By James Clarkia _
Peninsula News Review

fess to be an expert when it
comes to preparing people for
“the big one,” but the senior
seismologist can tell you a

shake and constructing better
buildings.:.

Rogers has spent the past
25 years working with a small
team of specialists at the Cana-
dian Geological Survey’s Pa-
cific Geo-Science Centre in

strength of earthquakes. in
. Each and every tremor that

hits Canadian soil is ultimately
- logged into Canada’s Seismic

national building code.

money spent over the years
_ trying to come up with a way
‘to predict earthquakes and

: withstand it. it.

- buildings if. you dow: wha
- Jevel to design to.”

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thing or two about ground-.

North Saanich, monitoring, lo-:
cating, and calculating the

Canada and around the world. -

Hazard*Map, which is then. ©
used as part of the country’s. of

“There’s been a lot of.

they still haven't come up with -
anything reliable” Rogers said
Sunday.. “But rather.than try-
ing to predict the time and lo-.
cation, we (the scientific com-.
~ munity) try to predict the level oe
~~ of shaking in certain areas so: .-
_ buildings can be ‘designed to:

While Regers won t say the
“Blizzard of 96 was a good test
‘of the region’s. emeregency
preparedness, he does make:

. ‘in the preparedness field.”
As for the “Big. One. vat.
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- Mock ces such as this, one in 1995 go a long \ way in getting ready for the real thing.

the point the snowstorm led to.
an audit by the Auditor Gen- :
-eral’s department on -B.C.’s.
= earthquake preparedness.: .

The bottom line?. -

“We're not prepared, ” pans |
Rogers, adding. the report: -
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Rogers who was given the task

of coming up with a realistic
scenario for the Capital Region...
_ “What we did was take the

- level of shaking we've seen on |
“+ Vancouver Island in the past
and looked at some recent.
~ earthquakes in California and
J apa), and. come. up. with. an

happen here. ‘That's what this
scenario is based on.”
When “it:,comes. to. actual *

earthquakes, Vancouver _ Is-.
land: has been hit twice: this’

century — one near Tofino i in

“4918 that registered seven on’
_the Richter scale and another-

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There j isa Sood change you 1 vill n nat be wit your. loved ones is
when the earthquake occurs. To prepare for these separations,» ©
‘identify a neighborhood reunion site and an out of town contact per: 7
son. This will help you get back together, and, if that is not possi-
4. _ ble, at least they will know where you are and how you are doing.

If you cannot, or choose not to stay at home; make sure to leave
anote listing the places you intend on going. Possible sites include:
Neighbors or nearby relatives’ homes, local schools, churches or
community centres. That way, when your family members arrive.

- home, they will have places to start looking for you

Choose a relative or friend, who lives preferably. out of

| - province, who can be contacted by all family members if it be-

comes impossible to reach you or the reunion locations.

Make small cards with this information for cach family men-
ber to keep in their wallets, purses or backpacks. Keep this name .
and phone number with you at all times and instruct all family
members to contact this person as soon as they can after the earth-

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