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.
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!!!!!!
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
@@hotchocexpresso 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
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
This is a prime example of why more people need to get more prepared and think about "Emergency Preparedness Management" for both your home and vehicles. I am a TH-camr under my Full-Name with the same profile picture as this post with 47 videos covering 27 different category topic subjects sharing my personal knowledge and experiences with others to help others improve their overall adult lives. I've got videos on building yourself a high quality 24-72 Hour Survival Bug Out Bags, Home and Vehicle Preparedness and Readiness advice videos, several Financial Literacy advice videos, a dozen Cooking Creation Recipes videos, and more!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
@@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.
@@rosettaridge6446 Richmond, by itself will disappear under the water, YVR will be a boat port. Not sure about the other neighbouring cities as they are all on 'hills' or well above water.
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
They would be completely overrun as were the Japanese in 2011 and they have much more experience with both earthquakes and tsunamis. Also the female reporter doesn't have to SHOUT to be heard - she has a microphone. Why do American reporters always shout?
A 9.0+ can last for 5 minutes or more with shaking worse then what we felt during the Nisqually earthquake a few years back. I am hoping we don't see it soon, but I fear we will.
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.
great video! i really appreciate the way you broke down such a complex topic. but i have to say, while the idea of a megathrust earthquake is certainly alarming, i sometimes wonder if we’re overhyping the risks. can we really prepare for something like that, or are we just creating unnecessary panic?
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.
this is such an engaging video, really well done! i appreciate how it breaks down such a complex topic. however, i can't help but feel a bit skeptical about the likelihood of a megathrust earthquake hitting the Pacific Northwest anytime soon. while it's important to be prepared, some of the fears presented seem a bit exaggerated, don’t you think?
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 understand this is a hypothesis, yet I can not condone the specialist interviews. Buildings " may collapse!" WRONG! " Thay will collapse. The widows in our many beautiful towers "WILL FALL TO THE GROUND " . Towns ,small cities,our capital, and the glittering city of Vancouver will truly be devastated. I wish that all of these specialist would be more honest. It will help the many now,not later.
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.
every few years the same story is told, a fresh edu-doc to keep it in the fore front of our minds, to be always thinking of awaiting doom and horror just under our feet, thank you for the new fear, same as the old fear.
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.
I think most people should look at Japan, they have these kind of earthquake every few years. and they are happening in Tokyo to boot, a city that is even more densely populated than Vancouver! Vancouver won't be wiped as long as we proactively get ready. as for hiding under a table, the Japanese recommend it and they definitely are the experts.
The difference between Canada and Japan is that Japan have actually prepared and have done for decades. All their buildings and systems are seismically ready. Canada has gone centuries without a significant quake and has got complacent. The reason why you can hide under a table in Tokyo is that it's probably safer to do so...not so much Vancouver.
re the table thing - a light earthquake or one that doesnt affect your building much , you might just look silly hiding under a table. Big deal. In a heavy earthquake where your building collapses, then it doesnt really matter if you're under that table. Its the medium damage scenario , like ceiling drywall falling down.. then the table might just be your best pal.
The lesson in megaquakes is that any emergency planning will be next to useless if communications go down, if firehalls and hospitals become danger zones, if debris makes travelling even if only walking is impossible, if bridges are rendered dangerous, if gas lines are ruptured, if electrical wiring is everywhere as well as glass and wrecked cars and other vehicles, if the internet is inoperable - you get the picture. Plan for the worst and then double down on that worse case scenario. Imagine the worst and then expect that to be exceeded. Just saying that even in Japan which was way more prepared for earthquakes than we are over 20,000 people died. We need a plan of action that includes the military and every emergency crew in the province to have a coordinated plan of getting into the lower mainland in a really fast and efficient way, which means mobilizing every available helicopter, ATV and large vehicles in rescue efforts. And remember that Seattle, Portland and northern California will have their hands filled with dealing with the same fashion. Assume that few people who survive will know what to do and that rescue services will take hours and days to recover enough to get into full operational mode.
As a German watching this out of mere curiosity, I once more can’t help thinking WHY are people even settling in areas that are this high risk? It’s beyond me! Is this just the arrogance and/or ignorance like „nah, it won’t happen during my lifetime“? Or what is it?
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.
Oh , no sugar coating it for if a 9 or more earthquake hit Vancouver or any place a lot of those buildings are coming down in Vancouver and uncountable people will die through this bad earthquake.
