Category: Earthquake
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What happened, and what to learn, on the Jan 23 2018 Tsunami
Tsunami Siren Evacuation – What happened, for the record. Here’s a full rundown of what happened on Tuesday… a few things we learned… and a few things for next time. First, this is what the siren sounded like at 3:45AM after I had evacuated my family: https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/955787063697145856
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ALL CLEAR —- WARNING CANCELLED —— MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN ALASKA
ALL CLEAR ALL CLEAR TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLED. —- “Safe elevation areas” (more than 20 metres above sea level in brown in below image). Johnston Road -> Above Tracks Top of Watty’s Hill Falls Rd at Lugrin Golden St above Nelson Roger St -> Above Tracks Redford St -> Above 5th Avenue Argyle St ->…
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Dry Monday. Getting wet Tuesday/Wednesday. Then warming.
Happy May 1 The threat of rain should be over for this morning and the rest of monday should stay dry. We should stay mainly dry on Tuesday until the late afternoon when our next system comes ashore. Rain will begin around 5PM on Tuesday and last all the way through Wednesday. It will feel…
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Cluster of Earthquakes off Island today should make us pause
You know… if I was a little bit of a more nervous person, I might be double checking my grab-bag in case of a large earthquake/tsunami warning. In the past 12 or so hours there have been 5 earthquakes clustered off the north coast of Vancouver Island. The largest, a 5.7M quake, having just occured…
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Exercise Coastal Response starts today!
Over the next four days you may hear anything from Tsunami sirens to Fire trucks, search and rescue aircraft to heavy machinery. This is all in support of the million dollar full scall earthquake and tsunami simulation happening from June 7 to June 10. Here is the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District message on their website: Exercise Coastal Response will…