This article states that Fema has finally lifted their head out of the hole, and drawn up plans for earthquake disasters. This is an acknowledgment that earthquakes are different from the run-of-mill, every day disasters.
When the heck will the Toronto and Ontario equivalents get this clue? They just go along with the idea of a 'generic disaster', and say they are ready for anything and everything. Of course, they had top scientific help, when coming to that conclusion (NOT!).
I've written the Toronto earthquake disaster, and it's not pretty. We're on the same odds as the Fema disasters because we are so pitifully prepared, and our 'disaster' earthquake can be much smaller than a California earthquake. Our nuclear plants can take this earthquake, but they are about as much prepared as the rest of the Golden Horseshoe. Heaven help us all!
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They probably teach Ontarians in school that earthquakes cannot happen here. I heard someone say that once because we are far from subduction zones of the coast. So it is just pure ignorance.
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