I moved from Mexico City 6 years ago and have experienced a couple of strong earthquakes. I'm very impressed on how little is talked about "The Big One" here in Vancouver. I think the level of destruction and caos that it'll bring to the West Coast is very underrated. I went through the 2017 Mexico City-Puebla earthquake which was 7.1 and it was terrifying to live, now a 9.0 ... thinking about it gives me chills.
Not only Rainier, but also Mt. Baker, on which you can view the steaming vents on it’s top, as my husband did when he climbed to the top about 12 yrs ago, but we also have to beware of all of the volcanoes that comprise the Cascades, especially Mt. Hood, near Portland and Mt. Shasta in Northern California……but those are just the larger, more well known volcanoes in the Cascades. We also have to be wary of the lesser known ones, which can still come to life, with enough pressure from the magma chambers and the gases it produces, like Mt. St. Helens; which before the earthquakes began increasing, with the mountain being their epicentre, until the fateful day, May 18th, when the huge lateral eruption, followed by lahars and volcanic ash being blown afar, to eastern WA and even Idaho occurred! Up until the St. Helens quakes began, months before it finally erupted, it was merely deemed a favourite camping, hiking, outdoor escape. But like St. Helens there other, lesser known volcanoes, 16 in total, that are not extinct and still pose a threat if they erupt. Given the Cascadian subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North America plate, rock forced under, melts, creating more magma and likely increases the pressure beneath the Cascadian volcanoes. Having been to St Helen’s in the aftermath of its eruption, it is amazing to see the multiple thousands of large growth trees, that were blown to the ground like match sticks. It looks very similar to the forests in Tunguska, Siberia, where an estimated 80 million trees were laid flat after the meteor atmospheric explosion of a rapidly incoming asteroid, 160-200 ft wide!!! Yes, the BIG ONE in the west Pacific Coast, could truly be an epic disaster!!!!!!
I'm from Mexico City, and by experience I must say, the only thing that can protect you from an earthquake is luck... being in the right place at the right time is all it takes.
That isn't true at all. Turkey is a corrupt country, when they get hit with an earthquake tens of thousands lose their lives. Japan & the USA have much lower levels of corruption so they plan in advance, have building regulations that survive earthquakes and educate the population with videos like this so people know what to do. That preparation means you can survive an earthquake 10x worse than Turkey and only a handful of lives are lost.
I am a Canadian (from Vancouver Island) and Kiwi living in NZ. I was there for the Christchurch earthquake (which was relatively local and not a tectonic quake), and given that experience I have serious concerns about the time taken to update standards and mitigation for such an earthquake. I would also like to see a critical assessment at Federal level of how Canada would react to support the west of Canada in such an event, given that according to first nations accounts, the last 'big one' was felt well into Alberta. Some review of the ability to ship support teams, and particularly supplies over the Rockies into the west of Canada. One must assume that train and road links will be cut, which leaves shipping by water and by air. Where is the information about the resilience of airfields and docking facilities, plus the routes emanating from those to ship critical resources? As I understand this the US is taking this issue more urgently and conducts drills for their military to engage to do post-quake resupply - has the Canadian Federal Government done such an assessment and done exercises in this area? If so, to what extend and what were the results?
The Canadian Armed Forces response would fall under Operation LENTUS, which responds to all natural disasters that overwhelm a region, and CAF response will vary as needed. Local West Coast military have also been conducting drills for years, specifically on how to respond to The Big One. They've trained for it. Will it be enough? Not with the potential damage forecasted. Military and emergency services in Canada have major personnel shortages right now, and need more funding and support to get ready for crises like this.
Help? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 are you having a laugh? America don't help their own after hurricanes and trudeau couldn't organise anything... The BIG one means your on your own.
I was in the 94 Northridge quake. Stash some small denomination currency at home, supermarkets will have no way to process electronic payments for several days or weeks. Everyone scrambled for drinking water, so store some beforehand. It gets really boring with no power, so have some actual books around for entertainment. Also, it's a very PTSD inducing event if it's a big quake, some people get very scrambled and depressed.
I had a dream of this many times. I’m from the island and I had one a few months ago and woke up crying. Terrified. I felt my head vibrate from the shaking so strong and then I was shown the tsunami coming.
Me my dog got woken up by the earthquake so it shows that my best rough guess is that “the big one” will happen in the next 1 to 3 years that’s my very rough guess
The Big one hits, nothing we can do except enjoy the ride and hope that you make it out alive. Mother nature has no remorse and we are all guests on her home.
