Re:When, not if: how do San Franciscans live with the threat...
by Tiktaalik on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:15PM
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In Vancouver BC it's well known that "the big one" is coming at some point, and I recall many earthquake drills as a child and a class field trip to UBC's earthquake research centre.
Even though the fact of the potential for a high magnitude earthquake is well known absolutely no one (including myself) is prepared for it at all. I've certainly been meaning to fashion myself a "bug out bag" in case of a disaster but haven't gotten around to it...
Vancouver also has a liquefaction concern. The false creek flats area is filled in estuary/marsh and though it's largely industrial there are plans to move Emily Carr School of Art to that area. I live pretty close to it so I have no idea how affected I am. Even worse is the entire nearby suburb of Richmond (pop 175k) is built on an island of silt in the Fraser River and is probably pretty much entirely a liquefaction zone.
Even though the fact of the potential for a high magnitude earthquake is well known absolutely no one (including myself) is prepared for it at all. I've certainly been meaning to fashion myself a "bug out bag" in case of a disaster but haven't gotten around to it...
Vancouver also has a liquefaction concern. The false creek flats area is filled in estuary/marsh and though it's largely industrial there are plans to move Emily Carr School of Art to that area. I live pretty close to it so I have no idea how affected I am. Even worse is the entire nearby suburb of Richmond (pop 175k) is built on an island of silt in the Fraser River and is probably pretty much entirely a liquefaction zone.