In the face of devastation, B.C. researchers find lessons after Turkish earthquakes.
A group of B.C. researchers who recently surveyed dozens of Turkish towns and cities devastated by earthquakes this year say B.C. is falling behind.
“It feels like an atomic bomb has happened in this town,” he said. “This is bigger than what we expected. We need to learn from that.” But in other areas, Yang said Turkey is far ahead of B.C. when it comes to its preparation for future earthquakes. “For example, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority handles 19 per cent of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product and approximately $647 million/day in cargo; interruption of this, even for a short period of time, would have cascading effects across the country,” the report said.
“I’m really hopeful it’s not going to happen in my own lifetime,” said Yang of a major earthquake on B.C.’s coast. “But if it does, we expect a significant amount of indirect loss to happen in our region.”
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