Category: Earthquake
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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…
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QUAKE Cottage! And Level 3 Drought declared. Forests dry.
The Quake Cottage is in Port Alberni! Check it out today! It will be at Echo Centre today from 10AM to 4PM! It’s fun, AND educational! I experienced it last Friday at VIU, check out the craziness: For a slightly (ok a lot) more entertaining look… check out Joan Rivers trying it out! OK, so it’s…
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Share this! ZOMBIES (and other volunteers and random junk too!) Exercise #CoastalResponse needs you!
Looking for a thrill? Want to be part of the team? Do you dream of getting done up like a Hollywood movie star? Or maybe you would just like to be part of and help out with a really important and interesting and exciting event happening here in Port Alberni on June 7 through to the 10th? The…