, a $9 billion agricultural heartland stood on the brink of total destruction.
But this wasn't just a natural disaster. It was the inevitable result of a 30-year "Accountability Void".
In Waters of Neglect, researcher Scott Kauppinen reconstructs the timeline of a preventable catastrophe. Through deep archival investigation and harrowing first-hand accounts, this book reveals how decades of ignored warnings turned a severe weather event into a national crisis.
Inside, you will discover:
This is not just a history of what went wrong; it is a manifesto for how to make it right.
From the "Infrastructure Trap" that ties Canada's economy to a flood zone to the proposal for a Unified Flood Authority by 2026 , Waters of Neglect challenges us to confront the "Psychology of Risk" and demand true resilience.
The water will return. The only question is: will we be ready this time?
The flood of 2021 was not an accident. It was a decision.
On November 14, 2021, an atmospheric river slammed into British Columbia, unleashing a "Category 5" torrent of moisture. In the Sumas Prairie, the Nooksack River burst its banks, dikes failed, and the "Battle for Barrowtown" began. As 200 volunteers raced to stack sandbags in the freezing rain to save the region's critical pump station, a $9 billion agricultural heartland stood on the brink of total destruction.
But this wasn't just a natural disaster. It was the inevitable result of a 30-year "Accountability Void".
In Waters of Neglect, researcher Scott Kauppinen reconstructs the timeline of a preventable catastrophe. Through deep archival investigation and harrowing first-hand accounts, this book reveals how decades of ignored warnings turned a severe weather event into a national crisis.
Inside, you will discover:
- The 30-Year Paper Trail: How the 1993 "Nightmare Scenario" report predicted the exact flooding of the Sumas Prairie but was shelved by officials.
- The "Original Sin" of 1924: The story of the draining of Semá:th Xhotsa (Sumas Lake), a massive engineering feat that erased a vital Indigenous food system and replaced it with a "fragile" mechanical reliance on pumps.
- The Policy Trap: How a 2003 government decision to "download" dike liability to municipalities without providing funding guaranteed future failure.
- The Human Cost: The untold stories of the farmers who lost 640,000 animals and the families left behind in the "toxic soup" of the aftermath.
- The Urgent Choice: The fierce debate now raging between the "Rebuild Bigger" plan to fortify the status quo and the "Semá:th Vision" to restore the lake and live with water.
This is not just a history of what went wrong; it is a manifesto for how to make it right.
From the "Infrastructure Trap" that ties Canada's economy to a flood zone to the proposal for a Unified Flood Authority by 2026 , Waters of Neglect challenges us to confront the "Psychology of Risk" and demand true resilience.
The water will return. The only question is: will we be ready this time?
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