Cut off from the rest of America, a small town endures lockdown

2021 ж. 6 Нау.
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Point Roberts, Wash., on a peninsula jutting out from Canada beneath the 49th parallel, is a tiny piece of America separate from the U.S. mainland. Its isolation helped protect the community from the spread of COVID-19, but restrictions at the border have effectively trapped residents there - and kept visitors out. Correspondent Lee Cowan journeys to the isolated town suffering from the economic ripple effects of the pandemic.
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  • I praise that lady for not closing her grocery store.

    @organizedchaos4559@organizedchaos45593 жыл бұрын
    • She may not have had a choice.

      @MelissaBrownapt215@MelissaBrownapt2153 жыл бұрын
    • @@MelissaBrownapt215 It sounds to me more like she MADE a choice. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and we can take away hope from the fact that there are still good people like Ally Heighton in this world.

      @el7jake@el7jake3 жыл бұрын
    • yes, but how does the store get restocked - from where?

      @ddigiorgio8438@ddigiorgio84383 жыл бұрын
    • @@ddigiorgio8438 Canada lets truckers cross the border. They just don't let regular people make the 24 mile drive from Pt. Roberts over to Blaine.

      @franciscolopez7101@franciscolopez71013 жыл бұрын
    • She is a hero.

      @donvaldez841@donvaldez8413 жыл бұрын
  • My husband & I were in Vancouver, Canada years ago when I spotted this geographical oddity on the map. We just had to visit. Such a beautiful little town. I hope when things can reopen safely they can bounce back.

    @kimbyunnoona7139@kimbyunnoona71393 жыл бұрын
    • Vancouver, Canada or Vancouver, Washington? ;-)

      @aberdeenhank4038@aberdeenhank40383 жыл бұрын
    • Lived iN Vancouver Wa for 8 years. Should not left.

      @trythinking6676@trythinking66763 жыл бұрын
    • @@kshuf8426 Yea ok.

      @Joesolo13@Joesolo133 жыл бұрын
    • @@kshuf8426 I agree

      @juliaweber212@juliaweber2123 жыл бұрын
    • @@aberdeenhank4038 Has to be Canada. Vancouver, Washington is on the border with Portland, Oregon. Point Roberts is next to the Metro Vancouver (in British Columbia,) city of Delta.

      @swtv1754@swtv17543 жыл бұрын
  • You can't tell me some of those Canadians haven't stepped over that 6" concrete block at night to tend to their cottages

    @nirradical@nirradical3 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly 😂

      @swz370@swz3703 жыл бұрын
    • I mean I would make an exception for point Roberts I mean the us doesn’t have to worry about it because it’s not connected to the mainland

      @RealGalaxyGamers@RealGalaxyGamers3 жыл бұрын
    • @@RealGalaxyGamers This happens all across CA/USA. It's literally the largest undefended boarder in the world. There are towns and streets across the whole country where people can just walk or drive across. You used to only have to show your drivers license to cross the boarder. It's pathetic how bad crossing has become now.

      @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep3 жыл бұрын
    • @@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep It would be nice if you could get into CA or MX without a passport and all the crap they give you now

      @RealGalaxyGamers@RealGalaxyGamers3 жыл бұрын
    • I would

      @magnatenews2879@magnatenews28793 жыл бұрын
  • Good for the grocery iwner who refused to close. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PROFIT. I hope they qualified for stimulus, Shake Shack did :/

    @kitcoffey7194@kitcoffey71943 жыл бұрын
    • Shake Shack had to return their money.

      @EvantidePhotographyBellingham@EvantidePhotographyBellingham3 жыл бұрын
    • But I agree, I hope they got the money and help they needed.

      @EvantidePhotographyBellingham@EvantidePhotographyBellingham3 жыл бұрын
    • Where is shake shack?

      @MzConcept13@MzConcept133 жыл бұрын
    • Seattle area.

      @EvantidePhotographyBellingham@EvantidePhotographyBellingham3 жыл бұрын
    • @@EvantidePhotographyBellingham thank you

      @MzConcept13@MzConcept133 жыл бұрын
  • This is a movie. Someone travels to Point Roberts and then everything is shut down and they can't leave.

    @NolaChick82@NolaChick823 жыл бұрын
    • That's not how this works. Non-essential travel is restricted, not all travel. Approach the border and tell them you're moving or you were visiting at the time of border closure and you'd be allowed to pass with no trouble.

      @mantis1s1k@mantis1s1k3 жыл бұрын
    • and then the birds move in .

      @maplebones@maplebones3 жыл бұрын
    • Kind of was. Called the terminal

      @hijinks21@hijinks213 жыл бұрын
    • Nola Chick hiiiiii. Are you from New Orleans? I'm a NOLA man😊

      @najn2372@najn23723 жыл бұрын
    • @@mantis1s1k Oooh...someone doesn't understand the old expression "tongue in cheek."

      @el7jake@el7jake3 жыл бұрын
  • This is sad but oddly sounds like a perfect place right now. Get away from all the idiots and joint a community who help and care about each other.

    @raymondadams6433@raymondadams64333 жыл бұрын
    • Until u need medical attention

      @legendarystatus4705@legendarystatus47053 жыл бұрын
    • Well you can thank #45! This is what happens when you elect an incompetent racist sound biter for president. He's out of office but this is the "ripple" effect! If Black people survived for 450 years with the grace of GOD your community will to.

