We’re not ready for an earthquake
A new study from the University of Western Ontario suggests that Montreal is poorly prepared for an earthquake. We do get the odd tremor, but the last fairly serious one was in 1732.
-
Kate
Reply
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Nicholas on Portuguese procession denied permit
- Nicholas on How fires displace tenants
- Nicholas on Arrested, then business burns
- DeWolf on Portuguese procession denied permit
- PatrickC on Early Grand Prix may overlap with Habs
- DeWolf on Tunneling machine to start work
- DeWolf on Open and closed for May long weekend
Pages
Other levels of gov’t
Sideblog projects
Enviro Montreal is a Bluesky feed that follows local environment news. Also available on Mastodon.
Archives
Pages rescued from montreal.com
Meta
mare 15:26 on 2023-04-22 Permalink
Look how badly prepared people were for an ice storm… What if the whole city had been without power for 5 days or more, essential services down, phone network and internet not working, all shops cash-only and emptied fast. And a cold snap afterwards… and gas stations closed because their pumps don’t work. Etc etc.
Very few people, myself included, have emergency plans. Is there an emergency radio and what is the frequency? Does anyone still has a battery (or crank) operated radio? Flashlights? Candles? Camping stove?
Kate 15:53 on 2023-04-22 Permalink
I have flashlights and candles, and I was glad I did, two weeks ago.
I bought a tiny camping stove in advance of Y2K, with memories of the 1998 ice storm still fresh, but I never used it, and I long since gave away the gas canister. The camping store around the corner doesn’t sell gas canisters, so it was no use to me in the recent ice storm.
You can’t buy camping gas online, for obvious reasons.
I’ve never had a crank-operated radio although I’ve looked at them. Maybe this would be a good idea.
MarcG 17:21 on 2023-04-22 Permalink
I have a dynamo lantern from Canadian Tire which total garbage. It doesn’t hold a charge and the light it gives off is very unpleasant, and it wasn’t even cheap, buyer beware! The recent storm inspired me to replace it with a lamp that runs on 4* 3000mAh batteries that should be able to run for 10-20 hours.
Azrhey 18:37 on 2023-04-22 Permalink
You can buy chafing fuel online (fancy word for methanol in gel form) as well a fondue fuel in gel/brick form as well. It’s safe to store at home as long as each can or brick remains sealed until it gets used.
Can’t really make pot roast with that, but a can of chafing fuel (Amazon sells a 12 pack with it’s own heater contraption ) is enough to make a Moka pot of coffee a heat a couple of cans of bean soup.
Still be careful with CO2 ..it’s not as dangerous as regular BBQ gas, but windowsill cooking is a must.
I guess being born couple years after the fall of a fascist dictatorship made my parents raise me “always have all your documents in order and at hand, keep a stash of medication of two months and at least three weeks of non perishables” since then we’ve added a collection of power banks and a small UPS under the bed…just in case… just a like bit paranoid at Casa de Azrhey.
Kate 09:46 on 2023-04-23 Permalink
Azrhey, making a moka pot of coffee is precisely what would I need to do! I wasn’t planning to use the camping stove to cook food, but to stave off caffeine withdrawal.
Your preparedness isn’t paranoid. As we now know, there can be pandemic lockdowns and long blackouts, and we may yet face unforeseen crises.
Kevin 12:05 on 2023-04-24 Permalink
Kate
Canadian Tire always has small canisters of propane and other fuels.
And I’m waiting for the FRX3 version of that radio to be back in stock. It’s a bit larger with a bigger battery, and only $10 more