Sabrina and her friends, getting so big, growing up so fast.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
O No! Not again.....
What can I say.
We watch this team, play after play, day after day, play-off after play-off. We see them skate to and fro, and pass the puck hither. We buy their god-damned hockey cards from McDonalds, and cheer them along in such loving reverance. Why do they hate us so much?
The Canucks suck, big time.
This isn't the first time they let us down, it's been always. Even if they manage to skirt themselves around penalty shots and lucky boards, they suck....they absolutely suck.
Again, up 2 zip, they manage to allow the Ducks to tie the game, then win in overtime. What happened !!??
But wait, we can't blame the entire Canucks organization, it has to be on some player, or players, that priss and pounce their asses to the puck, as if the soccer legendary Beckham is watching in the grand stand and is announcing his soverignty to England, by way of U.S.A. Gollywood.
O, okay, you really don't suck....you just lost, which is a game we can't afford to give up at B.C. Children's Hospital, where we don't care whether you score or not. The kids need you either way.
Trevor and Marcus, promote children's health, volunteer their time, to ensure children of B.C. have a place to go to when they are sick.
My son Brandon's new teacher in English school is a big hockey fan...she loves Sami Salo, and her class sings the Canadian National Anthem over the P.A. system at school. They end their song with 'GO CANUCKS GO'
...she has to do this, needs to do this, because a child in her class suffers from disease, and she simply wants the youth, our youth, to remember the true nature of our Canucks, that they are winners for us all.
We watch this team, play after play, day after day, play-off after play-off. We see them skate to and fro, and pass the puck hither. We buy their god-damned hockey cards from McDonalds, and cheer them along in such loving reverance. Why do they hate us so much?
The Canucks suck, big time.
This isn't the first time they let us down, it's been always. Even if they manage to skirt themselves around penalty shots and lucky boards, they suck....they absolutely suck.
Again, up 2 zip, they manage to allow the Ducks to tie the game, then win in overtime. What happened !!??
But wait, we can't blame the entire Canucks organization, it has to be on some player, or players, that priss and pounce their asses to the puck, as if the soccer legendary Beckham is watching in the grand stand and is announcing his soverignty to England, by way of U.S.A. Gollywood.
O, okay, you really don't suck....you just lost, which is a game we can't afford to give up at B.C. Children's Hospital, where we don't care whether you score or not. The kids need you either way.
Trevor and Marcus, promote children's health, volunteer their time, to ensure children of B.C. have a place to go to when they are sick.
My son Brandon's new teacher in English school is a big hockey fan...she loves Sami Salo, and her class sings the Canadian National Anthem over the P.A. system at school. They end their song with 'GO CANUCKS GO'
...she has to do this, needs to do this, because a child in her class suffers from disease, and she simply wants the youth, our youth, to remember the true nature of our Canucks, that they are winners for us all.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
How to Poop at Cultus Lake
We've booked our campsites at Cultus Lake for the May and July long weekends. Bookings began April 1, and I made my first booking for May long weekend on April 2. It took all day to get through to the switchboard. Thinking the lines to the booking office must be really busy, I decided to book the July long weekend, too. "They had two spots left"! for the full hookups, ie. water, electricity, sewage. There are 108 full hookup sites, and 133 sites without a thing, except a fire pit.
I then booked two weeks for end of July and was lucky enough to get good sites for all three bookings.
348 Seasonal sites, 104 Full Hook ups, 133 tenting sites
We have our name on the list to get a "seasonal spot" which is a payment of about $2,000 to have a campsite from May 1 to end of September. We are 107 in a list of 150, but only 20 new spots came up for renewal this year.
There are a few beautiful waterfront spots, but without electricity and water, and we have stayed in them before, since our trailer is self sufficient.
Except, all the poop gets stored in holding tanks, where we need to go to a special place to pump it out, and the battery power lasts barely three days, used sparingly.
