Today's news (mmm hai har mah?)

After the weekend from salt spring, first we heard detection of plates movement exactly right underneath southern Vancouver Island - Victoria. So there was a major earthquake warning from this week onwards.

Then next day, a minor (approx 2.1 magnitude) earthquake happened in Ganges town, Salt Spring Island - no reports of damages or injuiries.





Then today's news

Tsunami map shows where hits expected

Dark areas along shoreline show, such as at Ogden Point and the Inner Harbour, show where a tsunami is most likely to strike land.

By Mark Browne
Victoria News

Feb 07 2007

Curious what to do in the event of a tsunami? A new brochure that Greater Victoria’s municipalities have jointly put together provides a wide range of information concerning how people can protect themselves from a tsunami should one ever strike the region. The Learn to Protect Yourself from a Tsunami brochure stresses that residents should be aware that there isn’t a huge chance that a tsunami will hit the region. “The main point of the brochure really is to educate our residents of Greater Victoria that the risk of a tsunami in our area is relatively low so they don’t panic when they hear a tsunami warning on the radio,” said Brenda Warner, emergency co-ordinator for Esquimalt’s emergency program.



From the last two events of Tsunami caused enormous lives loss and huge damages to several countries. So when I first read the headline, I was like OMG!! but after finished reading the article...it makes me feel better

1. Low risk, low warning
2. Tsunami occurs (if occurs) will have the same impact as a winter storm.

pheeeeew! I called home and told mom about it which instantly regret coz she sounded worried on the phone. What was I thinking, it was my gossipy intention.