      @winstonbanks1800@winstonbanks18003 жыл бұрын
    • You two are getting to deep into this. It just a little comment.

      @raymondadams6433@raymondadams64333 жыл бұрын
    • The Koolaid doesn’t work unless everyone drinks it..

      @bluelava4282@bluelava4282 Жыл бұрын
  • Had absolutely no idea this American land existed. Thank you Sunday morning for enlightening me and sharing about their hardships

    @margaretpeabody243@margaretpeabody2433 жыл бұрын
    • I’m from Washington state. We have everything here; rain forest, geographical oddities, deserts, etc.

      @kalijasin@kalijasin3 жыл бұрын
    • @@kalijasin You have my daughter too who lives in Seattle and who I've recently reconnected with hoping to visit her after covid.

      @margaretpeabody243@margaretpeabody2433 жыл бұрын
    • There is another one, Angle Inlet in Minnesota.

      @miss.conduct@miss.conduct3 жыл бұрын
    • Hello beautiful how are you doing

      @traviseddy6447@traviseddy64473 жыл бұрын
    • @@miss.conduct thank you, i knew there was another one somewhere.

      @andyxfish@andyxfish3 жыл бұрын
  • Canadians: The town is self sufficient. Nothing to see here. American resident: We have no doctors, no veterinarians, no pharmacies.

    @Anonymous-pm7jf@Anonymous-pm7jf3 жыл бұрын
    • Meanwhile the narrator: they have beautiful view.

      @averagestudent1158@averagestudent11583 жыл бұрын
    • First of all, golf is not a necessity of life. Coronavirus is a killer. No one is forcing these folks to live there. Self-suffice....apparently not.

      @r.c.miller6161@r.c.miller61613 жыл бұрын
    • @@r.c.miller6161 I agree with your first point, and think it's great that you will personally travel there to help them sell their homes, uprooting everything some of them have known for 30+ years.

      @jimmybuffet4970@jimmybuffet49703 жыл бұрын
    • Do you think its Canadas responsibility? It was Trumps but he made us the highest covid risk with inaction and breathtaking incompetence. Canada has saved untold thousands from the fate of half a million Americans. They were smart to close the border, our mistakes are for us

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
    • @@erichkorman710 🙄

      @KimWH.2@KimWH.23 жыл бұрын
  • I was today years old when I learned about Point Roberts, Washington.

    @Jetstarz00@Jetstarz003 жыл бұрын
    • Ditto! Looks beautiful.

      @judemelroses9920@judemelroses99203 жыл бұрын
    • Third!

      @novellanurney1294@novellanurney12943 жыл бұрын
    • I would love to live there!

      @bettyjoscookin3847@bettyjoscookin38473 жыл бұрын
    • Checkout northwest angle, Minnesota

      @NYD666@NYD6663 жыл бұрын
    • I learned about it in class

      @bruhgamer316@bruhgamer3163 жыл бұрын
  • I want to know what the state of Washington is doing to help these people.

    @dog61@dog613 жыл бұрын
    • WA State & Fed seem to have forgotten about them.

      @nordicvolkan8589@nordicvolkan85893 жыл бұрын
    • The state government has engaged in discussions and requests with the Canadian government to address the issues. However, it’s Canada that holds the cards in this case.

      @NickCBax@NickCBax3 жыл бұрын
    • The state could "help" by ending the shutdown. Then, they'll be able to help themselves. These folks should be allowed to be free.

      @iowasenator@iowasenator3 жыл бұрын
    • Up to and including making it a part of Canada again. This is a crime of stupid bureaucracy, and the residents are suffering needlessly for it. So typical of American problems. What an absolute tragedy.

      @scepellos@scepellos3 жыл бұрын
    • @@iowasenator It's not a shutdown issue, the businesses there are open, they have no influx of money from Canada or the mainland US because nobody can enter

      @Apossibleaccount@Apossibleaccount3 жыл бұрын
  • This reminds me of that scene in Pixar’s “Cars” when the interstate shuts down Radiator Springs. 🙁 The people there seem lovely; I hope things change soon!

    @codycraven1465@codycraven14653 жыл бұрын
    • @Liquid Ricardo OHHHHH so you think Pixar made a film for kids about talking cars, referencing the lost towns of America struggling when the interstate highways were built, at the expense of the Bush Govt to pre-program you to watch this video about the Trump/Biden govts shutting down borders due to an international health emergency which would happen almost 20 years after the film was originally thought about, because..........why exactly?

      @30secondstomarsMBH@30secondstomarsMBH3 жыл бұрын
  • What about the Northwest Angle of Minnesota which is also completely surrounded by water and Canada and one road out.

    @susansuewwilliams@susansuewwilliams3 жыл бұрын
    • They're in the same situation.

      @anotherarmchairhistorian2831@anotherarmchairhistorian28313 жыл бұрын
    • One of the great humanitarian crisis of the 21 st century.

      @maplebones@maplebones3 жыл бұрын
    • I'm on the coast in SE Alaska, I have one road out...it currently ends at 40 mile, the border.

      @TheChilKat@TheChilKat3 жыл бұрын
    • It's in the exact same situation as here.

      @lightyagami3492@lightyagami34923 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheChilKat yeah I had read they plowed and ice road over the lake for the winter but once it melts they're back to square one.