NO REMORSE - is the Truth No matter Where We Might LIVE WE ARE IN THE ENDING DAYS REGARDLESS of OUR BELIEFS And Mother EARTH has been warning Us Since 1999 & 911 was the signal that world war 3 was coming
@Kingzzzaaa You’ve been sleeping too long because Mother Earth is actually the Garden of Eden traveling through PORTALS - into other Dimensions. And Perhaps you don’t understand that everything started at ⭕️ Dimension And the 3RD Dimension has already ended while everyone is currently Self Judging themselves by pointing at the Mirror And this is why G⭕️D is spelled backwards represents the POINT. Plus the Antichrist has already arrived for CHOICES as 2024 = 8 (as above will be below) Because No Body can change anyBody else but But Themselves
Back in the 90s this is all people talked about on the west coast. All old buildings, like the ones mentioned had to be seismicly upgraded, we were told to have earthquake kits and be prepared for "the big one". Then when the real estate boom started everyone stopped talking about earthquakes. I don't doubt that there is an earthquake risk but I have to wonder about the renewed interest in promoting it.
the standard on how building is very different now than then. what you see now isn't remotely constructed in the same way as 80's. Just look at Vancouver House, you can't remotely build a place like that in the 80's.
@CanuckTony It's good to be prepared wherever you are. After working 30 years for municipalities I can say that there is no real plan to deal with the aftermath of a major quake, you're on your own.
The reason why it's being suddenly talked about again is, all the new research being done, and alot of jew findings being discovered since the 1980s and even 1990s
They’ve talked about the big one hitting for decades. Yet millions upon millions flock to the coast line. Meh. Doesn’t affect me in the slightest either way.
I'm from Ottawa but I'm grateful that I somehow knew that hiding under a table was the correct course of action during an earthquake! I was alone on the second floor of a 120 year-old house in San Diego in 2010 when a 5.7 hit - and it was terrifying! It was instinct to dive under the sturdy desk I'd been sitting at once the floor started sliding underneath me, It felt like the entire house was rolling back and forth like it was on wheels. The walls were moving back and forth too, like the entire house was a cube of jello. I was expecting the desk and I to end up on the lawn and I've never been so scared in my life! And THAT was just 5.7 for almost a minute - not the big one for 4 or 5 minutes! Trust me: You're not going to want to be standing up when it hits and things start falling off walls around you! You're going to want to hide under the first thing you see as you scream for it to stop!
I’m from the US version of Vancouver in Washington State and I have to say that there have been a few times I lost some sleep because of the Cascadia Subduction zone
Don't forget to deal with the toilet issues. I have a big supply of kitty litter, plastic bags and TP. Plastic bag into the toilet bowl, kitty litter in the bottom and layer the kitty litter on top. Store the bags outside until the whole thing is resolved.
The kitty litter is an excellent idea, you should try the Armen Hammer lightweight. It only weighs like 7 pounds the whole container and it clumps better and smells better than a lot of the other clumping letters that I have found and it is reasonably priced for the quality that you get.
As a retired geologist I am pleased that the news media have not forgotten about the threat. The movie, San Andreas, was riddled with Hollyweird fantasies and falsehoods, but if they were to move the tsunami several hundred miles to the north, it could happen like the one in 2011 in east Japan. Vancouver, BC would be hit much later than in Aberdeen, WA, but it would still get hit. I was in Arequipa, Peru in 1979 in a 6.4 earthquake and the only thing that kept the death toll low was that it happened between 0500 and 0600. The city center was mostly deserted and all of the glass panes in the office buildings that popped out of their frames made a pile of broken glass between 6 and 15 inches deep on the sidewalks.
Thanks for sharing. I wonder about all the glass buildings in Vancouver, Richmond etc. But in Japan they've managed to make modern office towers that just sway in an earthquake, so I hope they've been constructing in this way in BC too? I've been in tremors in Japan in low rise buildings and they seemed to have been anti-seismic. But then again, even in Japan buildings do topple, and even newer ones. Re Peru, I've also lived in Lima, where there are tremors and where they say a huge one is overdue (you probably know about that!). They say that many many buildings are not anti-seismic and could crumble. Especially the poor areas, where people built their own homes, and built up in some cases. There are also glass office towers... I hope those were built following the code. Meanwhile, as you know, the old Inca stone walls seem to be engineered to totally withstand earthquakes... very interesting!
This is good to see, there are very few 'big one' videos that discuss the Canada side, they're mostly from a US point of view. However, it's a shame though that other areas around the Lower Mainland weren't also covered, after all the shaking won't stop at Vancouver! How far inland will the effects be felt for instance. The other thing you didn't mention (unless I missed it ) was the Disaster Support Hub Locations around Vancouver which can be found on the City of Vancouver website. I have added this to the route list for our contractors at work in case a disaster happens during the work day.
Do you have any idea how often earthquakes originate near British Columbia? I’m only 44 and I’ve only ever heard of earthquakes around the California area
@qthirteen13 The USGS site might have info, or you can ask this question on the "Geology Hug" channel. He's based in the US, but covers geology issues all around the globe. As for daily EQ updates, "Dutch Sinse" channel does pretty-much daily vids. Best wishes!
