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Earth quake in vancouver omg
It seems that the earth quake will hit vaccouver this year which is of high magnitude of 8.5 on richter scale.
No one can predict when it will hit or where or how strong it will be. But the experts are certain of one thing: it will hit. Southwestern British Columbia is overdue for a big, perhaps an enormous earthquake. Although it has been 50 years since the region had a close encounter of the shaky kind--a strong 7.3 Richter-scale quake north of Courtenay in 1946--the fact is that Vancouver sits atop the most active earthquake zone in Canada and the half-century hiatus since the Vancouver Island quake means subterranean pressures are building up again.
wut will we do? if it comes
omg
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No one can predict when it will hit or where or how strong it will be. But the experts are certain of one thing: it will hit. Southwestern British Columbia is overdue for a big, perhaps an enormous earthquake. Although it has been 50 years since the region had a close encounter of the shaky kind--a strong 7.3 Richter-scale quake north of Courtenay in 1946--the fact is that Vancouver sits atop the most active earthquake zone in Canada and the half-century hiatus since the Vancouver Island quake means subterranean pressures are building up again.
wut will we do? if it comes
omg
:omg:
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SOURCE: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070202%2fbc_quake_070202&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True
can't stop mother nature...when it comes, it comes. nothin' u can do about it.
It's one of the reasons I took a First Aid course, so I could at least try to help my family and whoever else I can...
i wonder how apt buildings and infrasture will hold up, i know some are 'earthquake proof'.. but up to what point 7.0? 8? 8+ ? i worry cause i live on the 19th floor right by the fraser river :(
I'll be running for Wall Centre!
*rolleyes*
In any case, we're all going to die. I mean, let's be honest, an 8 or a 9 point quake, even off the Island, is going to level this city. Just look what the San Francisco quake did in '89 and that was a 7.1. So just pray to your Gods that you're nowhere near here when it hits.