Last year, however, our holding tanks backed-up, either due to our stupidity in using "real" toilet paper, instead of the expensive trailer kind you should use, or the capacity at the lake was "FULL", and the campgrounds own huge holding tanks underneath the ground got full. Sabrina had brought along a friend, who we also suspected of flushing down her sanitary napkins. Never, ever do that.
Here's what it looks like to have poop boil back up to the ground. They use this really potent deodorizer that stinks to high hell, like Bingo night for seniors.
Here's what they needed to bring in to unplug the mess we made:
Well, you know me, I complained and complained, look at the mess "YOU" made, and we had to move, the inconvenience, etc. etc. We got 4 free days out of the deal.
This year, I plan to stock up on the expensive toilet paper, $4.00 per pack of 4 rolls.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Warning ...some of you may find this alarming!
We had an enjoyable trip at Whistler, British Columbia, home of the 2010 Olympics. Even though the season was sort of winding down, since we were there for Spring Break (March 22-25) there was still some flurries in the village, but major snowfalls as you climbed the mountains to the peaks.
The big part of the trip that was so successful was the hotel we stayed at. You were treated like royalty, and all the employees took the time to learn your name...at restrauants, at the lounge, etc. to say "how may we help you Mrs. Bergeron". Well, I guess I didn't want to spoil their day, since I'm a Ms. Allen with a bunch of other Mr. and Misses Bergerons'
I booked the in between expensive room, that is...the second from the bottom. I got a deluxe slope-side with two double beds when I made the initial reservation, at a cost of $609.00 per night. However, since I booked through a travel agent, the room was billed as $449.00 per night, with a $500.00 ski lift package purchased. Yes, it costs an arm and a leg to ski at Whistler....even for one day! Daniel's three-day pass was $280.00.
So we get there and discover some nice reservation person has bumped us up to the "GOLD MEMBER" class room, with a fire place, two separate rooms (although still tiny...400 sq.ft) but with a view of the mountain-side, which was not that bad. We had our own private lounge on the 8th floor, full of "free" goodies, like coffee, cookies, pop, etc., private people to tend to our every whim basically.
Then, we go to restaurant for dinner....we're hungry. I order a glass of chardonnay, something nice I asked for recommendations...which turns out to be a $16.00 dollar glass of wine. Mind you, it was good...but it's too embarrassing now to ask for something nice and cheaper. By now we act the part, or feel the need to blend in, and just blurt out "bring me another".
I look over the menu and there's all these fascinating meals, still in a west coast flare, but written up in a way that suggests you just don't eat this, you relish this for all eternity. I order the salmon plank. It's item number 32. Turns out that meant 32 bucks. The salmon was itsy-bitsy, but so was the little piece of wooden shingle it came on.
So you get the drift, dinner that evening came to $127.38, with Daniel having a special order from the children's menu, spaghetti - doubled, two drinks for the kids, virgin pina-colodas, and two kid size orders of chicken strips, although I think it was called something else....like pastorial feathered friends with gourmet potatoes. Then a 20 tip...and that doesn't mean item 20 either.
We get to our room, turns out the kids hideaway bed is a single bed! I am devastated, where is one of my kids going to sleep? I hit the "GOLD" member secret button on the telephone and receive the most heavenly voice, "Hello Mrs. Bergeron, how may we assist you this evening"?
I tell them the room is not big enough, although lovely, it doesn't sleep 4 people. They offer to send up a cot. HELL NO, I tell them, for $600.00 a night hotel room I expect the best, the best mattresses, pillows, everything you advertise on the internet, even for Brandon.
They get us another room, expect it's the original room I booked, and it's crappy....even the soap in the bathroom is different, sort of like Chanel perfume vs. Ivory Liquid. There's no marble. There's no fireplace. There's no mini bar. There's no 8 floor special guest privileges to sit around in and pretend we're rich.
NO.
I will not accept this crappy room and I make the biggest stink in history over it. I'm arguing like I'm Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice", which one of your kids would you make sleep on a cot !! The salmon dinner inside has created an air of snobbishness within me.