Iam amazed at how many folks do not pay attention about this nor have knowledge about this, its shocking! Thank you for the well collect show i enjoyed it
Thank you so much for this, I lived in Seattle back in the early '80's, right after Mt St Helen's blew and this was never talked about..I never knew..thank you again
@Addisonmorenothis is not a problem we can solve lol. It could happen right now or in 100 years. The only thing we can do is build stronger which has been done especially by school boards in the lower mainland. Not sure how other places are preparing.
We used to talk about this all the time in the early 90's, it was discussed in school in Vancouver, we had earthquake kits. I don't think it is as prevalent to discuss any longer out here.
Years ago in a UBC geology class, the prof told us that if the under-water Fraser River outwash plain collapses in a submarine landslide during a big earthquake, the resulting tsumani could be hundreds - you read that correctly - hundreds of feet high and wash RIGHT OVER some of the Gulf Islands. It would reach Vancouver Island within 10 minutes.
This is why i mentioned it talks about the city of Vancouver but not the island., Or are those people classed as collateral damage in this scenario, i mean really it doesn't sound to me ready right now. People are not going to be calm on this day i can tell you that much.
Excellent report. I think Vancouver and other PNW areas need to move faster in retrofitting, moving from research to action on vertical evacuation structures and addressing transportation issues.
They will be accused of catastrophizing. So many crazy comments on the “bomb cyclone” which killed people. They need to balance education with major extreme fear and panic.
I live north of there on the Fairweather fault. Thankfully I live next to the mainland and there are several islands between the open ocean and the island that I live on.
Yes! And plan for them to be freaking-out, so they will need to be put on-leash or in their carry-cage, BEFORE you take them outside. Apparently, MANY of people's pets took off in terror, when people were evacuating during the L.A. fires.
This is the 8th tsunami video of the night warning me of a big quake hitting off the west coast and causing a chaon reaction in the San Andreas fault lines
I learned something by coincidence in Cali. I had fallen asleep with two empty glasses on my night table. Usually I go to bed with one water glass, but I had a migraine that day and drank both glasses before bed. Woke up because both glasses clinked on each other. The sound woke me up. Now I go to sleep with empty candle glass jars in an empty drawer. If any shaking happens, that will wake me up and alert me. Also now sleep with steel toed boots, shorts, and a flashlight by my bed. I keep a case of water in my closet.
What I think is cool is that they are studying the episodic tremor and slips or slow quakes to see if they can se those to predict the big subduction earthquakes. there seems to be some correlation but not enough yet. these days we have the technology to learn much more when they occur.
I have niece out there in Tacoma Washington I keep telling her & husband leave but they don’t believe it I guess that’s in them but we still visit them with my family
Makes a good case to keep a solar panel, battery and StarLink setup. An earthquake won’t take out satellites. Plus, if you have large round jugs of water, keep them on the floor, not on their side on a shelf where they will shake/roll off the shelf.
Great production ! The wrap-up background music was a bit odd and early. The natural gas fires will be something. Drivers with low skills will cause a mess.
I’ve heard from a couple sources that Seattle will be spared from the worst of it because it’s a significant distance inland and the earthquake will weaken by the time it gets that far. Do you know if there is any truth to that?
A lot of good points and perspectives covered. Oddly there is a notable ommission. There is mention of the basin under Metro Vancouver and no mention of the work that has been underway to examine the effects of it and other effects in the region like liquefaction.
Theres a way no one tells you buy now just leave a reserve little by little build it mosly food that can go lomg without the need of refrigeration and goes well for a good while this is a reserve for a potencial crisis to survive not a gourmet medical kits also can be built to time little by little built it and get the most important stuff that can save your life this is somethinf each household should have it mosly when you live in areas where crisis can start
Depending on where you are in Tacoma, you'll probably be better off than Seattle or Olympia - Tacoma is on bedrock, not landfill which is subject to liquefaction and amplifies the shaking. just stay out of buildings over 3 stories and stay out of brick buildings.
Vertical evacuation structures are the ONLY way I heard that would be a realistic way to escape the BIG ONE if you live or are vacationing near the flat danger areas and beaches when it hits! IMHO! Tourism and the congestion that it includes would make reaching the ”safe zones” impossible for MOST of the people feeling the initial earthquake if you’re a considerable distance to safety. Some of the roads to safe zones are one track dirt roads and I even saw a locked gate at the entrance to one of them! A “Go Bag” is so important. I lived in Canon Beach, OR, for a couple of years and I still carry a “Go Bag” in my pickup at all times. I take it out once every 2 months to refresh my critical meds and rotate some of the food. It’s something I’ve marked on my phone calendar.
the official line to all the concerns raised seems to be "we are constantly assessing...." I would be more reassured if they were proactively DOING something
Im originally from California and my mother was always talking about "the big one" she genuinely seemed afraid that sooner or later the big quake would strike while we were driving through a tunnel or under a freeway overpass or on a bridge and that we would be trapped and or killed. We did go through the Northridge quake when i was a baby but we moved to Maine when i was 10 or so but before we moved to Maine we were always wondering when/if it would strike and when or if we would lose our home and lives to a wildfire. And every year we would smell and see smoke from the distant wildfires and wonder if they would reach us, i wasnt allowed to play outside our home because my parents were worried id be kidnapped or caught between rival gangs shooting at each other. It was stressful lol, it was a relief to finally move away. Although i still love California it was nice to be able to play outside when we moved
Good presentation yet the way some of those interviewed were dancing around real answers on the actual extent of destruction might try out for Dancing With the Stars.