When I was attending Elementary school in Edmonton, we luckily were able to go on a week long camp in Tofino. The First Nations gentleman who mentioned that huge earthquake and subsequent Tsunami. Reminded me after all this time of a Elder who came and shared stories, with us. I’m sorry I can’t remember everything he said, but one story that stood out in relation to this documentary, was a story about a Thunderbird that dropped a Whale into the ocean and caused that mega tsunami. I know I most likely Butchered the story unintentionally.
Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.
If you get a 9 plus earthquake that could last for 3 or more minutes, and considering multiple aftershocks, there is no building going to withstand that no matter how well it's built. Getting under a table is not going to save you, you need to get out as soon as a tremor starts. Working or living in a tall building is not going to be in your favor if you need to get out, and being inside an elevator is not good either..People need to plan for this inevitable event. Make sure you have ample food, even pet food, water and medical supplies, torches, lighters, fuel, a tent etc stored somewhere relatively safe outside of your place of work or home. Easier said than done I know, but a bit of strategic planning could be a huge benefit to your survival chances. When this earthquake happens you are on your own for probably many days before help arrives.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
I don’t know what school system the fellow was talking about near the end we had duck and cover drills going on in School District 66 on Vancouver Island thirty/forty years ago. Heck we realized that Lake Cowichan is on a fault line and is very susceptible to intense shaking even with mild earthquakes.
I don’t know, but I know in the Okanagan they didn’t. I think now they just have that one drill he was talking about, but when I grew up in Greater Victoria SD61, we had them in the 90’s for sure. All the time.
How does seismic activity bring about climate change it has nothing to do with the clouds in sky or changing weather. These climate people will never stop blaming the general population for natural disasters
Arm yourself, stock 3 weeks supplies Minimum and have a plan to get out of the lower mainland asap, by foot if necessary. Once food and water runs low people will go nuts and look to take what you have. I remember when people downtown fought over bottles of water just because a storm caused some water turbidity.
These earthquakes that do happen are 37 kilometers below the surface, only California has an issue because the majority of the ground is sand, not rock 🥸
An excellent resource team!! Well done!
Any mention of giant fir trees blocking road access?
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 🫶
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.
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
@@hotchocexpresso 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Great job on this. That is a reporter/journalist masterpiece. Thanks
This is a prime example of why more people need to get more prepared and think about "Emergency Preparedness Management" for both your home and vehicles. I am a TH-camr under my Full-Name with the same profile picture as this post with 47 videos covering 27 different category topic subjects sharing my personal knowledge and experiences with others to help others improve their overall adult lives. I've got videos on building yourself a high quality 24-72 Hour Survival Bug Out Bags, Home and Vehicle Preparedness and Readiness advice videos, several Financial Literacy advice videos, a dozen Cooking Creation Recipes videos, and more!
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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.
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.
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 😮
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.
That highway will be a death trap
If your on it
What an excellent report. Kudos.
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!!
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
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.
A very interesting and informative video.
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.
Vancouver could potentially be wiped off the map 😮
Its the tsunami that will follow as well
🤣
@@rosettaridge6446
Richmond, by itself will disappear under the water, YVR will be a boat port. Not sure about the other neighbouring cities as they are all on 'hills' or well above water.
Bay Area Hayward fault is coming!
@@michaelfox4661
Cascadia and San Andreas are joined together in the middle I'm pretty sure.
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.
People in Richmond need to start thinking of moving. This will be the first to go
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.
Mother Nature is in charge!
They would be completely overrun as were the Japanese in 2011 and they have much more experience with both earthquakes and tsunamis. Also the female reporter doesn't have to SHOUT to be heard - she has a microphone. Why do American reporters always shout?
A 9.0+ can last for 5 minutes or more with shaking worse then what we felt during the Nisqually earthquake a few years back. I am hoping we don't see it soon, but I fear we will.
And how about the aftershocks from an earthquake that big?😮
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
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!
where the most expensive houses be found are where the worst natural disaster will occur. human's karma
great video! i really appreciate the way you broke down such a complex topic. but i have to say, while the idea of a megathrust earthquake is certainly alarming, i sometimes wonder if we’re overhyping the risks. can we really prepare for something like that, or are we just creating unnecessary panic?
Why is the title "could" hit? Not a matter of if, but when...
I'd love to see CityNews do an article like this on the strange phenomena of "newscaster voice". Maybe they can find some form of treatment.
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.
Great video!