      @anotherarmchairhistorian2831@anotherarmchairhistorian28313 жыл бұрын
  • Very sad that this area is suffering so greatly.

    @lynnealuebben1967@lynnealuebben19673 жыл бұрын
    • If this is suffering then you yanks and canadians are truly blessed

      @lukealadeen7836@lukealadeen78362 жыл бұрын
    • Yes it is a bit of an inconvenience but if this is “suffering” then you must have not seen the rest of the world.

      @james2be916@james2be916 Жыл бұрын
  • Cut off from the rest of America... I'm packing my bags as we speak!

    @SteveinSanFrancisco@SteveinSanFrancisco3 жыл бұрын
    • I felt the same till they said no hospitals and no vets. I wonder how things are going to pick up for them after the restrictions are lifted though.

      @zoeykillah@zoeykillah3 жыл бұрын
    • Just don’t go demanding gay parades or George Floyd memorials and accompanying shoot outs

      @karlosthejackel69@karlosthejackel693 жыл бұрын
    • But, how's the diversity there?

      @bonsummers2657@bonsummers26573 жыл бұрын
    • @@bonsummers2657 not too much just a few minorities. But people are nice. I used to live there.

      @crystaldaniels1254@crystaldaniels12543 жыл бұрын
    • @@karlosthejackel69 and some how you think you are intelligent?

      @KINGBEEFHN59@KINGBEEFHN593 жыл бұрын
  • I didn’t even know this place existed I thought it was a part of Canada

    @nathanwilliams6359@nathanwilliams63593 жыл бұрын
  • What an unneeded shame. Seems like the “laws” could be adjusted due to these very difficult and unexpected times. They’re only hurting their own economy and losing needed, tax paying residents.

    @bobbyk1023@bobbyk10233 жыл бұрын
    • I will put a year’s salary down that the chamber of commerce guy we see in this video voted for Trump-twice-who banned Muslims from coming into the USA. Now he knows how it feels to be stuck someplace even when you did nothing wrong. Karma.

      @christinacascadilla4473@christinacascadilla44733 жыл бұрын
    • @@christinacascadilla4473 You wrote that entirely on pure speculation and zero facts. And shifted your narrative to a completely unrelated topic. In the process you blocked out anything intelligent he had to say. I'm a Bernie Bro leftest who hates trump and I would never think to say anything this stupid.

      @writerconsidered@writerconsidered3 жыл бұрын
  • When they realize the power the gov has and it’s imaginary lines are indeed.....imaginary.

    @Wyoutside@Wyoutside3 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly

      @phrosttz0@phrosttz03 жыл бұрын
  • I INTERESTING , I never knew about this part of USA😊

    @ciel222@ciel2223 жыл бұрын
    • It seems there’s more than one US town oddity on the US-Canadian border.

      @SL-lz9jr@SL-lz9jr3 жыл бұрын
    • ciel222-a similar town[cut off from rest of usa] exists in northern minnesota.. although i forgot its name.

      @johnmoran4323@johnmoran43233 жыл бұрын
    • @@johnmoran4323 i think its called angle inlet

      @bradyblacher414@bradyblacher4143 жыл бұрын
    • @@bradyblacher414 Brady-thanks.. i wonder if anyone here believes that covid's danger has been greatly exaggerated...that deaths from heart disease,strokes,pneumonia etc have been labeled as covid deaths?

      @johnmoran4323@johnmoran43233 жыл бұрын
    • Me too but i live in Ireland. I was born here in Dublin x

      @lindarobinson8381@lindarobinson83813 жыл бұрын
  • Interesting piece. This pandemic has definitely highlighted our interconnectedness and interdependence.

    @opalessence4818@opalessence48183 жыл бұрын
  • This just seems like a ridiculous situation that doesn't need to exist. But I am so sorry that woman is devastated by not being able to visit her vacation home. COVID has been so cruel to some.

    @jackimiller8511@jackimiller85113 жыл бұрын
    • It's not COVID. It's poorly planned out restrictions by politicians. Some temporary agreement could have been worked out. It's not like there's COVID raging in that town and we have to lock them in.

      @sitechca70@sitechca703 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, our lack of response put our neighbors at risk. They suffer from the pollution we allow and will have to stave off American immigrants as global warming devastates moderate climates. Covid came to them through uncontrolled borders with us

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
    • @@sitechca70 That kind of thought is why we lost half a million people already. You cant stop a virus with here and there laws. Look at every other country in the world doing better- we are wrong, period. Here we dont teach science in 26 states because it contradicts religous superstition. We think opinions are equal so a doctor or viroligist gets less respect than someone who stared at the sun during an eclipse or thinks you can ingest antiseptics

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
    • Okay, my remark about the cruelness of COVID was a sarcastic jab at the woman bemoaning her vacation home when others truly have been devastated.

      @jackimiller8511@jackimiller85113 жыл бұрын
    • @@jackimiller8511 sorry i missed that, it is amazing how people view this. Many seem only concerned with how a world-wide crisis affects them. Thanks, i feel the same way

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
  • I’m older , but this makes sense ... who would want to have lots of kids in today’s day & age, economy is unstable for many & if you lose your job you lose your healthcare ( if you even have affordable healthcare )

    @Tamar-sz8ox@Tamar-sz8ox3 жыл бұрын
    • Affordable Healthcare in America is only a title not a reality

      @nesq4104@nesq41043 жыл бұрын
    • @@nesq4104 I hear ya “ affordable healthcare “

      @Tamar-sz8ox@Tamar-sz8ox3 жыл бұрын
    • WhereDo the residents of this small town work? Are they retirees? Is it a yuppie town, or is it mixed ages or something? What industry is local to this town to keep it going?

