Docks are weighted down by barrels. Okanagan Lake laps at the feet of Manhattan Point residents, causing concern as water levels rise.
Mark Breakell moved to Kelowna four years ago from Calgary and said he91裸聊视频檚 never heard of flooding in the Okanagan to this extreme.
91裸聊视频淭his is our fortifications, there91裸聊视频檚 so sense sandbagging as it will just come up over the dock,91裸聊视频 he said, indicating the plywood structure he created at the front of his property in order to brace against the waves.
91裸聊视频淭his glass has turned from decorative to sea wall,91裸聊视频 he said.
It wouldn91裸聊视频檛 take much more water before Breakell91裸聊视频檚 deck will be completely covered.
91裸聊视频淣ormally the water is at the second step,91裸聊视频 he said.
His dock is already underwater, weighed down to prevent it from floating away.
His home lies on Manhattan Drive.
91裸聊视频淢y house will be fine, because it91裸聊视频檚 high and dry,91裸聊视频 he said. The house sits a few feet above the glass.
Breakell is just one of many residents affected by the flooding.
Manhattan Point beach (900 Manhattan Drive) is currently closed. Other beaches along the road are sandbagged and bladder dams protect some lakefront properties.
As of Wednesday morning, the level of Okanagan Lake was 343.248 metres above sea level, seven millimetres more than from Tuesday morning91裸聊视频檚 level as measured by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The lake is predicted to peak possibly as high as 343.5 m according to a Central Okanagan Emergency Operations release on June 5. By comparison, the 1948 flood peaked at about 343 m.
On Tuesday, new flood maps showed Manhattan Point as one of the at-risk areas which also includes Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 downtown waterfront.