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Three big earthquakes off Vancouver island last night
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10-22-2018, 07:42 AM
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A catastrophe like that would bankrupt the whole country..... All the warnings are there from the experts.....actually the whole west coast. They say it is not if but when.
What a horrible thought!
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10-22-2018, 07:52 AM
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A catastrophe like that would bankrupt the whole country..... All the warnings are there from the experts.....actually the whole west coast. They say it is not if but when.
What a horrible thought!
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Actually, with all the tree huggers gone, it would probably have quite the opposite effect!!!
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10-22-2018, 10:46 AM
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Actually, with all the tree huggers gone, it would probably have quite the opposite effect!!!
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Learn to swim.
See you down in Alberta bay!
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10-22-2018, 12:59 PM
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Actually, with all the tree huggers gone, it would probably have quite the opposite effect!!!
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Did you just applaud the death of many because you disagree with a few?
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10-22-2018, 01:29 PM
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Did you just applaud the death of many because you disagree with a few?
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I do believe this is what most would refer to as a "joke" and nothing more.
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10-22-2018, 01:36 PM
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There are GPS points being monitored on the island that show that Vancouver Island is moving. The north end is moving about 5 cm a year in one direction and the south end of the island is moving the same amount in the opposite direction. Not sure if it is the north end moving in towards the main land or vise versa. There will be more 'quaking' as the tectonic plates move.
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10-22-2018, 03:55 PM
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There are GPS points being monitored on the island that show that Vancouver Island is moving. The north end is moving about 5 cm a year in one direction and the south end of the island is moving the same amount in the opposite direction. Not sure if it is the north end moving in towards the main land or vise versa. There will be more 'quaking' as the tectonic plates move.
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THAT is pretty significant when you think about it... wow.
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Did you just applaud the death of many because you disagree with a few?
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10-22-2018, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Bullets
There are GPS points being monitored on the island that show that Vancouver Island is moving. The north end is moving about 5 cm a year in one direction and the south end of the island is moving the same amount in the opposite direction. Not sure if it is the north end moving in towards the main land or vise versa. There will be more 'quaking' as the tectonic plates move.
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That's not a small amount
Last edited by Stormc1oak; 10-22-2018 at 04:24 PM.
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10-22-2018, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Abelard
Did you just applaud the death of many because you disagree with a few?
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No, because he disagrees with many 
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10-22-2018, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Bullets
There are GPS points being monitored on the island that show that Vancouver Island is moving. The north end is moving about 5 cm a year in one direction and the south end of the island is moving the same amount in the opposite direction. Not sure if it is the north end moving in towards the main land or vise versa. There will be more 'quaking' as the tectonic plates move.
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Was there any speculation as to whether or not the entire North American Plate is moving the same way? Or is Vancouver Island twisting independent of the North American Plate? That would indicate an unknown fault line on the west coast; which could be a serious problem for the inner coastal region.
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10-23-2018, 09:48 AM
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Was there any speculation as to whether or not the entire North American Plate is moving the same way? Or is Vancouver Island twisting independent of the North American Plate? That would indicate an unknown fault line on the west coast; which could be a serious problem for the inner coastal region.
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My mistake. I said the island is moving 5 cm. That should have been 5 mm.
https://www.cheknews.ca/vancouver-is...inland-469546/
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10-24-2018, 06:58 AM
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I do believe this is what most would refer to as a "joke" and nothing more.
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In 2018 there's no joking.
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10-24-2018, 08:16 PM
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Hopefully this stretch just relieved a bunch of pressure for a while. If we got a good enough slosh all of central Alberta would be under water. I would head north east if such an event occurred.
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10-24-2018, 08:46 PM
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Hopefully this stretch just relieved a bunch of pressure for a while. If we got a good enough slosh all of central Alberta would be under water. I would head north east if such an event occurred.
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Unlikely Alberta would be submerged but if it was I would head for the Cypress Hills. The Hills escaped the inland ocean and last ice age. Cypress Island would be a safe place loaded with all the surrounding prairie ungulates escaping the flood.
Edmonton's elevation is 2,200 feet above sea level. Calgary is 3,500 feet. Going to take a lot of water to raise that high.
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10-24-2018, 08:55 PM
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^v^Tinda wolf^v^, your pot videos relate to the thread how?
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10-25-2018, 05:31 AM
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Did you just applaud the death of many because you disagree with a few?
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Yup the worlds ending, yup.
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Grew up on the island for the most part....she shakes every now and then. 
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10-25-2018, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by urban rednek
Was there any speculation as to whether or not the entire North American Plate is moving the same way? Or is Vancouver Island twisting independent of the North American Plate? That would indicate an unknown fault line on the west coast; which could be a serious problem for the inner coastal region.
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Faults are fairly well understood in BC. Recent learnings also get factored in.
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/geology-faults
Plate tectonics drive BC quakes although there are volcanos in BC as well.
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10-25-2018, 12:08 PM
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This just in massive savings having to only pipe oil to Alberta's west coast. We'll see if the mushroom crowd and their devil's lettuce are capable of floating. Win win for everybody.
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10-25-2018, 03:00 PM
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Perhaps Alberni Inlet will split the Island in half? South Island/North Island.
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10-25-2018, 06:40 PM
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^v^Tinda wolf^v^, your pot videos relate to the thread how?
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Where ya bin ribbi ? 
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This just in massive savings having to only pipe oil to Alberta's west coast. We'll see if the mushroom crowd and their devil's lettuce are capable of floating. Win win for everybody.
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Careful, or we’re gonna have to start handin out hurt feeling reports to all snowflake spies on here hahahahahahaha............
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10-26-2018, 09:15 AM
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Thanks for the link. While they indicate the westerly movement was recorded on the southern end of Vancouver Island, it is likely subsidence showing as horizontal movement. Interesting that they do not mention any vertical movement in the article.
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Thank you. This map has considerably more detail than the maps I found on the USGS site. It does show some faults nearly bisecting the island: originating from the Yuquot area towards Woss as well as Gold River then on to Campbell River.
These could allow for the twist independent of the North American plate.
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