      @Defender78@Defender783 жыл бұрын
    • @@Defender78 it's a town that you go to die because you believe life is not worth living. That's what I gathered from video. But you will probably enjoy a good salad before then.

      @nesq4104@nesq41043 жыл бұрын
  • I've been watching lots of Twilight Zone episodes lately and this sounds like something taken right from the creative mind of Rod Serling.

    @Dr.Pepper001@Dr.Pepper0013 жыл бұрын
    • I was thinking the thing!

      @kentcruse4969@kentcruse49693 жыл бұрын
  • I'm an auto transporter and have been to Point Roberts. Several years ago I picked up a couple of Rolls Royces from the '30s and took them to Los Angeles. One of the cars didn't run and the owner of the cars called the golf course manager who sent over 4 teenagers to help push the car on. Very friendly people. I got a kick out of being on the road with the US on one side and Canada on the other.

    @TucsonMuscle@TucsonMuscle3 жыл бұрын
  • Looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to both visit and live. Adding it to my list of places to visit post Covid.

    @probablyaparent@probablyaparent3 жыл бұрын
    • There is no post-Covid. This is the "New Normal".

      @armchairquarterback2672@armchairquarterback26723 жыл бұрын
    • @@armchairquarterback2672 No, this is the "temporary normal."

      @doctorjames7454@doctorjames74543 жыл бұрын
    • Doctor James Nope. They’re never gonna reopen, not until we force them to.

      @YOTSUBA_desu@YOTSUBA_desu3 жыл бұрын
    • @@YOTSUBA_desu "Force them to?" That sounds very unsettling. How do you plan to force them to?

      @doctorjames7454@doctorjames74543 жыл бұрын
    • Doctor James The federal government thinks it can tell you what to do and this is how you reply? What a joke.

      @YOTSUBA_desu@YOTSUBA_desu3 жыл бұрын
  • My Dad's other house is there. He's stuck in Santa Fe until things clear up.

    @steveconn@steveconn3 жыл бұрын
  • “Resilient to the point people forget your here” - Chris Carlton (point Roberts force fire chief) sounds like the description of me life

    @RobertSaxy@RobertSaxy3 жыл бұрын
    • It’s very safe. Do not lock front doors, leave keys in the cars. But you have to plane everything. Car breaks down you have to order the part. Then there is 1 mechanic. The ones who live here made that choice. I will never move away. You wake up to eagles, deer, raccoons, bunnies, the Fire Chief is amazing. People are starting to buy property and homes here.

      @michaelSugar1966@michaelSugar19663 жыл бұрын
    • @@michaelSugar1966 I’m from an island and for 7 years lived on a peninsula that was hard to get to than plane or fairy so I’m no stranger to planning things in. It was a lovely life, your hometown seems wonderful too

      @RobertSaxy@RobertSaxy3 жыл бұрын
    • @Randall Johnson Ah, you're the one person on technological Earth who has no trouble with a grabby AutoCorrect system. Strut your stuff, big boy!🙄👋

      @amandawilcox9638@amandawilcox96383 жыл бұрын
    • @Randall Johnson sorry about YOU'RE miserable life there buddy

      @RobertSaxy@RobertSaxy3 жыл бұрын
  • What a beautiful and unique place I truly hope this town gets back on its feet and gets the help they need and rightly deserve.💙❤

    @sabrinastone4104@sabrinastone41042 жыл бұрын
  • Sending Prayers and Hope for Point Robert's 🙏 may you thrive and be productive again soon...

    @Jkitty7599@Jkitty75993 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely horrible! There needs to be an exception made for them!

    @jackiscrazy911@jackiscrazy9113 жыл бұрын
    • Why should another country make exceptions for Americans? Nobody on earth treats people like we do at our borders. The coast gaurd ignores Canadian rights and abuses their boaters who fear being killed by out of control law enforcement jusr across the horizon. It was interesting the teporyer wasnt concerned enough to interview Canadian officials or anyone else having to deal with our treatment of them. Just holding onto a sliver of what should be theirs while neglecting our own is a view of our attitude

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
    • @@erichkorman710 you are upset for no reason that is literally not even close to being the same thing lol

      @jackiscrazy911@jackiscrazy9113 жыл бұрын
    • @@erichkorman710 because it’s a pandemic and it’s not about punishing people

      @jackiscrazy911@jackiscrazy9113 жыл бұрын
    • @@erichkorman710 that’s nonsense, but in any case that border crossing was hurting people there and also Canadians who have homes in point Roberts and who normally visit it.

      @patty109109@patty1091098 ай бұрын
  • Living in Washington I never heard of this place. hope all goes well with the people. Good luck

    @stevendiaz7633@stevendiaz76333 жыл бұрын
  • What a beautiful community. Wishing your residents all the best .

