When the Tsunami Comes
For BC, it’s just a matter of time, say scientists. Warning systems are improving, yet may offer mere minutes to react.
Tim Ford is a mixed-race freelance writer and author based in Victoria. He has been published in the National Observer, CBC News and the Toronto Star. SHARES A tsunami siren in Tofino, BC. Scientists are now testing a prototype radar system, recently installed in Tofino, which could detect incoming waves up to 80 kilometres away.
Photo by Melissa Renwick, the Canadian Press.
On March 5, off the coast of New Zealand, a piece of the Earth’s crust twice the size of Asia pushed, scraped and slipped under a similarly titanic mass. A sensor registered the movement and mapped the vibration.