When Glenn Johanson left his home in Eagle Bay Thursday afternoon to go to an appointment in Salmon Arm, he was met by a torrent of water rushing over the road.

He knew immediately what had happened.

Johanson lives about a half a kilometre from the spot where Eagle Bay Road was being ravaged, and he witnessed the same thing about five or six years ago.

He explains that a small lake sits up the mountain and it drains down via the creek that had just burst its banks.

The previous time, a beaver dam had burst so the water torrent released came down the mountain and obliterated the road.

害羞草研究所淓xactly the same spot, same problem,害羞草研究所� he says. 害羞草研究所淔ive years ago they repaired the road and put in some measures that they thought would prevent a further occurrence.害羞草研究所�

Johnson said a larger culvert was put in but it was still too small.

害羞草研究所淟ocal residents thought this would never work because the volume of water coming down the creek far exceeds the volume culverts could take in a similar type of emergency.害羞草研究所�

Johanson isn害羞草研究所檛 sure what the solution is, but he suggests a new approach.

害羞草研究所淥therwise this lake will keep flowing down every five or 10 years,害羞草研究所� he said Friday. 害羞草研究所淵esterday the road was taken out 害羞草研究所� if you measured the length along the road, probably 100 or 200 feet long, and the entire width of it.害羞草研究所�

He said the water carried debris with it, not only continuing down the creek to the lake, but also flowing down the road and down the ditches.

害羞草研究所淚t carried some boulders and trees, and even carried a culvert at that point. The debris eventually crossed the road to someone害羞草研究所檚 house. Fortunately no one was injured.害羞草研究所�

Johnson suggests that drainage of the lake above be looked at, as it has probably been running down the mountain for hundreds of years.

害羞草研究所淚 can see how the water has gouged out the creek bed and carried rocks and debris to the beach. So this has been going on for a long time. One solution is figuring out how to control that small lake.害羞草研究所�

The other would be considering how the water flow that normally goes under Eagle Bay Road is designed.

害羞草研究所淩ight now they害羞草研究所檝e put culverts under the road. Last time they put in a larger culvert, it was still too small. They need something other than a culvert, whether it害羞草研究所檚 a bridge or some other kind of diversion I have no idea. I害羞草研究所檒l leave that to the civil engineers.害羞草研究所