    @marilynroberts6644@marilynroberts66443 жыл бұрын
    • A few thousand

      @dustinnunez5077@dustinnunez50775 ай бұрын
  • ***Gas Prices*** For everyone that keeps asking....the gas prices listed in this story are for liters not gallons. In Point Roberts we easily convert between liters and gallons, kilometers and miles, Celsius and Fahrenheit. All of our businesses also accept American and Canadian currency except for the Post Office.

    @pointrobertsparkrecreation8521@pointrobertsparkrecreation85213 жыл бұрын
  • The more you know NEVER HEARD OF POINT ROBERTS UNTIL NOW.

    @masonpatrices@masonpatrices3 жыл бұрын
  • They only IMAGINED they were independent.

    @kamwolf3960@kamwolf39603 жыл бұрын
  • What an incredible little town! Who knew! Thanks for shedding light on this Sunday Morning! Something has to be done!

    @Acvasq@Acvasq3 жыл бұрын
  • I'm going there in the near future God willing ....

    @a.r.8987@a.r.89873 жыл бұрын
    • Don't worry. He never stops anyone from doing anything they want to do. Seriously.

      @MelissaBrownapt215@MelissaBrownapt2153 жыл бұрын
    • You wont

      @dinonuggetzzz5357@dinonuggetzzz53573 жыл бұрын
    • I am currently in Ethiopia but I will win DV 2022 in May and also love to see that part of US Jesus Christ is the kings of king!

      @tesstefera6334@tesstefera63343 жыл бұрын
    • @@tesstefera6334 John 10:10

      @Brucev7@Brucev73 жыл бұрын
    • @@Brucev7 Abundant life in Jesus’s name Amen!

      @tesstefera6334@tesstefera63343 жыл бұрын
  • Considering the speed at which this country is failing, "cut off" may not be a bad thing.

    @my2cents945@my2cents9453 жыл бұрын
  • that border line is absurd. If they would just be a part of Canada then problem solved.

    @THEC.O.VISIT.@THEC.O.VISIT.3 жыл бұрын
    • I'd like to give Texas to Mexico while we're at it.

      @jackimiller8511@jackimiller85113 жыл бұрын
    • @@jackimiller8511 Lol

      @shauniek@shauniek3 жыл бұрын
    • They don't want to be part of Canada and I can't blame them!!!!

      @walkking479@walkking4793 жыл бұрын
    • @@jackimiller8511 hahahhaha

      @lanacastillo49@lanacastillo493 жыл бұрын
    • Nobody quite knew where the 49th parallel went when the border dispute with British Canada was settled oh so long ago. Maps weren’t accurate enough to show this peninsula was in the way and would be sliced off.

      @joermnyc@joermnyc2 жыл бұрын
  • Clearly a man made problem here. Why can't the state departments of both countries get together and say: for a certain period (until covid ends) Point Roberts residents will be considered Canadian for travel into and out of Canada and good and services can enter from Canada.

    @TenzinLundrup@TenzinLundrup3 жыл бұрын
    • they can move between borders now, story is outdated www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/icymi-canada-makes-border-exemption-point-roberts-residents

      @notarealn9674@notarealn96743 жыл бұрын
  • Reminds me of Hyder Alaska and Stewart British Columbia.

    @starrfarish8357@starrfarish83573 жыл бұрын
    • N.W. Angle/Angle Inlet, Minnesota too.

      @MsPrincesspaulina@MsPrincesspaulina3 жыл бұрын
    • Hahaha took what I thought was going to be a short cut one time off the AlCan Highway going to Washington and drove & drove and maybe saw 4 pickups and ended up in Stewart B.C.agh dead end turned around and got back on the AlCan Highway quite the adventure nonetheless. Lived in Kenai / Soldotna for 8 years

      @gavanhillebold3131@gavanhillebold31313 жыл бұрын
  • omg make an exception for these people and lets move on...

    @swankmasterflex4513@swankmasterflex45133 жыл бұрын
    • You're asking a socialist government to be compassionate. I wish :(

      @Ryan-dc6lj@Ryan-dc6lj3 жыл бұрын
    • They are allowed essential travel as of February 17, hopefully the package delivery service would be able to run their deliveries.

      @joeljong931@joeljong9313 жыл бұрын
    • @@Ryan-dc6lj Can you even define “socialist”??? Trump doesn’t care. Said so himself. Biden is far more caring and is like to help them.

      @r.c.miller6161@r.c.miller61613 жыл бұрын
  • Had a family member lived there for a while. It was a very cool place to go and swim

    @porcelainpanelpro@porcelainpanelpro3 жыл бұрын
    • Take your wet suit!

      @andrewhewes4010@andrewhewes40103 жыл бұрын
  • Omg Jane is still alive? And she is as awesome as ever. Love that voice

    @thedoughouse8402@thedoughouse84023 жыл бұрын
  • This is truly heartbreaking how can we help ? Let me know.

    @melissacastillo1073@melissacastillo10733 жыл бұрын
  • when the border opens, I am going there..

    @iliketohike@iliketohike3 жыл бұрын
    • If you're a U.S. resident, you may go there now. Charter a boat.

      @mantis1s1k@mantis1s1k3 жыл бұрын
    • Me too.

