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Sebenzisa ngaphesheya kokushayela - uNelson Star
Isonto lokugcina ngihambe ngebhayisikili nginqamula ukushayela kweSouth Okanagan-West Kootenay izinyanga eziyisi-12 zilandelana. Ngithatha izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuhlanganisa imigwaqo nemigwaqo emikhulu, ngime emathilomu nasezindaweni zokudla eceleni kwendlela okufanele ngifeze ngayo nabavoti futhi ngihambe nabo emikhondweni yabo. Lezi zinyanga eziyi-12 bengikunakekela ukugcwalisa kumavidiyo avulekile indawo esingakhuluma kuyo kude. Futhi ngokushesha nje lapho uhambo luye lwahlala njengokulindelwe - izingxoxo ezinhle kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezinto, isimo sezulu esihle nendawo ezungezile kuyo yonke le ndlela yokushayela enhle.
Ngiqale lolu hambo nabagibeli bamabhayisikili abambalwa eGlenfir, cishe amakhilomitha ayisishiyagalombili enyakatho yeNaramata endleleni yeKettle Valley Railway. Safika ePenticton ngesikhathi sokudla kwasekuseni nokwethuka nguMike Farnworth, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuphepha Komphakathi we-BC. Ngenxa yokuthi iziko lomlilo laseChristie Mountain lalisha futhi i-Emergency Operations Centre yayiseduze, ngahamba nongqongqoshe ngaya naye e-EOC ukuze sixoxe ngezindawo zokuvikela umlilo nezokuphuma kwabantu kanye namakilasi atholwa eminyakeni edlule.
Ngemuva kokumiswa kwe-ayisikhilimu e-Okanagan Falls nangelantshi e-Oliver, ngaphinde ngathenga ngaphakathi emotweni e-Osoyoos ngaya eHuge White, enyakatho-ntshonalanga nook yokushayela. Ngihlangane nabantu bamabhizinisi endabuko ngesikhathi sokudla kwasekuseni ngakusasa ekuseni, ngaphinde ngaphinde ngathenga indlela ye-KVR eMcCulloch ngahamba ngebhayisikili amakhilomitha angama-60 ukuya eBeaverdell.
Sihlangane namaqembu amaningi abagibeli bamabhayisikili abasendleleni abathe bonke bancoma umzila kanti basikisela ngokuqinile ukuthi igcinwa isesimweni esiphakeme kubagibeli bamabhayisikili. ECarmi sinikeze indawo yokuhlola yomlilo ye-BC evikela abantu ngaphandle kwesikhala seCarmi Creek lapho iziko lishisa khona. Intombazane ephethe indawo yokuhlola yagcwala umvuzo ngabasebenzi abangaphansi nabasebenza emoyeni abavimbela iziko kanye nomunye eSolomon Mountain kuso sonke lesi sigodi.
Ngaphezulu kwe-pizza e-Rock Creek ngibe nengxoxo emfushane nomphathi omkhulu wasekolishi mayelana nokuvulwa kwamakolishi futhi ngikhulume isikhathi eside nosomabhizinisi wasendaweni maqondana nombono wezimali ongcono weBeververdell njengoba abantu bedlulisela futhi bephinda benze into emsulwa ngeWest Kettle Isigodi.
Ngakusasa ngaqhubeka ngehla ngomgwaqo we-KVR ngiya eRock Creek, indawo lapho ngavakashela khona i-Riverside Center entsha, okungeziwe okusha okuthokozisayo endaweni enikeza imininingwane yamakhasimende, izinkampani zenhlalo, indawo yokusebenza nezinkampani zamabhange ezinikezwe i-Osoyoos Credit score Inyunyana. Sibe nesidlo sakusihlwa eKeg naseKettle Grill eHalfway, indawo yokudlela entsha sha eyenza ibhizinisi elichumayo ezimweni ezinzima.
Ngakusasa ekuseni ngihlangane noCiel Sander, umxhumanisi wendlela yomdabu, ohambweni olunjenge-Eholt kuze kufike eGrand Forks. UCiel ngomusa ungiboleke isondo lakhe elinamafutha ebike, esho ukuthi phansi kwale ngxenye kusesimweni esesabekayo futhi kuyinkinga kumabhayisikili ajwayelekile afana nelami.
Amalungu obulungu bomjikelezo weGrand Forks asihlangabeze eduze no-Eholt (phakathi kweHodges Tunnel emnyama kakhulu ukuba inembile!) Bakhomba inkinga ekulondolozeni izingxenye ezinamadwala nesihlabathi sendlela lapho kwabelwana ngayo nabavakashi bezimoto. Ngenxa yala mathayi amafutha (kanye nosizo lwe-pedal kagesi!), Ngifike ngesidlo sasemini eGrand Forks ngesikhathi lapho elinye iqembu ebelihlangene khona ukuze kuxoxwe ngalo kuvulandi womgwaqo ngezindaba eziqala ezindabeni ezizungeze ukukhishwa kombhoshongo wamaseli we-5G kuya kwezepolitiki kunoma yikuphi amabanga enhlonipho.
Ngiye ngangena kumthengisi webhayisikili omusha sha edolobheni iGrand Forks ukuze ngikhulume nomnikazi wendawo mayelana nokukhuthaza ukuhamba ngebhayisikili (izitolo zamabhayisikili kuyo yonke indawo zikhungathekiswe yibhizinisi kuyo yonke i-COVID) kuyilapho ngibheke ama-e-bikes ngamathayi amafutha.
Njengoba iGrand Forks imake izinga eliphakathi nohambo lwami, manje yibanga elisebenzayo lokugoqa le kholamu futhi ngizoqeda umbiko ngesonto elilandelayo. Imikhondo ejabulisayo!
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