Suddenly, it was arranged through the hotel to set us up in another room, the executive suite for tomorrow, which we accept. There is no comparison, this room is a 1,600 dollar per night room, and yes, $1,600 dollars! And we didn't have to pay for this.....
-quote- Fairmont Gold Executive Suite, The Fairmont Gold Executive Suites feature luxury at its absolute finest.
All non-smoking suites are highlighted by a spacious bedroom and separate living area with gas fireplace to complete the experience. The Fairmont Gold Executive Suites also include a five-piece marble bathroom with a one-person jetted tub.
Bed Type:
one King bed with Double
sofabed in living room
Size:
800 sq. ft.
View:
Woodland or Valley -end quote-
Yes, you definitely are treated like royalty at the Fairmount Chateau. It had three TV's, two fireplaces, a body shower thingy that sprayed everywhere, a doorbell for pete's sake. We were constantly bugged at the door, "may we turn your beds down this evening", "may we fill up your entertainment snack centre", "may we this and that....."
Next evening's dinner comprises of double orders of pizza (but it's called something else more fancier), double order of spoiled feathered friends, and a steak, 33. The only reason I got the 33 is because it was 12 oz. and not just a 8 oz at 27. I was hungry. Slathered in "wild BC forest mushrooms". The best ever I have ever, ever, tasted in my life!!!! They even tasted wild, but so gooooood.
The kids order off the "kid's menu" and everything there was 16.
And small. And this is why they had to get two 16's each.
Total meal: $197.98
One breakfast: $102.22
2nd breakfast: $137.70
Evening dim sum with two 16 chardonnays, because now they now what you like and bring it automatically.... $70.70
Wild BC Mushroom soup...you know I just had to have one: 9
Daily valet parking: $28 x 4 days
The cheap "deli" style restaurant, expensive too.....for the 4 of us the bill came to $60.00...but at least we didn't have to leave a 20 tip.
Daniel's pale ale...who knows. It was just easy enough to say "bill it to my room" and so they did, and did, and did.
10's and 20's flew out of my pocket like they were hitting a royal flush at the Cloverdale Casino. This is what is costs to pay the guy or gal who brings you your luggage, or car, or The Province newspaper, because apparently, to be rich and snobbish, you have to read The Globe and Mail instead.
Yet, we walked around the hotel in our plush robes and slippers, heading for the multiple saunas and hot tubs and heated pools.
It was an enjoyable trip for all of us, and in the end, worth every penny.
Room at Whistler: $5,000
Food: $800
Brandon and Sabrina getting along: priceless
The big part of the trip that was so successful was the hotel we stayed at. You were treated like royalty, and all the employees took the time to learn your name...at restrauants, at the lounge, etc. to say "how may we help you Mrs. Bergeron". Well, I guess I didn't want to spoil their day, since I'm a Ms. Allen with a bunch of other Mr. and Misses Bergerons'
I booked the in between expensive room, that is...the second from the bottom. I got a deluxe slope-side with two double beds when I made the initial reservation, at a cost of $609.00 per night. However, since I booked through a travel agent, the room was billed as $449.00 per night, with a $500.00 ski lift package purchased. Yes, it costs an arm and a leg to ski at Whistler....even for one day! Daniel's three-day pass was $280.00.
So we get there and discover some nice reservation person has bumped us up to the "GOLD MEMBER" class room, with a fire place, two separate rooms (although still tiny...400 sq.ft) but with a view of the mountain-side, which was not that bad. We had our own private lounge on the 8th floor, full of "free" goodies, like coffee, cookies, pop, etc., private people to tend to our every whim basically.
Then, we go to restaurant for dinner....we're hungry. I order a glass of chardonnay, something nice I asked for recommendations...which turns out to be a $16.00 dollar glass of wine. Mind you, it was good...but it's too embarrassing now to ask for something nice and cheaper. By now we act the part, or feel the need to blend in, and just blurt out "bring me another".
