Rainfall Records Smashed in Vancouver Area – We Stay Silent
August 19, 2025 – On August 15, rainfall records across Metro Vancouver were not just broken, they were shattered. Communities saw double and even triple the historic highs. In any society that took climate change seriously, this would be headline news and a national wake-up call. Instead, Canada’s corporate media and political leaders downplayed it, more concerned with pushing pipelines, LNG, and oil than with protecting the environment.
Extreme Rainfall: Records Tripled in B.C.
Abbotsford: 55.8 mm of rain fell, smashing the old 1999 record of 18 mm – a threefold increase.
Squamish: 36.8 mm compared to the 1988 record of 14.4 mm.
West Vancouver: 80.6 mm versus the previous high of 38.4 mm (1999).
These are not minor fluctuations. They are dramatic climate signals. Yet coverage was minimal, and no major politician spoke up about what this means for Canada’s future.
Climate Change Disasters Are Accelerating
This rainfall isn’t an isolated incident. It comes on top of a cascade of climate disasters worldwide:
Record Arctic ice melt in 2024 and 2025.
Canada’s second-worst wildfire season ever.
Severe droughts across Africa and North America.
The Amazon rainforest drying and burning, with drought made 30x more likely by climate change.
Catastrophic Texas floods killing over 130 people.
Fires forcing mass evacuations in California and Australia.
The science is clear: climate change is spiraling beyond our control. We can’t stop it completely, but we can still reduce its severity—if we act honestly and urgently.
Why Canada’s Media and Politicians Ignore the Crisis
Big business dominates Canada’s narrative. Oil and gas companies, automakers, and banks profit from endless fossil fuel use, and they control both our governments and our media.
As a result:
Record-shattering rainfall is ignored.
Climate disasters are downplayed.
The real solution—consuming less—is never discussed.
Corporations don’t want Canadians to hear about reducing consumption, because their profits depend on endless growth.
What We Must Do
If we are serious about survival, Canada needs a new path. That means:
Ending corporate control of government.
Building a truly independent, free press.
Cutting car dependence and investing in public transit.
Reducing flying by 80–90%.
Eliminating wasteful packaging and throw-away cups and cutlery.
Protecting forests, oceans, and fisheries from over-exploitation.
Shrinking homes, reducing mining, and cutting toxic chemical use.
Even re-thinking how much energy the computer industry consumes.
In short: we must live with less. Fewer cars, fewer flights, fewer disposables, smaller homes, and less industrial destruction. If we don’t choose this path, growing disasters will force it on us anyway.
Conclusion: A Wake-Up Call Canada Refuses to Hear
The August 15 rainfall records in Vancouver should have been front-page news. Instead, they were brushed aside. If Canada cannot even recognize when climate change is smashing historic records at home, how can we ever hope to respond?
The choice is stark: continue on the path of corporate denial, or reclaim democracy, tell the truth, and build a society that consumes less and protects life on Earth.
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