Highly doubt the BC's readiness to deal such disaster. There is no excises like Japanese or Taiwan does to educate people how to best survive an earthquaker. When the large one hit, most likely there will be tremendous life lost.
Some remember the massive earthquakes in the PNW and Alaska that occurred in recent history. Match that with the volcanic potential in the region (which is linked) be prepared. If Mt. Rainier blows it’s over.
Think of a day each year .. Where people focus specifically on emergency preparedness..gathering supplies. Maybe it’s your birthday …a day before or after.. that you check your supplies and gather what you need.. compare instructions with your family/significant others .. plan ahead, anticipate . The sooner the better.
It's an "Aqua-Bus", one of the two different companies of little water-taxi ferries, that you can take to various wharves on both sides of the inlet. I used to use them often when I lived in Van. & was out and about around False Creek (the inlet) there. If I recall rightly (it's been 25 years since I lived there), the other company is "False Creek Ferries", and it has multi-colored dots on its ferries. Cheap, convenient, and scenic!
An excellent resource team!! Well done!
Any mention of giant fir trees blocking road access?
@billrobbins5874 stop with the metrics, not all Americans use it....yet
@billrobbins5874chainsaw mate! Assign bushmen to the rescue teams too..They have the best equipment to move trees…
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I moved from Mexico City 6 years ago and have experienced a couple of strong earthquakes. I'm very impressed on how little is talked about "The Big One" here in Vancouver. I think the level of destruction and caos that it'll bring to the West Coast is very underrated. I went through the 2017 Mexico City-Puebla earthquake which was 7.1 and it was terrifying to live, now a 9.0 ... thinking about it gives me chills.
Especially when it triggers Rainer to go boom
Not only Rainier, but also Mt. Baker, on which you can view the steaming vents on it’s top, as my husband did when he climbed to the top about 12 yrs ago, but we also have to beware of all of the volcanoes that comprise the Cascades, especially Mt. Hood, near Portland and Mt. Shasta in Northern California……but those are just the larger, more well known volcanoes in the Cascades. We also have to be wary of the lesser known ones, which can still come to life, with enough pressure from the magma chambers and the gases it produces, like Mt. St. Helens; which before the earthquakes began increasing, with the mountain being their epicentre, until the fateful day, May 18th, when the huge lateral eruption, followed by lahars and volcanic ash being blown afar, to eastern WA and even Idaho occurred! Up until the St. Helens quakes began, months before it finally erupted, it was merely deemed a favourite camping, hiking, outdoor escape. But like St. Helens there other, lesser known volcanoes, 16 in total, that are not extinct and still pose a threat if they erupt. Given the Cascadian subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North America plate, rock forced under, melts, creating more magma and likely increases the pressure beneath the Cascadian volcanoes. Having been to St Helen’s in the aftermath of its eruption, it is amazing to see the multiple thousands of large growth trees, that were blown to the ground like match sticks. It looks very similar to the forests in Tunguska, Siberia, where an estimated 80 million trees were laid flat after the meteor atmospheric explosion of a rapidly incoming asteroid, 160-200 ft wide!!!
Yes, the BIG ONE in the west Pacific Coast, could truly be an epic disaster!!!!!!
A 9.0 releases 900-1000X the energy of a 7.0.
I hope no flood mostly. We are at sea level 😢
We don't like to talk about it because it hurts real estate values.
This blows my mind..spent some of the best times of my life in Vancouver, back in the '80's..God Bless
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I'm from Mexico City, and by experience I must say, the only thing that can protect you from an earthquake is luck... being in the right place at the right time is all it takes.
Thanks for the info I will be sure to increase my luck stat.👍
@franksalot114 good luck bro 🫶
That’s incorrect: the best prevention is moving home to a safer city + also ensuring your home is on top of bed rock - not on clay or reclaimed land.
@pianowhizz that's what I said, right place, right time. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to move to a better location.
That isn't true at all.
Turkey is a corrupt country, when they get hit with an earthquake tens of thousands lose their lives.
Japan & the USA have much lower levels of corruption so they plan in advance, have building regulations that survive earthquakes and educate the population with videos like this so people know what to do.
That preparation means you can survive an earthquake 10x worse than Turkey and only a handful of lives are lost.
I am a Canadian (from Vancouver Island) and Kiwi living in NZ. I was there for the Christchurch earthquake (which was relatively local and not a tectonic quake), and given that experience I have serious concerns about the time taken to update standards and mitigation for such an earthquake. I would also like to see a critical assessment at Federal level of how Canada would react to support the west of Canada in such an event, given that according to first nations accounts, the last 'big one' was felt well into Alberta. Some review of the ability to ship support teams, and particularly supplies over the Rockies into the west of Canada. One must assume that train and road links will be cut, which leaves shipping by water and by air. Where is the information about the resilience of airfields and docking facilities, plus the routes emanating from those to ship critical resources?
