WATCH: he ground was moving this morning in Vancouver but the shaker was deliberate. As Grace Ke reports, National Emergency Preparedness Week want to make sure British Columbians are prepared for a disaster.
With earthquakes at the top of many people’s minds this week, the provincial government is reminding British Columbians to be prepared for one closer to home.
“We must all work together, prepare ourselves and our communities to be ready to survive on our own for 72 hours,” said Justice Minister Suzanne Anton at an event kickstarting National Emergency Preparedness Week, which begins on Sunday.
The government has a new website, PrepareBC, intended to give British Columbians a central resource for earthquake preparedness.
“It’s too easy to become complacent, too easy to put off creating an emergency kit and too easy to ignore the fact that a major earthquake will happen here. We need British Columbians to join us and be motivated to get prepared for when the big one hit,” said Anton.
The government also unveiled a “Quake Cottage” earthquake simulator that will be touring the province over the next nine days.
READ MORE: B.C. at significant risk if catastrophic earthquake hits: Report
Last year, the Insurance Bureau of Canada released a study that suggested we are not prepared physically or financially for a major earthquake in British Columbia. It estimated the total economic loss after a magnitude 9 earthquake in the region off the coast of Vancouver Island to be $75 billion.
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