Ossi Vaananen Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 After Italy last week this is getting scary, especially living on a fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 That's a lesser populated area of NZ but could have impacts closer to Auckland. Hoping everyone stays safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 11 minutes ago, Ossi Vaananen said: After Italy last week this is getting scary, especially living on a fault. It is scary to think about, hope everyone is ok. But end of the day the fear is the unknown as in when ? I am pretty sure once it is happening ( which it will ) the adrenaline and instincts will kick in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 It's on a fault-line so not unexpected. Hopefully not too much damage. Scary will really be when the mega-thrust earthquake hits off our coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weasel Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 14 minutes ago, MJDDawg said: It's on a fault-line so not unexpected. Hopefully not too much damage. Scary will really be when the mega-thrust earthquake hits off our coast. That is going to be a terrifying day plus months and months of very strong aftershocks. St. Paul's will not do well when the Big One hits. Here is an ask an expert thread on reddit about the big one: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3da1mh/we_are_earthquake_experts_ask_us_anything_about/ another about earthquakes: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3ovsv1/iama_pacific_northwest_earthquake_experts/ some preparedeness resources: http://www.shakeoutbc.ca/resources/ _______________________ Glad to hear that this earthquake was at least pretty far in the ocean away from land. Is there still a tsunami warning? I tried looking through usgs's website, but it didn't say anything about a tsunami advisory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam126 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Why can't we all just buy helicopters? Well, we also have to live in them too... And it's expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 False Alarm. It was the All Blacks doing the Haka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakanucks Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Usually how long after the quake does a tsunami hit if there is one? Hope impact isn't too hard and destructive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Apparently the Tsunami won't be too bad. 30cm to 1 meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 25 minutes ago, The Weasel said: That is going to be a terrifying day plus months and months of very strong aftershocks. St. Paul's will not do well when the Big One hits. True. Additionally it makes our provincial govt look even more irresponsible for failing to adequately fund all the public schools in BC (and other public buildings) which are at risk from seismic activity and woefully under equipped to deal with any future disaster. Mini-rant over. ... Thoughts go out to all the Kiwi's out there effected by this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, Fanuck said: True. Additionally it makes our provincial govt look even more irresponsible for failing to adequately fund all the public schools in BC (and other public buildings) which are at risk from seismic activity and woefully under equipped to deal with any future disaster. Mini-rant over. ... Thoughts go out to all the Kiwi's out there effected by this. a school in Italy was just seismically upgraded, it collapsed during the past earthquake. Preparing and upgrading help but are in no way fool proof. The bigger problem is the delay in replacing and upgrading if at all at St.Pauls. Any time I am there you can see parts of the brick work outside crumbling. It won't stand an earthquake of substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weasel Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 5 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: a school in Italy was just seismically upgraded, it collapsed during the past earthquake. Preparing and upgrading help but are in no way fool proof. The bigger problem is the delay in replacing and upgrading if at all at St.Pauls. Any time I am there you can see parts of the brick work outside crumbling. It won't stand an earthquake of substance. A few years ago, I remember reading an article about St. Pauls and they said even a moderate earthquake will do quite a bit of damage to it. Here's a different article on hospitals in vancouver from last year: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Vancouver+emergency+rooms+likely+crumble+major+quake/11152276/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, MJDDawg said: It's on a fault-line so not unexpected. Hopefully not too much damage. Scary will really be when the mega-thrust earthquake hits off our coast. That's why the wife wanted to move from Victoria to Calgary. it will happen one day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Man there are some sweet surf spots all over that area that could light up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: a school in Italy was just seismically upgraded, it collapsed during the past earthquake. Preparing and upgrading help but are in no way fool proof. The bigger problem is the delay in replacing and upgrading if at all at St.Pauls. Any time I am there you can see parts of the brick work outside crumbling. It won't stand an earthquake of substance. It was. But the problem in the Southern half of Italy is that the Mafia controls a lot of business and contracts with government agencies and in this case it was a mafia company that did the work on the school. Meaning to heck with upgrading and do it as cheaply as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Stelar said: That's why the wife wanted to move from Victoria to Calgary. it will happen one day..... 49 minutes ago, riffraff said: Man there are some sweet surf spots all over that area that could light up Ride the Pompei wave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Pretty sure that's the coromandel peninsula area. It's a low population area. Very beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Stelar said: That's why the wife wanted to move from Victoria to Calgary. it will happen one day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, D-Money said: Oh I have joined you. Back in 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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