Don't expect the government to save you.
this is such an engaging video, really well done! i appreciate how it breaks down such a complex topic. however, i can't help but feel a bit skeptical about the likelihood of a megathrust earthquake hitting the Pacific Northwest anytime soon. while it's important to be prepared, some of the fears presented seem a bit exaggerated, don’t you think?
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 understand this is a hypothesis, yet I can not condone the specialist interviews. Buildings " may collapse!" WRONG! " Thay will collapse. The widows in our many beautiful towers "WILL FALL TO THE GROUND " . Towns ,small cities,our capital, and the glittering city of Vancouver will truly be devastated. I wish that all of these specialist would be more honest. It will help the many now,not later.
@@tyeteames7192 Yes they’ve way underplayed this; the disaster they paint is catastrophic and unlikely to be survivable for most of the population.
windows not widows
Yeah, that made me chuckle. The devastation in downtown Vancouver will be apocalyptic.
They can’t and why certain people that try to speak are shut down quickly!
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.
Basically, you will be up the creek without a paddle.
Very informative. Investigated journalism is quite rare these days. Good job Nima Rajan and City News...
What an awesome documentary
every few years the same story is told, a fresh edu-doc to keep it in the fore front of our minds, to be always thinking of awaiting doom and horror just under our feet, thank you for the new fear, same as the old fear.
one of these days, I'll be watching one of these videos when it happens.
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.
Don't stress on the economy or health care, let's worry about a megaquake that will happen someday, likely after the vast majority of us will be dead.
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 🙄!
You can not run from them... you can pray. There will be people who can not walk and who are injured.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
When it happens on the southern section of the fault, it also tends to trigger earthquakes on the northern San Andreas fault.
I think most people should look at Japan, they have these kind of earthquake every few years. and they are happening in Tokyo to boot, a city that is even more densely populated than Vancouver! Vancouver won't be wiped as long as we proactively get ready. as for hiding under a table, the Japanese recommend it and they definitely are the experts.
The difference between Canada and Japan is that Japan have actually prepared and have done for decades. All their buildings and systems are seismically ready. Canada has gone centuries without a significant quake and has got complacent. The reason why you can hide under a table in Tokyo is that it's probably safer to do so...not so much Vancouver.
@@angelicfedora1950 yes i know but I was referring to hiding underneath a table. nothing more or less.
Yeah Canada has done next to nothing to prepare for massive distructive near 9.0
The most we ever get is like maybe a 4.0....ever
re the table thing - a light earthquake or one that doesnt affect your building much , you might just look silly hiding under a table. Big deal. In a heavy earthquake where your building collapses, then it doesnt really matter if you're under that table. Its the medium damage scenario , like ceiling drywall falling down.. then the table might just be your best pal.
It's going to be scary, even scarier if it happens in the dead of night, lots of casualties.
why drown out the information with the annoying background music?
Because its a mainstream media production
The lesson in megaquakes is that any emergency planning will be next to useless if communications go down, if firehalls and hospitals become danger zones, if debris makes travelling even if only walking is impossible, if bridges are rendered dangerous, if gas lines are ruptured, if electrical wiring is everywhere as well as glass and wrecked cars and other vehicles, if the internet is inoperable - you get the picture. Plan for the worst and then double down on that worse case scenario. Imagine the worst and then expect that to be exceeded. Just saying that even in Japan which was way more prepared for earthquakes than we are over 20,000 people died. We need a plan of action that includes the military and every emergency crew in the province to have a coordinated plan of getting into the lower mainland in a really fast and efficient way, which means mobilizing every available helicopter, ATV and large vehicles in rescue efforts. And remember that Seattle, Portland and northern California will have their hands filled with dealing with the same fashion. Assume that few people who survive will know what to do and that rescue services will take hours and days to recover enough to get into full operational mode.
Dont get under a table such done thing to do while building colaspse on you, get out and away from buildings
We use MILES in the US. The BIG ONE would clean out the Left Coast, from Cali to Canada, NOT a bad thing at all.
AGREE 100%!!
❤ this update thank you
Prayers go out. 💯
As a German watching this out of mere curiosity, I once more can’t help thinking WHY are people even settling in areas that are this high risk? It’s beyond me! Is this just the arrogance and/or ignorance like „nah, it won’t happen during my lifetime“? Or what is it?
Any where can be affected so does not matter were you live, these towns have been here for hundreds of years
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.
Very interesting. But what’s up with the loud dramatic music?
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.
Dutchsinse says that you can forecast earthquakes like domino's
He does and he's right most of the time.