As I understand this the US is taking this issue more urgently and conducts drills for their military to engage to do post-quake resupply - has the Canadian Federal Government done such an assessment and done exercises in this area? If so, to what extend and what were the results?
The Canadian Armed Forces response would fall under Operation LENTUS, which responds to all natural disasters that overwhelm a region, and CAF response will vary as needed. Local West Coast military have also been conducting drills for years, specifically on how to respond to The Big One. They've trained for it. Will it be enough? Not with the potential damage forecasted. Military and emergency services in Canada have major personnel shortages right now, and need more funding and support to get ready for crises like this.
Help? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 are you having a laugh? America don't help their own after hurricanes and trudeau couldn't organise anything... The BIG one means your on your own.
Lol. Keep voting in absolute morons😂😂😂
It was a tectonic earthquake.
That highway will be a death trap
If your on it
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I was in the 94 Northridge quake. Stash some small denomination currency at home, supermarkets will have no way to process electronic payments for several days or weeks. Everyone scrambled for drinking water, so store some beforehand. It gets really boring with no power, so have some actual books around for entertainment. Also, it's a very PTSD inducing event if it's a big quake, some people get very scrambled and depressed.
I had a dream of this many times. I’m from the island and I had one a few months ago and woke up crying. Terrified. I felt my head vibrate from the shaking so strong and then I was shown the tsunami coming.
It's not the earthquake that scares me. It's the Tsunami that would follow after that.
Who’s here after that 4.0 Earthquake this morning lol
Me my dog got woken up by the earthquake so it shows that my best rough guess is that “the big one” will happen in the next 1 to 3 years that’s my very rough guess
4:05, woke me up! Thought is was the neighbors dead maple tree, hitting our house!
Slept right thru it lol
It felt like somebody was shaking my bed or teasing me
here after hearing another eartquake that occurs last night close to Richmond lol.. 2nd eartquake in a week.
The Big one hits, nothing we can do except enjoy the ride and hope that you make it out alive. Mother nature has no remorse and we are all guests on her home.
There is no “mother nature” you goose. Only Father God exists & is in control. Read Matthew 24
NO REMORSE - is the Truth No matter Where We Might LIVE
WE ARE IN THE ENDING DAYS REGARDLESS of OUR BELIEFS
And Mother EARTH has been warning Us Since 1999 & 911 was the signal that world war 3 was coming
@Kingzzzaaa You’ve been sleeping too long because Mother Earth is actually the Garden of Eden traveling through PORTALS - into other Dimensions.
And Perhaps you don’t understand that everything started at ⭕️ Dimension
And the 3RD Dimension has already ended while everyone is currently Self Judging themselves by pointing at the Mirror
And this is why G⭕️D is spelled backwards represents the POINT.
Plus the Antichrist has already arrived for CHOICES as 2024 = 8 (as above will be below)
Because No Body can change anyBody else but But Themselves
@tonyf.8858DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK MOTHER NATURE WILL LISTEN TO YOU?
And you're wrong. We can start by preparing to have alternative shelter, food and water.
Back in the 90s this is all people talked about on the west coast. All old buildings, like the ones mentioned had to be seismicly upgraded, we were told to have earthquake kits and be prepared for "the big one". Then when the real estate boom started everyone stopped talking about earthquakes. I don't doubt that there is an earthquake risk but I have to wonder about the renewed interest in promoting it.
the standard on how building is very different now than then. what you see now isn't remotely constructed in the same way as 80's. Just look at Vancouver House, you can't remotely build a place like that in the 80's.
I have a kit etc. now, will I be home when it hits? We will see. Hope it happens in summer and not winter
@CanuckTony It's good to be prepared wherever you are. After working 30 years for municipalities I can say that there is no real plan to deal with the aftermath of a major quake, you're on your own.
The reason why it's being suddenly talked about again is, all the new research being done, and alot of jew findings being discovered since the 1980s and even 1990s
They’ve talked about the big one hitting for decades. Yet millions upon millions flock to the coast line.
Meh. Doesn’t affect me in the slightest either way.
I'm from Ottawa but I'm grateful that I somehow knew that hiding under a table was the correct course of action during an earthquake! I was alone on the second floor of a 120 year-old house in San Diego in 2010 when a 5.7 hit - and it was terrifying! It was instinct to dive under the sturdy desk I'd been sitting at once the floor started sliding underneath me, It felt like the entire house was rolling back and forth like it was on wheels. The walls were moving back and forth too, like the entire house was a cube of jello. I was expecting the desk and I to end up on the lawn and I've never been so scared in my life! And THAT was just 5.7 for almost a minute - not the big one for 4 or 5 minutes! Trust me: You're not going to want to be standing up when it hits and things start falling off walls around you! You're going to want to hide under the first thing you see as you scream for it to stop!
