A catastrophic earthquake hits Canada's West Coast. CBC Vancouver Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe guides you through two disastrous scenarios so you can prepare yourself, your family, and your neighbours.
Here on the west coast of Canada, we know the odds are high of a damaging earthquake in our lifetime. So why are most of us not prepared?
A tsunami evacuation sign in Tofino, British Columba. (Shiral Tobin)
It's a topic that we've tried to tackle many times, in many different ways at CBC Vancouver. When the opportunity arose to create an original podcast, we decided to tell the story of a devastating B.C. earthquake -- in real-time.
Yup, we pulled an Orson Welles.
As a seismologist, I started with what I know -- the science behind what happens to the earth during a major quake. But it's what happens next that surprised, and terrified me.
Johanna Wagstaffe getting a tour of UBC's Earthquake Engineering Facility from the director Carlos Ventura. (Jessica Linzey)
Through candid conversations with engineers, emergency preparedness managers, first responders, and survivors, we learn the truth about how unprepared we really are.
Producer Jessica Linzey getting ready to head to Vancouver Island - a region that will see the biggest impacts from an earthquake tsunami. (Johanna Wagstaffe)Our team -- Shiral Tobin, Jessica Linzey, Lee Rosevere and I -- pieced together the big picture about what life will be like in the hours, weeks and months after a devastating earthquake. And although we had moments of dread we hope you will ultimately be left feeling as we did - with a sense of empowerment.
To hear the rest of the Fault Lines podcast, you can find it here.
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