During an eruption, if the wind is from the east at 10,000 feet (outflow), the tephra will fall on Vancouver, Canada in about an hour. This Page Hyperlinked [click on] Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background)© ™ ®/ Kulshan Stratovolcano© ™ ®, Simon Fraser University (foreground)© ™ ® ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement© ™ ®, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides© ™ ® next, The Man From Minto© ™ ® - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff© ™ ®
Learn more about the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© ™ ® (Part of Pacific Ring of Fire) Cascadia Volcanoes© ™ ® and the currently active Mount Meager Massif© ™ ®, part of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© ™ ® [ash flow, debris flows, fumaroles and hot springs], just northwest of Pemberton and Whistler, Canada ~ My personal interest in the Mount Meager Massif© is that the last volcanic vent blew north, into the Bridge River Valley [The Bridge River Valley Community Association (BRVCA), [formerly Bridge River Valley Economic Development Society], near my hometown. I am the Man From Minto© ™ ® - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff© ™ ® The 2010 Mount Meager landslide was a large catastrophic debris avalanche that flowed to the south, into the Lillooet Valley British Columbia, Canada, on August 6 at 3:27 a.m. PDT (UTC-7). More than 45,000,000 m3 (1.6×109 cu ft) of debris slid down Mount Meager, temporarily blocking Meager Creek and destroying local bridges, roads and equipment. It was one of the largest landslides in Canadian history and one of over 20 landslides to have occurred from the Mount Meager massif in the last 10,000 years. Although voluminous, there were no fatalities caused by the event due in part to its remote and uninhabited location. The landslide was large enough to send seismic waves more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away into the neighboring U.S. states of Alaska and Washington and beyond. Multiple factors led to the slide: Mount Meager's weak slopes have left it in a constant state of instability. The massif has been a source of large volcanic debris flows for the last 8,000 years, many of which have reached several tens of kilometres downstream in the Lillooet River valley., to the south. It is arguably the most unstable mountain massif in Canada and may also be its most active landslide area. And on the north side lies Downton Lake Hydro Reservoir, impounded by the La Joi Dam, the uppermost of the Bridge River Project dams. The earliest identified Holocene landslide was in 7900 BP (before the present, or read it as the number of years ago). Further landslides occurred in 6250 BP, 5250 BP, 4400 BP, 2600 BP, 2400 BP, 2240. BP BP, 2170 BP, 1920 BP, 1860 BP, 870 BP, 800 BP, 630 BP, 370 BP, 210 BP, 150 BP and in 1931, 1947, 1972, 1975, 1984, 1986 and 1998. These events were attributed to structurally weak volcanic rocks, glacial unloading, recent explosive volcanism and glacial activity. Those who dance with earthquakes and volcanoes are considered mad by those who cannot smell the sulfur. We begin to deal with BIG (MEGA) EARTHQUAKES at Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© / Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background)©New Cascadia Dawn© - Cascadia Rising - M9 to M10+, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guide© next, ~ Images by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement©, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides©Countdown to Earthquake Drill - International Great ShakeOut Day is on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 10:20AM, and annually on the 3rd Thursday in October thereafter - - I grew up in small towns and in the North where the rule is share and share alike. So, I'm a Creative Commons type of guy. Copy and paste ANY OF MY MATERIAL anywhere you want. Hyperlinks to your own Social Media are at the bottom of each post. Creative Commons License
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Saturday, May 25, 2019

No Tanks Vancouver - Oil Tanker ban BC


https://youtu.be/6MVjZrmYgIE   [2:16 minutes]
CanadiansNanaimo
Published on Nov 6, 2010
This short video outlines the case to oppose crude oil tankers exporting tar sands bitumen from Vancouver harbour. In 2007, without any public notification or discussion, tankers started exporting Tar Sands crude oil from Vancouver Harbour. The tar sands are the world's largest and dirtiest industrial project and the largest single source of greenhouse gas pollution on the planet. Two tankers a week, carrying up to 3 times the amount of crude oil that the Exxon Valdez spilled, travel under the 2nd Narrows and Lions Gate bridges with in some cases only meters of clearance from the ocean floor. The oil industry wants to increase that to ten tankers a week. A 30 second navigational error could result in a catastrophic accident. Even with double hull technology, tankers have spilled tens of thousands of barrels of oil after minor accidents. 

 What would happen with if a ship carrying 700,000 barrels of crude oil had a major accident?
Crude Oil spilled in Vancouver harbour would spread through Georgia Straight and Juan De Fuca straight, destroying the marine environment, killing fish, birds, marine mammals and shellfish. It would destroy fishing, tourism and other coastal industries costing the BC economy billions of dollars. There's no need to export crude oil over water. Every tanker load of crude oil exported from Canada
represents a loss of Canadian refining jobs. The eastern provinces have to import oil from the Middle East, every tanker exporting crude oil represents a loss of national energy security. The climate change crisis demands that we slow down and eliminate the use of fossil fuels not increase exports from dirty sources. The risks are unacceptable it's time to demand a legislative ban on crude oil tankers on Canada's west coast and develop a sane Canadian energy security policy. Join the No Tanks Coalition at www.notanks.org
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