That 2010 earthquake was a 7.2. It was 110 miles away but it was a 7.2 and it broke water mains in at least two places in San Diego.
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@ What?
I’m from the US version of Vancouver in Washington State and I have to say that there have been a few times I lost some sleep because of the Cascadia Subduction zone
Don't forget to deal with the toilet issues. I have a big supply of kitty litter, plastic bags and TP. Plastic bag into the toilet bowl, kitty litter in the bottom and layer the kitty litter on top. Store the bags outside until the whole thing is resolved.
The kitty litter is an excellent idea, you should try the Armen Hammer lightweight. It only weighs like 7 pounds the whole container and it clumps better and smells better than a lot of the other clumping letters that I have found and it is reasonably priced for the quality that you get.
@kimberlytokarskiwilburn7502i just randomly stumbled across your comment and i've actually been looking for a new litter. thank you
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Man ive had nightmares of this since i was a child and im 35
As a retired geologist I am pleased that the news media have not forgotten about the threat. The movie, San Andreas, was riddled with Hollyweird fantasies and falsehoods, but if they were to move the tsunami several hundred miles to the north, it could happen like the one in 2011 in east Japan. Vancouver, BC would be hit much later than in Aberdeen, WA, but it would still get hit. I was in Arequipa, Peru in 1979 in a 6.4 earthquake and the only thing that kept the death toll low was that it happened between 0500 and 0600. The city center was mostly deserted and all of the glass panes in the office buildings that popped out of their frames made a pile of broken glass between 6 and 15 inches deep on the sidewalks.
Thanks for sharing. I wonder about all the glass buildings in Vancouver, Richmond etc. But in Japan they've managed to make modern office towers that just sway in an earthquake, so I hope they've been constructing in this way in BC too? I've been in tremors in Japan in low rise buildings and they seemed to have been anti-seismic. But then again, even in Japan buildings do topple, and even newer ones. Re Peru, I've also lived in Lima, where there are tremors and where they say a huge one is overdue (you probably know about that!). They say that many many buildings are not anti-seismic and could crumble. Especially the poor areas, where people built their own homes, and built up in some cases. There are also glass office towers... I hope those were built following the code. Meanwhile, as you know, the old Inca stone walls seem to be engineered to totally withstand earthquakes... very interesting!
Very interesting. But what’s up with the loud dramatic music?
Why is the title "could" hit? Not a matter of if, but when...
Just had a 6.5 the other day North island
What an excellent report. Kudos.
See this is what I thought was going to happen today
This is good to see, there are very few 'big one' videos that discuss the Canada side, they're mostly from a US point of view. However, it's a shame though that other areas around the Lower Mainland weren't also covered, after all the shaking won't stop at Vancouver! How far inland will the effects be felt for instance.
The other thing you didn't mention (unless I missed it ) was the Disaster Support Hub Locations around Vancouver which can be found on the City of Vancouver website. I have added this to the route list for our contractors at work in case a disaster happens during the work day.
I’ve heard it will be significant up to Langley.
Do you have any idea how often earthquakes originate near British Columbia?
I’m only 44 and I’ve only ever heard of earthquakes around the California area
@qthirteen13 The USGS site might have info, or you can ask this question on the "Geology Hug" channel. He's based in the US, but covers geology issues all around the globe.
As for daily EQ updates, "Dutch Sinse" channel does pretty-much daily vids.
Best wishes!
There was a major earthquake in Seattle in 2001. There have been other noticeable quakes that didn’t cause much damage since then.
Really great piece of journalism. Well done and know that we appreciate it.
Iam amazed at how many folks do not pay attention about this nor have knowledge about this, its shocking! Thank you for the well collect show i enjoyed it
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Thank you so much for this, I lived in Seattle back in the early '80's, right after Mt St Helen's blew and this was never talked about..I never knew..thank you again
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This was a great show. All the experts are so interesting!
Excellent, in-depth analysis that highlights the reality of the Big One hitting the B.C. coast and what it would be like. Great job, CityTV!!
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Most people do not believe that the big earthquake will come in their lifetime.
Yes, the classic "leave this problem for the next generation" move. Part of the Top 10 Wise Decisions a Society Can Make.
But she’s coming
That’s interesting, most people think that Jesus will come back in there lifetime. Who’s more right? 🤷♂️
@Addisonmorenothis is not a problem we can solve lol. It could happen right now or in 100 years. The only thing we can do is build stronger which has been done especially by school boards in the lower mainland. Not sure how other places are preparing.
It’s coming tomorrow
Who’s watching this after the earthquake feb 21 2025
😳me.
We used to talk about this all the time in the early 90's, it was discussed in school in Vancouver, we had earthquake kits. I don't think it is as prevalent to discuss any longer out here.
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Schools do the same today at least in North Van. There are kits and emergency supplies on site.