I look over the menu and there's all these fascinating meals, still in a west coast flare, but written up in a way that suggests you just don't eat this, you relish this for all eternity. I order the salmon plank. It's item number 32. Turns out that meant 32 bucks. The salmon was itsy-bitsy, but so was the little piece of wooden shingle it came on.
So you get the drift, dinner that evening came to $127.38, with Daniel having a special order from the children's menu, spaghetti - doubled, two drinks for the kids, virgin pina-colodas, and two kid size orders of chicken strips, although I think it was called something else....like pastorial feathered friends with gourmet potatoes. Then a 20 tip...and that doesn't mean item 20 either.
We get to our room, turns out the kids hideaway bed is a single bed! I am devastated, where is one of my kids going to sleep? I hit the "GOLD" member secret button on the telephone and receive the most heavenly voice, "Hello Mrs. Bergeron, how may we assist you this evening"?
I tell them the room is not big enough, although lovely, it doesn't sleep 4 people. They offer to send up a cot. HELL NO, I tell them, for $600.00 a night hotel room I expect the best, the best mattresses, pillows, everything you advertise on the internet, even for Brandon.
They get us another room, expect it's the original room I booked, and it's crappy....even the soap in the bathroom is different, sort of like Chanel perfume vs. Ivory Liquid. There's no marble. There's no fireplace. There's no mini bar. There's no 8 floor special guest privileges to sit around in and pretend we're rich.
NO.
I will not accept this crappy room and I make the biggest stink in history over it. I'm arguing like I'm Meryl Streep in "Sophie's Choice", which one of your kids would you make sleep on a cot !! The salmon dinner inside has created an air of snobbishness within me.
Suddenly, it was arranged through the hotel to set us up in another room, the executive suite for tomorrow, which we accept. There is no comparison, this room is a 1,600 dollar per night room, and yes, $1,600 dollars! And we didn't have to pay for this.....
-quote- Fairmont Gold Executive Suite, The Fairmont Gold Executive Suites feature luxury at its absolute finest.
All non-smoking suites are highlighted by a spacious bedroom and separate living area with gas fireplace to complete the experience. The Fairmont Gold Executive Suites also include a five-piece marble bathroom with a one-person jetted tub.
Bed Type:
one King bed with Double
sofabed in living room
Size:
800 sq. ft.
View:
Woodland or Valley -end quote-
Yes, you definitely are treated like royalty at the Fairmount Chateau. It had three TV's, two fireplaces, a body shower thingy that sprayed everywhere, a doorbell for pete's sake. We were constantly bugged at the door, "may we turn your beds down this evening", "may we fill up your entertainment snack centre", "may we this and that....."
Next evening's dinner comprises of double orders of pizza (but it's called something else more fancier), double order of spoiled feathered friends, and a steak, 33. The only reason I got the 33 is because it was 12 oz. and not just a 8 oz at 27. I was hungry. Slathered in "wild BC forest mushrooms". The best ever I have ever, ever, tasted in my life!!!! They even tasted wild, but so gooooood.
The kids order off the "kid's menu" and everything there was 16.
And small. And this is why they had to get two 16's each.
Total meal: $197.98
One breakfast: $102.22
2nd breakfast: $137.70
Evening dim sum with two 16 chardonnays, because now they now what you like and bring it automatically.... $70.70
Wild BC Mushroom soup...you know I just had to have one: 9
Daily valet parking: $28 x 4 days
The cheap "deli" style restaurant, expensive too.....for the 4 of us the bill came to $60.00...but at least we didn't have to leave a 20 tip.
Daniel's pale ale...who knows. It was just easy enough to say "bill it to my room" and so they did, and did, and did.
10's and 20's flew out of my pocket like they were hitting a royal flush at the Cloverdale Casino. This is what is costs to pay the guy or gal who brings you your luggage, or car, or The Province newspaper, because apparently, to be rich and snobbish, you have to read The Globe and Mail instead.
Yet, we walked around the hotel in our plush robes and slippers, heading for the multiple saunas and hot tubs and heated pools.
