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He has to get that out in a hurry just in case Turtle Island starts shaking ahead of snack time!
What if....A Super disaster? Impact on Canada or the world? Napkin speculation
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GodzillaEarthquake Details (2025-12-22)
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca
Nothing alarming about multiple significant earthquakes in the lower Yukon Territories & NW Mexico simultaneously. Nothing alarming at all...
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Sobering stuff...
I'd much rather be in New Zealand than B.C. when a big earthquake strikes
There’s a lot we can learn about earthquake preparedness from New Zealand
The law mandating seismic upgrades in B.C. is unclear. Certain schools and older buildings are regularly being upgraded but the decision seems to be at the discretion of the building owners, unlike New Zealand, where there are clear national building codes and continuous management and identification of earthquake-prone buildings.
As a public health researcher and former registered nurse, I see this as a public health issue that is preventable. Yet little has been done.
The results of The Big One will be catastrophic. There will be acute injuries and deaths from the estimated 150 buildings that will collapse on us. Sewage and water systems could fail. Overcrowding will lead to communicable diseases. Our hospitals will be overwhelmed: regular services will be interrupted, staff won't be able to access facilities and medical supplies could run out.
As with other crises, the hardest hit will likely be the most vulnerable, such as those housed in single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in the Downtown Eastside.
According to the 1994 "Declan study," 98 of the city's 171 designated SROs were given very poor seismic ratings. Twenty years later, a follow up by Postmedia News found most of those buildings had still not been upgraded. And it's not just the DTES. Postmedia's examination discovered hundreds of the city's buildings identified as seismic hazards in 1994 lacked upgrades, effectively putting thousands of people at extreme risk.
I'd much rather be in New Zealand than B.C. when a big earthquake strikes
There’s a lot we can learn about earthquake preparedness from New Zealand
The law mandating seismic upgrades in B.C. is unclear. Certain schools and older buildings are regularly being upgraded but the decision seems to be at the discretion of the building owners, unlike New Zealand, where there are clear national building codes and continuous management and identification of earthquake-prone buildings.
As a public health researcher and former registered nurse, I see this as a public health issue that is preventable. Yet little has been done.
The results of The Big One will be catastrophic. There will be acute injuries and deaths from the estimated 150 buildings that will collapse on us. Sewage and water systems could fail. Overcrowding will lead to communicable diseases. Our hospitals will be overwhelmed: regular services will be interrupted, staff won't be able to access facilities and medical supplies could run out.
As with other crises, the hardest hit will likely be the most vulnerable, such as those housed in single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in the Downtown Eastside.
According to the 1994 "Declan study," 98 of the city's 171 designated SROs were given very poor seismic ratings. Twenty years later, a follow up by Postmedia News found most of those buildings had still not been upgraded. And it's not just the DTES. Postmedia's examination discovered hundreds of the city's buildings identified as seismic hazards in 1994 lacked upgrades, effectively putting thousands of people at extreme risk.
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Plan B
Lots of Chinooks and fly out to Kelowna for furtherance to Alberta and points east.
Buy another 3 squadrons of Chinooks and a couple more of Hercs.
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A drop in the ocean, sadly.
With (probably) tens of thousands dead and injured, and hospitals and airports destroyed because they aren't fully earthquake resilient, you might as well just plan to bulldoze over and start from scratch.
Canada's current emergency response capability likely has nothing equal to this particular task, currently.
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Man the pumps...
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A massive underwater wave is moving up the West Coast. Here’s what it means
It starts with a ripple. In this case, a ripple that started halfway across the world, and is making its way up the West Coast towards Vancouver Island.
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daftandbarmy
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Good move...
When the federal budget was tabled last Thursday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced legislation to establish a "Canadian earthquake insurance facility" that the government hopes will protect Canadians "against catastrophic earthquake risks" by providing the Canadian insurance sector with emergency funding of up to $50 billion.
"We're very encouraged," said Liam McGuinty, the Insurance Bureau of Canada's vice-president of federal affairs. "At some point, a major earthquake in Canada is going to happen. And the greatest risks are in B.C. and then also between Ottawa and Montreal."
McGuinty said that even though Canada's insurance industry is prepared for the "vast majority of earthquake scenarios," there would be significant economic loss "in the event of a really extreme earthquake" in the country.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/highlights-federal-liberal-budget-2026-9.7411046
"That could result in tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses and it would put extraordinary pressure on the insurance system," McGuinty said. "At that point, it's not an insurance problem anymore. It becomes a financial stability and an economic problem for Canada."
Why Canada is budgeting for extreme earthquake preparedness
Budget proposal sets aside up to $50B for new 'earthquake insurance facility'
Prime Minister Mark Carney's second budget aims to help Canadians prepare for the possibility of a major earthquake that experts forecast has a 30 per cent chance of happening over the next 50 years on the Pacific Coast.When the federal budget was tabled last Thursday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced legislation to establish a "Canadian earthquake insurance facility" that the government hopes will protect Canadians "against catastrophic earthquake risks" by providing the Canadian insurance sector with emergency funding of up to $50 billion.
"We're very encouraged," said Liam McGuinty, the Insurance Bureau of Canada's vice-president of federal affairs. "At some point, a major earthquake in Canada is going to happen. And the greatest risks are in B.C. and then also between Ottawa and Montreal."
McGuinty said that even though Canada's insurance industry is prepared for the "vast majority of earthquake scenarios," there would be significant economic loss "in the event of a really extreme earthquake" in the country.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/highlights-federal-liberal-budget-2026-9.7411046
"That could result in tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses and it would put extraordinary pressure on the insurance system," McGuinty said. "At that point, it's not an insurance problem anymore. It becomes a financial stability and an economic problem for Canada."
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Special pleading from the West Coast....
I mean, what does this do for Alberta? A good earthquake would solve many of the land disputes and raise Alberta property values...ocean frontage.