Basically, you will be up the creek without a paddle.
one of these days, I'll be watching one of these videos when it happens.
Seeing the activity recently around the rim, get ready guys!
I’d say if any place has taught us about the importance of what your city is built on, look to Mexico City. The science is there!
I live in New Zealand and I’ve experienced 3 different movements of earthquakes and all were scary asf ….
We are over 150 years for a huge earthquake here in BC
Years ago in a UBC geology class, the prof told us that if the under-water Fraser River outwash plain collapses in a submarine landslide during a big earthquake, the resulting tsumani could be hundreds - you read that correctly - hundreds of feet high and wash RIGHT OVER some of the Gulf Islands. It would reach Vancouver Island within 10 minutes.
Wow!!
This is why i mentioned it talks about the city of Vancouver but not the island., Or are those people classed as collateral damage in this scenario, i mean really it doesn't sound to me ready right now. People are not going to be calm on this day i can tell you that much.
And then Rainer goes off 😮
Excellent report. I think Vancouver and other PNW areas need to move faster in retrofitting, moving from research to action on vertical evacuation structures and addressing transportation issues.
Let's make a movie. Aftermath. That guy that braves the submerged cites diving and salvaging needed things.
On the coast of Tsawwassen definitely scared and have had a plan for a while but you never know how much time you actually have to run.
I’ve been to Vancouver and California. I had a great time. Stay safe! Greetings from Pennsylvania ❤❤
Why did you not address liquefaction of sedimentary basins; i.e., all of the Fraser valley and any other river basin on the west coast.
They will be accused of catastrophizing. So many crazy comments on the “bomb cyclone” which killed people. They need to balance education with major extreme fear and panic.
And... Richmond and the airport...
All over the world suffered in this earth quake.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
A very interesting and informative video.
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❤ this update thank you
When the shaking starts RUN TO HIGHER GROUND
Can’t wait. It will be glorious.
Great video!
I live north of there on the Fairweather fault. Thankfully I live next to the mainland and there are several islands between the open ocean and the island that I live on.
The wall behind the first reporter looks like it’s lost it’s concrete between the bricks.
What a novel way to get rental prices to go down: a report on the big one.
Rental? RENTAL!?
LOL.... try the entire GDP the whole freaking country
Sure 🙄!
Early on, not mentioned .. plan for your pets too!!! Don’t leave them behind!
Yes! And plan for them to be freaking-out, so they will need to be put on-leash or in their carry-cage, BEFORE you take them outside. Apparently, MANY of people's pets took off in terror, when people were evacuating during the L.A. fires.
This is the 8th tsunami video of the night warning me of a big quake hitting off the west coast and causing a chaon reaction in the San Andreas fault lines
Great job on this. That is a reporter/journalist masterpiece. Thanks
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No mention of it hitting in the middle of night...people should also be aware these occur at any hour and to always be prepared.
@WillFitnesslife If it happens in the middle of the night you’re almost certainly done for.
I learned something by coincidence in Cali.
I had fallen asleep with two empty glasses on my night table. Usually I go to bed with one water glass, but I had a migraine that day and drank both glasses before bed.
Woke up because both glasses clinked on each other. The sound woke me up.
Now I go to sleep with empty candle glass jars in an empty drawer.
If any shaking happens, that will wake me up and alert me.
Also now sleep with steel toed boots, shorts, and a flashlight by my bed.
I keep a case of water in my closet.
Very informative
What I think is cool is that they are studying the episodic tremor and slips or slow quakes to see if they can se those to predict the big subduction earthquakes. there seems to be some correlation but not enough yet. these days we have the technology to learn much more when they occur.
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One localized tsunami happen not long ago just east of Vancouver. I believe it was Chehalis lake and was only a few years ago less than 10.
Hey actually ther e is a huge huge one too here in the Midwestern airport..huge sourdhough possibly rocking here in the midwest
It's going to be scary, even scarier if it happens in the dead of night, lots of casualties.
As somebody currently living in Washington state I’m scared
great channel
In my country we over due 4 a big 1 and that scares me. Im fron NZ
I figured that they would wait until next week. 😮
Wow, very good and informative video
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why drown out the information with the annoying background music?
Because its a mainstream media production
I have niece out there in Tacoma Washington I keep telling her & husband leave but they don’t believe it I guess that’s in them but we still visit them with my family
SUPER SCARY & I don’t even live in Vancouver
Makes a good case to keep a solar panel, battery and StarLink setup. An earthquake won’t take out satellites.
Plus, if you have large round jugs of water, keep them on the floor, not on their side on a shelf where they will shake/roll off the shelf.
Great production ! The wrap-up background music was a bit odd and early. The natural gas fires will be something. Drivers with low skills will cause a mess.
I’ve heard from a couple sources that Seattle will be spared from the worst of it because it’s a significant distance inland and the earthquake will weaken by the time it gets that far. Do you know if there is any truth to that?
I heard much regarding the collapse of buildings, while minimizing the huge loss of life that would likely occur!!
