Trapped!
Oops, a rock slide trapped us in Whistler: “Rock slide closes Vancouver to Whistler route” (cbc.ca)
Luckily, there’s still time until Friday to clean it up. Had it happened on departure day, there’d be over 400 flights to reschedule. Good times.
Update: The story of Mozilla being trapped seems to get a little press feedback: On ZDNET, for example, and the local press wants to cover our experience as well.
Update 2: The highway is to reopen today (Saturday) night, they say.
July 30th, 2008 at 9:04 am
So if now the Internet connection died, too, you could really focus on working
July 30th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Wow, that’s a pretty badass rock slide! Just as well no one was driving there …
July 30th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
This rock slide is _obviously_ an evil plot by Microsoft to give IE8 more time to gain on Firefox.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:47 am
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July 31st, 2008 at 10:28 am
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July 31st, 2008 at 11:00 am
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July 31st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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August 1st, 2008 at 10:07 am
Whistler and the other communities above the rock slide are not completely cut off; there’s an alternate route, although it takes 6 hours instead of 2+ hours to get from Whistler to Vancouver. Certainly a huge inconvenience at least, and a significant hardship for many of the locals.
I wonder if provisions have been made for medical emergencies? Air evacuation to Vancouver for instance.
Maybe someone could provide a ferry service for commuters?
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Doug: Yes, actually we did take the long route all the way around. It took 6.5 hours on the bus (fast bus driver) so we made it to the airport well on time. Apparently, the Sea to Sky highway is to reopen tonight. I sure hope so, for everybody who lives up there!