      @MelissaBrownapt215@MelissaBrownapt2153 жыл бұрын
  • This place is pretty interesting. Lots of opportunities to build essential businesses and buildings

    @ninagraciacanete1162@ninagraciacanete11623 жыл бұрын
    • But maybe the locals don't really want that... with exception of a few

      @aslanjudah33@aslanjudah333 жыл бұрын
    • @@aslanjudah33 that's why i mentioned "essential" businesses hehehe ✌🏻

      @ninagraciacanete1162@ninagraciacanete11623 жыл бұрын
  • So sad for such a beautiful community

    @alicepyne-jahneke8042@alicepyne-jahneke80422 жыл бұрын
  • The border crossing which serves Point Roberts should be opened up, by special agreement between both governments. Stranding an entire town, is absolutely nuts. Its bureaucracy gone mad.

    @greyjay9202@greyjay9202 Жыл бұрын
  • If this place becomes a part of Canada, it would've been a better place for all the residents. Resilience is a good thing but I agree with the police officer, sometimes it makes people forget that you exist just because they think you are too resilient. This applies even to us individuals. When you seem so strong and independent, other people, even your own family, won't bother to even ask you: Are you okay?

    @Beansprout.2131@Beansprout.21313 жыл бұрын
    • It’s the quiet ones you have to worry about.

      @SL-lz9jr@SL-lz9jr6 ай бұрын
  • OK, a few things. First of all, the gas prices you all are envious of are posted per litre, not per gallon (a nod to our Canadian customers). Multiply it times 4 approximately. Secondly, during normal times, those of us who have lived here for many years have accepted that crossing the border for medical services, etc. is the price we pay for a safe, quiet, naturally unspoiled place to live. It is not for everybody, as it requires the patience to sit in a line at the border to run the most mundane of errands. There is no Starbucks or McDonalds; there is no such thing as Next Day mail. I have to cross the border if I want to get something dry cleaned! Over the years, we have seen plenty of people move here and after 3 months. they are gone, because they just couldn't stand the inconvenience the border represents. The issue for us is the government's definition of "essential". Clearly, front line workers cross daily as they are needed to do their jobs, but picking up one's latest Amazon purchase or mowing the lawn of your summer home are not considered essential by the TWO federal governments involved. Those who govern both Washington State and British Columbia are in favor of exceptions because they understand our local economy better than their federal counterparts.

    @189w10st@189w10st3 жыл бұрын
    • I'm formerly a Blaine, WA resident. The Point Roberts children are bused to Blaine daily for school. About 45 mins each way if I remember correctly. Point Roberts is a beautiful place but there are a lot of inconveniences to living that remotely.

      @johnnelson9691@johnnelson96913 жыл бұрын
    • @@johnnelson9691 Your memory serves you well, John. Our local elementary school only goes to the third grade, after that the kids are bused to Blaine.

      @189w10st@189w10st3 жыл бұрын
    • Hello beautiful

      @traviseddy6447@traviseddy64473 жыл бұрын
  • Heartbreaking!! Things need to change!!!

    @lizzdoe2821@lizzdoe28213 жыл бұрын
  • Peace and Blessings Have a blessed and beautiful day

    @grangran6727@grangran67273 жыл бұрын
  • One thing this story made me wonder about: schools. Do they have a school?

    @stezton@stezton3 жыл бұрын
    • They have a small school for elementary, but the high schoolers go to school in america

      @NYD666@NYD6663 жыл бұрын
    • All of them have to have a passport

      @NYD666@NYD6663 жыл бұрын
    • High school kids gotta get on a bus, cross the border twice and go to school in Blaine,WA.

      @joermnyc@joermnyc2 жыл бұрын
  • 4:56 Interesting to me that the gas is priced in liters even though this is in the US. I guess it’s to make it more attractive for Canadians to fill up on the American side by pricing in liters (making the price seem low) vs gallons which would make the price look real high to Canadians

    @crazyoncoffee@crazyoncoffee3 жыл бұрын
    • So Canadians will come to bellingham wa and just stuff their cars full of gas, some will even fill up garbage cans full of gas and will buy up all the milk and dairy products in Costco because its so much cheaper here.

      @StoneyCrow@StoneyCrow3 жыл бұрын
    • @@13craj yeah I know that's what I said its cheaper

      @StoneyCrow@StoneyCrow3 жыл бұрын
    • @@StoneyCrow That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon

      @RaymondHng@RaymondHng11 ай бұрын
  • This is heartbreaking and enraging

    @doradestroy@doradestroy3 жыл бұрын
  • I could love there bless the resident on having a positive outlook

    @AudreyHeadley@AudreyHeadley3 жыл бұрын
  • And then there are places in Alaska where there was almost no moaning, total isolation, and 0 cases of COVID. That's right. Zero.

    @eba44@eba443 жыл бұрын
    • Places with zero people have zero diseases. The populated areas of Alaska have had 58,000 cases so far.

      @bernoulli9047@bernoulli90473 жыл бұрын
    • @@bernoulli9047 conspiracy theorists hate specifics. Adore generalisations.

      @mark-ish@mark-ish3 жыл бұрын
  • Let's crowdsource for a floating boat market.

    @beckymonte1090@beckymonte10903 жыл бұрын
  • OMGOSH! I hadn't seen her in foreverrrrr! I didn't even know she was still reporting. Glad she is!😃

    @Esellajessica@Esellajessica3 жыл бұрын
  • At 4:56, did anyone else notice the gas price? This article was posted on March 7, 2021, but even at that time gas price would be higher than $0.66. WOW!

    @Whatupdoc01@Whatupdoc01 Жыл бұрын
    • That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 per liter or 4.39 per gallon.