Wow 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
What an awesome documentary
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This one will be much much much much much bigger
When ? Sounds like the end of the world
A lot of good points and perspectives covered. Oddly there is a notable ommission. There is mention of the basin under Metro Vancouver and no mention of the work that has been underway to examine the effects of it and other effects in the region like liquefaction.
Liquefaction - you mean like RICHMOND, and the Van. Int'l airport...?
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Unfortunately in today’s economy and the prices of everything skyhigh it’s almost Impossible to plan ahead let alone 2weeks or more worth.
Theres a way no one tells you buy now just leave a reserve little by little build it mosly food that can go lomg without the need of refrigeration and goes well for a good while this is a reserve for a potencial crisis to survive not a gourmet medical kits also can be built to time little by little built it and get the most important stuff that can save your life this is somethinf each household should have it mosly when you live in areas where crisis can start
It's easy to spend 20 dollars on a few items every time you go to the store or sporting goods store.
Here after the 7.0 in California
The matter is not how but when.
Despite the 5 minutes of back clapping and hero music at the end, I am left more concerned after this coverage, not less.
As we all SHOULD be... But, at least if we prepare, we've done our best to keep ourselves & loved ones (including pets/ animals) safe...
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Very informative. Investigated journalism is quite rare these days. Good job Nima Rajan and City News...
13:59 this guy is like, I would surf the big one dude... you only live once... gnarly dude
None of those old buildings will be left standing.
Added to kit jacket or pair of light blanket , waterbottle, tent foldable.
I feel it coming in my soul 😢 i love in Tacoma Washington, we would be greatly impacted as well. Is that ling?
Depending on where you are in Tacoma, you'll probably be better off than Seattle or Olympia - Tacoma is on bedrock, not landfill which is subject to liquefaction and amplifies the shaking. just stay out of buildings over 3 stories and stay out of brick buildings.
I do too
Puget Sound will slosh back and forth, but tiny bit later after Aberdeen disappears.
Vertical evacuation structures are the ONLY way I heard that would be a realistic way to escape the BIG ONE if you live or are vacationing near the flat danger areas and beaches when it hits! IMHO! Tourism and the congestion that it includes would make reaching the ”safe zones” impossible for MOST of the people feeling the initial earthquake if you’re a considerable distance to safety. Some of the roads to safe zones are one track dirt roads and I even saw a locked gate at the entrance to one of them! A “Go Bag” is so important. I lived in Canon Beach, OR, for a couple of years and I still carry a “Go Bag” in my pickup at all times. I take it out once every 2 months to refresh my critical meds and rotate some of the food. It’s something I’ve marked on my phone calendar.
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Its long overdue 😮
the official line to all the concerns raised seems to be "we are constantly assessing...." I would be more reassured if they were proactively DOING something
What the heck can you do about an earthquake? I live in California and the only thing we can do is prepare and pray
It'll also trigger the San Andreas fault as well.
Im originally from California and my mother was always talking about "the big one" she genuinely seemed afraid that sooner or later the big quake would strike while we were driving through a tunnel or under a freeway overpass or on a bridge and that we would be trapped and or killed. We did go through the Northridge quake when i was a baby but we moved to Maine when i was 10 or so but before we moved to Maine we were always wondering when/if it would strike and when or if we would lose our home and lives to a wildfire. And every year we would smell and see smoke from the distant wildfires and wonder if they would reach us, i wasnt allowed to play outside our home because my parents were worried id be kidnapped or caught between rival gangs shooting at each other. It was stressful lol, it was a relief to finally move away. Although i still love California it was nice to be able to play outside when we moved
Good presentation yet the way some of those interviewed were dancing around real answers on the actual extent of destruction might try out for Dancing With the Stars.
Research deep yourself! You will find many answers.
Highly doubt the BC's readiness to deal such disaster. There is no excises like Japanese or Taiwan does to educate people how to best survive an earthquaker. When the large one hit, most likely there will be tremendous life lost.
Some remember the massive earthquakes in the PNW and Alaska that occurred in recent history. Match that with the volcanic potential in the region (which is linked) be prepared. If Mt. Rainier blows it’s over.
Think of a day each year .. Where people focus specifically on emergency preparedness..gathering supplies. Maybe it’s your birthday …a day before or after.. that you check your supplies and gather what you need.. compare instructions with your family/significant others .. plan ahead, anticipate . The sooner the better.
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That has got to be the cutest boat I think I’ve ever seen in my life. What even is it?
It's an "Aqua-Bus", one of the two different companies of little water-taxi ferries, that you can take to various wharves on both sides of the inlet. I used to use them often when I lived in Van. & was out and about around False Creek (the inlet) there.
If I recall rightly (it's been 25 years since I lived there), the other company is "False Creek Ferries", and it has multi-colored dots on its ferries. Cheap, convenient, and scenic!
crazy we don't have an earthquake tax yet
You can never predict what the big one is going to do
Just go out and buy supplies… half the country can’t afford to eat period 🙄