[raydan]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

Eh, nature just reclaiming things.

Not reclaiming... recycling.

[Public_Domain]

[ShepherdsDog]

tried telling him sheep, but he refuses to believe that they can be used for meat and wool.

[DanSC]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

Recycling life, reclaiming land we think is ours

We are part of nature...

[Lemmy]

DanSC DanSC:

We are part of nature...

hmmm...not so sure about that.

[ShepherdsDog]

I remember a scientist theorizing that nature creates killer species that cause mass extinctions. As a safeguard, the killer species is wired to be incredibly self destructive.... so much so, that it destroys itself before all life is obliterated, allowing evolution the chance to reboot

[Lemmy]

Theories are like arseholes.

[DanSC]

Lemmy Lemmy:

DanSC DanSC:

We are part of nature...

hmmm...not so sure about that.

You may be a sentient artificial intelligence, but I'm organic. I think.

[Lemmy]

DanSC DanSC:

You may be a sentient artificial intelligence, but I'm organic. I think.

Your question depends on some definitions. You're presupposing that the definition of nature is to be organic. There may be different definitions of nature.

[westmanguy]

I do think its worth noting how sadly unprepared the entire Lower Mainland is. I took an Earth & Oceans Sciences (EOSC) class at UBC last year on Natural Disasters and the earthquake section was fascinating given UBC's location. When this "big one" happens essentially you'll have Richmond/Delta/Tswassen become liquified and sink into the sea (as they are essentially at/below sea level deltas). The North Shore of North and West Vancouver will suffer massive land and rock slides. UBC and the western portion of Vancouver proper will actually be "okay" as they are more built up on hills and cliffs.

Since attending UBC for almost 4 years I have not been through one earthquake drill or even had a single e-mail or phamplet about what we are to actually do if an earthquake hits.

What makes Vancouver most prone though is we are one of the largest cities in North America to have above ground power lines. So essentially what will cause the most chaos, harm and damage is fire from downed power lines and emergency response vehicles being unable to get anywhere.

I don't buy into the emergency preparedness obsession compulsion that much, but my family always has one or two cases of 24 pack of bottled water if shit were to ever go down so we can stay hydrated.

[Hyack]

So westy, just how would you go about preparing for Richmond sinking into the ocean, how do you prepare for the massive rock slides in North and West Van? Are you ready for the massive tsunami when it rolls up to UBC?

[martin14]

Bend over, kiss your ass goodbye !

[Gunnair]

Hyack Hyack:

So westy, just how would you go about preparing for Richmond sinking into the ocean, how do you prepare for the massive rock slides in North and West Van? Are you ready for the massive tsunami when it rolls up to UBC?

Bottle of Talisker and a cigar.

[Hyack]

martin14 martin14:

Bend over, kiss your ass goodbye !

X actly

[westmanguy]

Hyack Hyack:

So westy, just how would you go about preparing for Richmond sinking into the ocean, how do you prepare for the massive rock slides in North and West Van? Are you ready for the massive tsunami when it rolls up to UBC?

Uhh, I wasn't saying we can actually mitigate earthquakes. Please

I'm saying that the infrastructure codes, updates and retrofitting to current public infrastructure and preparedness drills are all areas we're "unprepared" in. Few examples:

--> An annual drill day where the Metro Vancouver region releases the alarm signals (so we actually know what it sounds like) and every business and institution uses it to address essential protocol for the response for their patients/students/employees/etc.

--> The amount of *critical* infrastructure that is 50 years + old that I hardly think could withstand a earthquake. First one that comes to mind is the George Massey tunnel between Richmond/Delta. But the Oak St. Bridge/Knight Street Bridge seem old/out of date to me driving them weekly. Oh, don't forget about the cringe worthy Patella Bridge between New Westminster and Surrey.

--> I don't have much faith that the never ending real estate boom here is exactly think too far ahead into the future and retrofitting and building to necessary code in a lot of circumstances where they put up those generic god-awful ugly two stories throughout East Van on the fly.

--> A long term infrastructure investment strategy to retrofit hospitals/schools to be more earthquake resistant doesn't nearly have enough funding

--> Why not start to put money away now for a long term plan to put the power lines underground?

Anyways, of course the "big one" is going to cause chaos and you can't stop Richmond from inevitably sliding into the Pacific. But you can do some things now that will allow the response and recovery to me much more readily available.

As of today, I would agree with the previous poster. Have your running shoes in a drawer at work. Every idiot will get in their car to rush out of the city after (if the roads are okay) and the power lines will be downed and fires everywhere. The George Massey and multiple bridges will collapse cutting off the city by land links and air will be limited as YVR will sink into the sea. Lotus land!