It was an enjoyable trip for all of us, and in the end, worth every penny.
Room at Whistler: $5,000
Food: $800
Brandon and Sabrina getting along: priceless
Whistler Trip March 22-25, 2007 British Columbia
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
Bad Mother
I am such a bitch.
Not like the southern belle kind, with ruffly blouses and perfumed hankies, but rather, a real no good forgetting kind of bitch who would slander herself to Sunday, under the watchful eyes of best friends, and holy water, and pretendin' the credit card statements got lost in the mail.
Not only am I a bitch, but I am extremely good at it.
You have to do what you have to do. Thank goodness my husband is too damned stupid to recognize a minus sign as a "credit", that is, amount of monies deducted from your account thusly, yet I am able to persuade this transaction as a measure the banks takes to balance our debt in a fashion to save us money in the competitive market of lending.
What?!!!
So now you know my secret. Tell the husband how your gambling is far advantageous to the well being of your financial balance sheet, how the bottom line is insignificant to the well being of the spender.
Trouble is, we all spend. We spend lots of money. And the more we spend, the happier we get. Or do we?
The kids get more spoiled, they expect more and more and more. We have created a lifestyle for them, for their friends, for the community at large. We have created a monster.
Yet we cannot control this monster because....
because the monster is gambling.
Not like the southern belle kind, with ruffly blouses and perfumed hankies, but rather, a real no good forgetting kind of bitch who would slander herself to Sunday, under the watchful eyes of best friends, and holy water, and pretendin' the credit card statements got lost in the mail.
Not only am I a bitch, but I am extremely good at it.
You have to do what you have to do. Thank goodness my husband is too damned stupid to recognize a minus sign as a "credit", that is, amount of monies deducted from your account thusly, yet I am able to persuade this transaction as a measure the banks takes to balance our debt in a fashion to save us money in the competitive market of lending.
What?!!!
So now you know my secret. Tell the husband how your gambling is far advantageous to the well being of your financial balance sheet, how the bottom line is insignificant to the well being of the spender.
Trouble is, we all spend. We spend lots of money. And the more we spend, the happier we get. Or do we?
The kids get more spoiled, they expect more and more and more. We have created a lifestyle for them, for their friends, for the community at large. We have created a monster.
Yet we cannot control this monster because....
because the monster is gambling.
Friday, March 02, 2007
In Cold Blood
I have been having a hard time writing. I can't think about anything to story-tell. I write spontaneously, about subject matter that occurred years ago, or ten minutes ago. But these stories always needed a beginning, a middle and an end, and I can only write when I have all three neatly packaged away into my scripted screenplay of memories.
My garden. I have had lots of gardens. I have squirrels who come and join me for breakfast and brunch, as they expect their daily morsels of sustenanance of granola bars and P&J sandwiches. My stories always end happily when it comes to my squirrels. And if I can't write about happiness, then I must pretend about yours and how you feed your own pets and screenplays.
I watched the movie "In Cold Blood" today. My first thoughts were I didnt't want to watch another TCM 'Turner Classic Movie' this Friday afternoon full of spattering snow melts outside my early Spring window. I've got tulips trying to pop their heads open into the yellow muse, yet they are continuously layered in freezing mist, flakes of angel's tears and convectional smell of dead earth.
They have joined my club, the writer's club of blank walls and murals, the interpretation of black and white movies that are overlooked by the big awards because they were presented in such genius of unconventional, flaming faggots.
I enjoyed this movie immensely, not by the writer's skill, but because of the guy who held the camera and the director who yelled "ACTION". How in the hell did he know when Spring came?
My garden. I have had lots of gardens. I have squirrels who come and join me for breakfast and brunch, as they expect their daily morsels of sustenanance of granola bars and P&J sandwiches. My stories always end happily when it comes to my squirrels. And if I can't write about happiness, then I must pretend about yours and how you feed your own pets and screenplays.
