標題: Get ready to drop, cover and hold on [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-1-26 01:40 標題: Get ready to drop, cover and hold on
Get ready to drop, cover and hold on
Province-wide earthquake drill happens Wednesday morning
Rob Freeman Jan 25, 2011 17:06:58 PM
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•Check out a huge earthquake drill this week
•The Great British Columbia ShakeOut
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Wednesday at 10 a.m., get ready to 'Drop, Cover, Hold On'! The Great BC Shakeout will be Canada's biggest-ever earthquake drill.
Over 300 years ago, a powerful magnitude nine earthquake hit the Pacific Northwest. Heather Lyle with Emergency Management BC describes what might happen in downtown Vancouver if we got an earthquake like that now.
"Things falling off of shelves and smashing. We would see tremendous breakage of glass of all the windows in the downtown core. Problems with weaker water mains and older infrastructure," she points out.
She says we all should have an emergency management kit at home with supplies for at least 72 hours, and if a quake hits-- you should drop to the ground, take cover under a nearby piece of sturdy furniture and to hold on to it.
More than 350,000 people will take part province-wide. And all you have to do is keep your radio tuned to News1130.
Meanwhile, the federal government has unveiled its new Earthquake Guide. "The updated Earthquake Guide provides clear, important advice for individuals and families in the event of an earthquake. This includes being prepared to cope on our own for at least the first 72 hours," says Vic Toews, the federal minister responsible for public safety.
