Paul, a BC Hydro employee, is cycling to work when the earthquake hits and questions whether the substation and power lines sustained damage. Angela, an SFU student, is awakened by the shaking and is concerned about aftershocks. Jinghua, a snowboarder south of Whistler, feels the strong shaking and worries about avalanches on the mountain. Both check their phones for alerts and information. Vijay, the Assistant Fire Chief, ends his meeting to coordinate emergency response as fires may have started.
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1. An earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction zone (Mw=9.1) strikes at 7:30am on January 26,
2029. The shaking lasts for three minutes. Put yourself in the place of one of the following people,
and briefly describe their main questions and actions from 7:33-7:35 am. Choose three of the
following people. Write a short summary of what you think their main questions and actions are in
these two minutes.
PAUL is a BC Hydro employee who works in a substation in Delta, which lies on the main
transmission line from the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island. At 7:30 am he is cycling to work
from Ladner.
ANGELA, who is in her first semester at SFU, lives on campus. At 7:30 am she is asleep.
ART lives in a trailer at the mouth of the Capilano River in West Vancouver. At 7:30 am he is
asleep.
JINGHUA is a Kwantlen Geography student who is skipping class to take advantage of the record
snowfalls at Whistler to go snowboarding. At 7:30 am he is 10 km south of Whistler village.
AMY is a nurse and single mother who works in Chilliwack and lives in Mission. At 7:30 am she is
leaving the hospital and heading home after a 12-hour shift.
MANPREET works in computer operations at Skytrain, which she uses to get to work. At 7:30 a.m.
she is cooking breakfast in her new 13th-floor apartment in Yaletown.
BART is a train driver on the West Coast Express. At 7:30 am his train is leaving the station at Pitt
Meadows.
ROSE is having breakfast on the ferry from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen. At 7:30 am the ferry is
entering Active Pass.
VIJAY is the Assistant Fire Chief in Surrey. He arrived at work at 7:00 am and at 7:30 is in a
meeting.