Category: Earthquake

  • Earthquakes – Tsunamis – Glad it wasn’t Worse.

    Well that was exciting. In case you’ve been living under a rock (it may have moved), there has been a lot going on in the past 24 hours. There was a major Earthquake, 7.7 on Haida Gwaii almost directly underneath the village of Sandspit. The picture below shows the earthquake and all of its aftershocks…

  • Strong Earthquakes Rattle Haida Gwaii – Advisory for #Alberni

    Final UPDATE 11:30PM: I’ll be turning the updates back on for weather now. Thanks everyone for bearing with the site. Hope it was useful. This was a great test and I’ve learned a lot so next time I’ll be able to keep going a little better. Tsunami Advisory remains 11:17PM in Effect for Port Alberni…

  • Rain Today – Earthquake drill at 10:18AM

    (Check below for information on the Earthquake Drill) Hi all. The rain should start by mid morning. Around 20-30mm is expected for the day. Not enough to avoid the dryness record. But if it continues into tomorrow we have a shot. July-October, 1896 got 159mm, 1929 got 214.9mm, and 2012 has 115.6mm 116mm so far.…

  • EARTHQUAKE – DROP, COVER, HOLD ON

    THIS IS A DRILL – AN EARTHQUAKE IS OCCURRING THIS IS A DRILL WHEN SHAKING STOPS IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGH GROUND 20 METRES (70 FEET) ABOVE SEA LEVEL – FOLLOW EMERGENCY ROUTES THIS IS A DRILL YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE GREAT BC SHAKEOUT – CONGRATULATIONS! 🙂

  • GREAT BC SHAKEOUT! Comment here to Participate

    Want to do an Earthquake drill with millions around the Globe? Alberniweather.ca is signed up as a “Community Group” participating in the Great BC Shakeout this Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 10:18AM. If you would like to participate and have your participation registered, just leave a comment on this post. I will tally up everyone…