Just had a 6.5 the other day North island
Oh , no sugar coating it for if a 9 or more earthquake hit Vancouver or any place a lot of those buildings are coming down in Vancouver and uncountable people will die through this bad earthquake.
Exactly
Despite the 5 minutes of back clapping and hero music at the end, I am left more concerned after this coverage, not less.
When I was attending Elementary school in Edmonton, we luckily were able to go on a week long camp in Tofino. The First Nations gentleman who mentioned that huge earthquake and subsequent Tsunami. Reminded me after all this time of a Elder who came and shared stories, with us. I’m sorry I can’t remember everything he said, but one story that stood out in relation to this documentary, was a story about a Thunderbird that dropped a Whale into the ocean and caused that mega tsunami. I know I most likely Butchered the story unintentionally.
Actually that's pretty close to what any of these videos have reported the story to be.
Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another.
It is in God's hands
We are over 150 years for a huge earthquake here in BC
Let's make a movie. Aftermath. That guy that braves the submerged cites diving and salvaging needed things.
If you get a 9 plus earthquake that could last for 3 or more minutes, and considering multiple aftershocks, there is no building going to withstand that no matter how well it's built. Getting under a table is not going to save you, you need to get out as soon as a tremor starts. Working or living in a tall building is not going to be in your favor if you need to get out, and being inside an elevator is not good either..People need to plan for this inevitable event. Make sure you have ample food, even pet food, water and medical supplies, torches, lighters, fuel, a tent etc stored somewhere relatively safe outside of your place of work or home. Easier said than done I know, but a bit of strategic planning could be a huge benefit to your survival chances. When this earthquake happens you are on your own for probably many days before help arrives.
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 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.
Very informative
that table wont save you . door frames and smaller rooms like washrooms are usually stronger.
Yeah. It reminds me of the 'duck and cover' BS during the cold war. Useless.
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.
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.
13:59 this guy is like, I would surf the big one dude... you only live once... gnarly dude
Why would anyone in their right mind live along the West Coast of Canada, Washington, Oregon, or California?
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
Been hearing about this since 1960s
Its overdue in the next 50-100 years but ull never know when it strikes 😢
Just google the 2011 japanese event
This IS the reason I do not live in California. Otherwise thats where I'd be. I hope I am no longer on the planet when this happens.
Im sure it's a beautiful place but their policies are so bad make the whole continent worse. Or least the things we're shipped.
All over the world suffered in this earth quake.
Don't lose any sleep over this; news has been saying this for years.
This is why I would never live on the left coast.
I don’t know what school system the fellow was talking about near the end we had duck and cover drills going on in School District 66 on Vancouver Island thirty/forty years ago. Heck we realized that Lake Cowichan is on a fault line and is very susceptible to intense shaking even with mild earthquakes.
I don’t know, but I know in the Okanagan they didn’t. I think now they just have that one drill he was talking about, but when I grew up in Greater Victoria SD61, we had them in the 90’s for sure. All the time.
Don’t for get that they discovered a fault line under neath elk lake right by the rowing building
How does seismic activity bring about climate change it has nothing to do with the clouds in sky or changing weather. These climate people will never stop blaming the general population for natural disasters
Arm yourself, stock 3 weeks supplies Minimum and have a plan to get out of the lower mainland asap, by foot if necessary. Once food and water runs low people will go nuts and look to take what you have. I remember when people downtown fought over bottles of water just because a storm caused some water turbidity.
We live in BC Vancouver and Vancouver Island is the south coast. Not the Pacific Northwest
Its both
Refering to both Canada and Cascadia
It'll also trigger the San Andreas fault as well.
The Pacific Northwest is an American term. The lower mainland is in Canada's Pacific Southwest. Please consult map.🗺
Lol, Pacific Ocean is an Ocean. They’re just pointing the part of a Whole Ocean
@@carlcarey327 If they are referring to the ocean, then we live in the Pacific Northeast.
These earthquakes that do happen are 37 kilometers below the surface, only California has an issue because the majority of the ground is sand, not rock 🥸
It's possible it could happen 450 years from now😊
Sure🙄
Probably in the next 10
Within the next year with no warning.
4.0 just hit off coast of BC.
A 3.8 off the southern coast of Vancouver Island At 55 kms deep D'arcy Island in Haro Stait (there is a fault in Haro Strait) or 11 km east of Sidney.
Hey look at the bright side, maybe housing will be affordable after the big one
....if the place is still in habitable
There will be no housing left. 😉