I watched the movie "In Cold Blood" today. My first thoughts were I didnt't want to watch another TCM 'Turner Classic Movie' this Friday afternoon full of spattering snow melts outside my early Spring window. I've got tulips trying to pop their heads open into the yellow muse, yet they are continuously layered in freezing mist, flakes of angel's tears and convectional smell of dead earth.
They have joined my club, the writer's club of blank walls and murals, the interpretation of black and white movies that are overlooked by the big awards because they were presented in such genius of unconventional, flaming faggots.
I enjoyed this movie immensely, not by the writer's skill, but because of the guy who held the camera and the director who yelled "ACTION". How in the hell did he know when Spring came?
Friday, February 02, 2007
I Feel the Earth Move
I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
Carole King/Martika, Written by: Carole King
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around
Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around
Oh, darling, when you're near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can't tame
I've just got to have you, baby
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold all over
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down...
Are You Ready For an Earthquake in BC?
Have you been seeing more commercials on "preparation kits", and "earthquake readiness"
British Columbia experiences over 1,200 earthquakes a year, 300 of which occur in the lower mainland and on Vancouver island. Almost all of these earthquakes are too small to be felt. However, a stronger earthquake could occur at any time. It may happen during the day or at night, on a weekend or a workday, in any season and in any weather condition.
The government knows more than it wants to scare you! Be ready, they are warning us...it's their way of saying "see we warned you so"
British Columbia is vulnerable to two types of earthquakes: those occurring within the earth’s crustal plates and those occurring at the interface between crustal plates. Earthquakes that originate within a plate are seldom greater than magnitude 7.5 and typically shake for less than one minute. In contrast, earthquakes that originate between plates are usually larger than magnitude 8.0 and the shaking may last as long as 3 or 4 minutes.
British Columbia is vulnerable to the largest type of earthquake called a “subduction” quake, which occurs between two plates. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is located approximately 100 kilometres west of Vancouver Island and earthquakes here recur every 550 years on average. The range of recurrence, however, varies from 200 years to 900 years. The last subduction earthquake was in January 1700 – 304 years ago.
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Canada is a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Queen Charlotte Islands--and the largest earthquake likely to have occurred in Canada is the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.0.
What’s the largest earthquake possible?
The largest earthquakes recorded on earth are subduction earthquakes-- measuring magnitude 9.5 off the coast of Chile in 1960 and magnitude 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. Generally the size of an earthquake is controlled by the length of the faults on which they occur. The longer the fault--the stronger the potential earthquake. Currently, there are no known faults capable of generating a magnitude 10.0 or larger earthquake.
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The Coming Catastrophe - An expert in such fields as advanced programming and database systems, Brent Miller discussed his involvement with The Horizon Project, which brings together numerous researchers and scientists. From analyzing a variety of ancient data and evidence, the group has concluded that Earth is about to enter a catastrophic phase, which occurs on a cyclic basis. Miller cited evidence for past global catastrophes, such as sunken ancient cities, polar ice samples containing cosmic dust, ancient accounts of the sun moving backwards in the sky, and missing ancient technologies. The catastrophe occurred from a sudden geographic Pole Shift, he said, explaining that this takes place as the solar system nears the 'Galactic Plain' (see graphic below). During this calamity, massive waves will wipe out 1/3 of the population, particularly those living on the coast lines, he warned, and another third will die within six months of the shift, due to the aftermath. He noted that Nostradamus, Cayce, Mother Shipton, the Mayan calendar, and current remote viewers all foresee a cataclysmic event taking place in the future. People can prepare by moving away from the coast, and planning out survival strategies of how they can live without the current infrastructure, Miller offered.
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Preparations Kits should include:
WATER
Store water in plastic containers such as soft drink bottles. Avoid using containers that will decompose or break, such as milk cartons or glass bottles. A normally active person needs to drink at least two quarts of water each day. Hot environments and intense physical activity can double that amount. Children, nursing mothers, and ill people will need more.
Store one gallon of water per person per day. Don't forget your pets.
