Category: Earthquake
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Vancouver Island, always on the move.
Ran across a pretty interesting article and mind boggling scientific paper today. The topic? “Slow Earthquakes”. Exciting Right!? So what is a slow earthquake? Well according to a previous study: It has been known for a long time that slip accompanying earthquakes accounts for only a fraction of plate tectonic displacements… So there is a…
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Decent today then showers. Earthquake in Chile.
It won’t be quite as spectacular today as it was on Tuesday but it shouldn’t be too bad. The fog might hang around a little longer today. I’d expect it to burn off around noon. Once it does there will be high clouds but it should be around 10-12°C and dry. Tomorrow we will be…
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TSUNAMI Anniversary – Being Prepared – Rain today, then showers. Then warm Monday
On this day 50 years ago, the largest recorded Earthquake in North American, measuring 9.2, struck in Alaska. it caused huge deformations in Alaska, including Anchorage. It sent a Tsunami that wiped out much of low lying Port Alberni. It was totally unexpected, and struck around midnight so the fact there were no deaths is…
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Slept through a Tsunami warning – rainy weekend -cold weather coming
I woke up this morning and my email inbox and twitter feed are absolutely stuffed full of auto-alerts about a 7.5 Earthquake that happened near the border of Alaska and BC under the ocean around 1AM. Had I been awake I would have probably remarked on the difference in response and information between this earthquake…
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Flurries likely – Weather Sation coming home – no Tsunami
The winds are shifting to the Northwest. In fact there is a Gale warning in effect for the South part of the West Coast with gales up to 30knots today. Brrrr. We were zero here in the Valley this morning. Any precipitation that falls is likely to be white or at least slushy. Luckily, the…