On the news today they were discussing this. Seismologists were discussing small quakes in the pacific just off the coast of Vancouver Island, they were saying how these mini quakes could in fact be “gradually unlocking the tension in the Juan de Fucas and North American plates”. This is good news for us all, perhaps [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Just checking in with the situation on the Vancouver Earthquake situation and there could be some good news in store for us if scientist can manage to coax some really helpful bacteria to save us all!
Researchers at UC Davis have discovered microbes that can quite literally help the process of rock forming by converting lose [...]
So what ever happened with this big ‘ol Vancouver earthquake that’s supposed to be hitting us? I haven’t heard much in the news recently.
A quake registering 7.3 on the Richter scale was last experienced way back in 1946. A quake of 7.3 is classified as “major” on the Richter scale and can cause serious damage [...]
C: Why wouldn’t you want to live on the Plateau?
A: Because I’m English!
Sidenote: I am still ruling at foosball in the office. We are currently interviewing for two positions here and any newcomers are going to be looked upon as potential rivals. I am worried because I am only defeated reliably by Quebecer’s. Luckily we’re [...]
Apparently Vancouver is going to be hit by a “big one”. At school, before I went to university I studied Geography at school as well as Geology so I know a little bit about plate tectonics and how and why earthquakes and mass movement ocurr.
The Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North [...]
I have to scribble as many of these things down in my head for two reasons:
I have FireFox overburdened with a billion tabs of useful information and I don’t trust that if it crashes (be nice FireFox) it will resotre the session (it’s happened a few times)
I want to come back to these webpages [...]