      @RaymondHng@RaymondHng11 ай бұрын
  • I want to visit or move there.

    @theoccasionalvideo@theoccasionalvideo3 жыл бұрын
  • Couldn’t they get vaccinated by Canada under certain special circumstance or agreement with US?

    @iseeflowers@iseeflowers3 жыл бұрын
    • Sure, like we do with other countries we border. Maybe we could sieze some Canadian children and hold them from their parents until Canada lets us make the rules

      @erichkorman710@erichkorman7103 жыл бұрын
    • @@biggybiggy84 and I thought you were going to blame contrails.

      @mark-ish@mark-ish3 жыл бұрын
    • Ask Trump. He’s the reason the border was closed.

      @r.c.miller6161@r.c.miller61613 жыл бұрын
    • @@biggybiggy84 Be sure you get yours.

      @r.c.miller6161@r.c.miller61613 жыл бұрын
  • One year later. I hope that they are doing ok ❤️

    @bodhiswayze1892@bodhiswayze18922 жыл бұрын
  • It's obvious that special accommodations could be made for them since their situation is so unusual.

    @bantumwt@bantumwt3 жыл бұрын
  • Oh wow I’m moving here 👌

    @jboy7339@jboy73393 жыл бұрын
  • The packages makes sense. I have friends who came to u.s every few months and would return with a suitcase full of items they shipped to their u.s addr

    @introvertsrock9843@introvertsrock98433 жыл бұрын
    • I was thinking they should go to that yellow barrier and pass them over to the recipients.

      @beckymonte1090@beckymonte10903 жыл бұрын
    • I don't understand why she doesn't throw them over the yellow bricks in the dead of night.

      @jackimiller8511@jackimiller85113 жыл бұрын
    • Because the Border Patrol will hunt you down, and may decide to arrest you for doing that. They have cameras and sensors to detect human presence all along that "yellow barrier." Someone recently decided to be "cute" and order Doordash food from Canada to be handed over the barrier, and the driver is now in deep... you know what.

      @Sir_Reality@Sir_Reality3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Sir_Reality you are correct they even have cameras in the middle of no where, hard to physically access areas

      @StoneyCrow@StoneyCrow3 жыл бұрын
    • “Jumping” the border changed after 9/11, there’s a piece of the border in Maine that runs down the curb line of a street, the street is in the US, the houses are in Canada, to leave your own house and come back home you need to go to the nearest checkpoints, otherwise you’re illegally entering either nation. The only exemption, the golf course has is parking lot on the wrong side of the line, but you can park and play without using the checkpoint since there’s no other real way off the golf course but back out into the parking lot across the street. There’s also a town in Vermont where the borderline cuts houses and a library in half.

      @joermnyc@joermnyc2 жыл бұрын
  • Prayers to them and all

    @indianangel39EarthAngelTyee@indianangel39EarthAngelTyee3 жыл бұрын
  • I would love to live there..It sounds so nice...Would love to visit when things get better..

    @tonibutts8828@tonibutts88283 жыл бұрын
  • Wow I didn't even know this place was there,prayers for a end to this pandemic and a return of people to their town.

    @evanmitton5007@evanmitton50073 жыл бұрын
  • Amazon. They'll find ya.

    @JVONROCK@JVONROCK3 жыл бұрын
  • This town is so beautiful ! i wonder how they're doing now ! probably the same since this was only 3 months ago .

    @awsomemodels@awsomemodels2 жыл бұрын
  • Mmmhmm resilent to point other ppl forget your here! My prayers that you keep hope, faith and love high during these tender times!

    @gaa4everalvarado864@gaa4everalvarado8643 жыл бұрын
  • 3:44..never realized there are palm trees that far north

    @Bill-nv6lj@Bill-nv6lj3 жыл бұрын
  • What!?!?! 66 cents for gas? That is marvelous! I am sick of paying between $3-$5 in gas!

    @juventuszebras@juventuszebras3 жыл бұрын
    • priced in liters, so about $2.53 per gallon

      @BuildHousing@BuildHousing3 жыл бұрын
    • It’s going to get a lot worse with Biden in the Whitehouse

      @adamd416@adamd4163 жыл бұрын
    • That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon

      @RaymondHng@RaymondHng11 ай бұрын
  • There is also the Northwest Angle which is a part of MN in Canada

    @Trtevoorryu@Trtevoorryu3 жыл бұрын
  • This is really sad.

    @ruzzelladrian907@ruzzelladrian9073 жыл бұрын
  • This could be the death of many small towns. People are going to have to move. Been there. Sad.

    @TheTonialadd@TheTonialadd3 жыл бұрын
    • 95 percent of the US isnt in lockdown and has not been in lockdown since june of 2020. The only states in lockdowns still are really liberal coastal states and obviously Canada because of how nutty they are. Here in MIssouri, (and almost every other state in the country) has had schools, bars, restaurants, etc. open since last summer. Nothing is in lockdown so the idea that this is the death of small towns. Nope! I do feel bad for people living in Washington state, California, and the North East. Where governors care more about optics than what actually saves lives.

