| Waterspider 2006-01-12, 1:00 am |
| Hi Alan,
Thanks for the info and the links. I'm surprised this wasn't on the news, or
at least the weather which, btw, has been highly untypical in this area for
the past several months; perhaps the northern volcanic activity has
something to do with this.
Pender Harbour is a relatively safe place to live in terms of natural
disasters (nothing to do with my choosing to move here, just a happy
coincidence). We're well sheltered from tsunamis by Vancouver Island and a
number of smaller islands between that and here and I don't have waterfront
property, which is also a bonus at tax time. The Caren Range is next to my
back yard and easily accessible if something did happen (like a major quake
two miles offshore), but it's not high or steep enough to be a landslide
risk. Our tallest building is only two stories and we have no bridges of any
importance. From the old days (about five years ago, haha) when the power
would regularly go out for up to two weeks in winter wind storms, most of us
keep a good stock of emergency supplies. Of course a natural disaster would
likely cut us off completely from the rest of the mainland, but methinks
that might be a good thing!
Thanks again for the info, it's interesting stuff. Take care,
Spidey
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