      @devinmichaelroberts9954@devinmichaelroberts99543 жыл бұрын
    • Somebody's grandma That's the UN Agenda 2030, 10 Mega Regions. The Death of the World for the "New World Order" aka "Reset". FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE ALREADY BUILT IN AMERICA, THEY HAVE BEEN READY FOR YEARS. Just like the gvt did to the Natives, pushed to on to Reservations. We are Slaves to this Fraud system. WAKE UP WE ARE LIVING THE 1930's OF GERMANY. 99% recovery, 💉👹💉👹. DO NOT CONSENT, your grand children will be living under COMMUNISM.

      @christineadams1284@christineadams12843 жыл бұрын
  • My mind exploded when I saw how cheap unleaded fuel costs. Until I realized they sell it in liters lmfao

    @joshuafisette7255@joshuafisette72553 жыл бұрын
    • That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon

      @RaymondHng@RaymondHng11 ай бұрын
  • Prayers for these people

    @1Nida@1Nida3 жыл бұрын
  • The Northwest Angle in the very northern tip of Minnesota is in the same situation. They have made an "ice road" across the Lake of the Woods but it's getting that time of year when the ice melts. They do not have a grocery store. Just resorts for fishing and such. I have no idea how they have been making due through this mess.

    @kentcruse4969@kentcruse49693 жыл бұрын
  • These people need HELP!!! People want to make jokes or say, "I wanna go there post-covid.". But, this is a crisis for them. They need HELP. How can they get the HELP they need? What can be done for them? I cannot help these people, unfortunately. I would if I could. I'm a paralyzed person in a nursing home. But, there has to be someone, somewhere that can HELP these people. They are American citizens as well. What can be done?

    @Seeker0628@Seeker06283 жыл бұрын
  • There you go buddy, when all those Canadians come across, hi-jak the first dr. Feed him well of course and let him go at the end of the day. Then, send pigeons down south. We’ll get you supplies airdropped if need be

    @fallcreekmeadows@fallcreekmeadows3 жыл бұрын
  • You honestly expect me to believe that nobody crosses those yellow stones? That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard......

    @leudwigvonshwartsenhelm3624@leudwigvonshwartsenhelm36242 жыл бұрын
  • Jeez - this is intense!

    @frankbombaci4977@frankbombaci49773 жыл бұрын
  • Holy sh!t it's like an introverts dream! 🙌

    @TheINFJChannel@TheINFJChannel3 жыл бұрын
    • AND....Canadian neighbors who maybe can get Max Factor lipstick for me (As I pass them over the $ and thank you gift over the border at midnight!) but yes, INFJ town!!!!

      @lisaschooler9992@lisaschooler99923 жыл бұрын
  • Stay strong people! we will get through this

    @TheBenghaziRabbit@TheBenghaziRabbit3 жыл бұрын
  • Why doesn't the US simply issue ID cards to Point Roberts residents, and Canada honor them, so those residents can pass through the checkpoints?

    @exchequerguy4037@exchequerguy40372 жыл бұрын
  • How is the grocery store getting it's fresh produce and meat and all that stuff?

    @checkyourhead9@checkyourhead93 жыл бұрын
  • I’ve been to Pt Roberts a few times. It is a beautiful location but all of Puget Sound and the surrounding bodies of water are beautiful. That Canadian woman complaining about not being able to visit her summer home needs to get a grip. Calling it “like a death” is disgraceful in light of how many have actually died from covid.

    @grumpyoldlady_rants@grumpyoldlady_rants3 жыл бұрын
  • I'm from Washington and didn't even know this place existed 😭

    @haveyouseengeorgehennen@haveyouseengeorgehennen3 жыл бұрын
    • @Randall Johnson hahahah u are too dense

      @lanacastillo49@lanacastillo493 жыл бұрын
    • @Randall Johnson Wow! You have made many hateful comments on here lol. Is belittling people all you do. Maybe you should try to teach people in a respectful manor. Just because someone doesn’t know something that you do doesn’t make you better.

      @ObvPhotography@ObvPhotography3 жыл бұрын
  • The Northwest Angle in Minnesota is in the same boat. Can't get there by land without crossing in and out of Canada.

    @bernie9728@bernie97283 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks you ☺️

    @maandombaassassincreed518@maandombaassassincreed5183 жыл бұрын
  • SAD ALL BECAUSE 1 PERSON THOUGHT COVID WOULD GO AWAY WHEN THE WEATHER GOT HOT

    @delilahgillis5287@delilahgillis52873 жыл бұрын
  • I'm totally going there.

    @DigimonTamerfreak@DigimonTamerfreak3 жыл бұрын
  • How does the grocery store get its inventory?

    @Mrtrunks@Mrtrunks2 жыл бұрын
  • Keep moving with PURPOSE... ALWAYS BROTHER

    @fuzzyflick9905@fuzzyflick99053 жыл бұрын
  • 61 cents for gas?????

    @omarslp92@omarslp923 жыл бұрын
    • No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.

      @RaymondHng@RaymondHng11 ай бұрын
  • Man, that Bridge to nowhere that was built in Alaska could’ve been built right here

    @MrPrentissDJones@MrPrentissDJones3 жыл бұрын
    • It’s quite a long way from there to the rest of the state, even over the water.

      @joermnyc@joermnyc2 жыл бұрын
  • Now, I want to go visit.

    @judemelroses9920@judemelroses99203 жыл бұрын
  • I used to deliver goods there for a company. a lot of loop holes with a place like this

    @adamkhabazian3249@adamkhabazian3249 Жыл бұрын
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