Keep at least a three-day supply of water per person (two quarts for drinking, two quarts for each person in your household for food preparation/sanitation).
Change this water every six months. Household liquid bleach to kill microorganisms:
Use only regular household liquid bleach that contains 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite. Do not use scented bleaches, colorsafe bleaches or bleaches with added cleaners.
Add 16 drops of bleach per gallon of water, stir and let stand for 30 minutes. If the water does not have a slight bleach odor, repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes.
The only agent used to treat water should be household liquid bleach. Other chemicals, such as iodine or water treatment products sold in camping or surplus stores that do not contain 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite as the only active ingredient, are not recommended and should not be used.
Carole King/Martika, Written by: Carole King
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around
Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can't stand it
When you look at me that way
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around
Oh, darling, when you're near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can't tame
I've just got to have you, baby
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold all over
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down...
Are You Ready For an Earthquake in BC?
Have you been seeing more commercials on "preparation kits", and "earthquake readiness"
British Columbia experiences over 1,200 earthquakes a year, 300 of which occur in the lower mainland and on Vancouver island. Almost all of these earthquakes are too small to be felt. However, a stronger earthquake could occur at any time. It may happen during the day or at night, on a weekend or a workday, in any season and in any weather condition.
The government knows more than it wants to scare you! Be ready, they are warning us...it's their way of saying "see we warned you so"
British Columbia is vulnerable to two types of earthquakes: those occurring within the earth’s crustal plates and those occurring at the interface between crustal plates. Earthquakes that originate within a plate are seldom greater than magnitude 7.5 and typically shake for less than one minute. In contrast, earthquakes that originate between plates are usually larger than magnitude 8.0 and the shaking may last as long as 3 or 4 minutes.
British Columbia is vulnerable to the largest type of earthquake called a “subduction” quake, which occurs between two plates. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is located approximately 100 kilometres west of Vancouver Island and earthquakes here recur every 550 years on average. The range of recurrence, however, varies from 200 years to 900 years. The last subduction earthquake was in January 1700 – 304 years ago.
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Canada is a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Queen Charlotte Islands--and the largest earthquake likely to have occurred in Canada is the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.0.
What’s the largest earthquake possible?
The largest earthquakes recorded on earth are subduction earthquakes-- measuring magnitude 9.5 off the coast of Chile in 1960 and magnitude 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. Generally the size of an earthquake is controlled by the length of the faults on which they occur. The longer the fault--the stronger the potential earthquake. Currently, there are no known faults capable of generating a magnitude 10.0 or larger earthquake.
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The Coming Catastrophe - An expert in such fields as advanced programming and database systems, Brent Miller discussed his involvement with The Horizon Project, which brings together numerous researchers and scientists. From analyzing a variety of ancient data and evidence, the group has concluded that Earth is about to enter a catastrophic phase, which occurs on a cyclic basis. Miller cited evidence for past global catastrophes, such as sunken ancient cities, polar ice samples containing cosmic dust, ancient accounts of the sun moving backwards in the sky, and missing ancient technologies. The catastrophe occurred from a sudden geographic Pole Shift, he said, explaining that this takes place as the solar system nears the 'Galactic Plain' (see graphic below). During this calamity, massive waves will wipe out 1/3 of the population, particularly those living on the coast lines, he warned, and another third will die within six months of the shift, due to the aftermath. He noted that Nostradamus, Cayce, Mother Shipton, the Mayan calendar, and current remote viewers all foresee a cataclysmic event taking place in the future. People can prepare by moving away from the coast, and planning out survival strategies of how they can live without the current infrastructure, Miller offered.
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Preparations Kits should include:
WATER
Store water in plastic containers such as soft drink bottles. Avoid using containers that will decompose or break, such as milk cartons or glass bottles. A normally active person needs to drink at least two quarts of water each day. Hot environments and intense physical activity can double that amount. Children, nursing mothers, and ill people will need more.
Store one gallon of water per person per day. Don't forget your pets.
Keep at least a three-day supply of water per person (two quarts for drinking, two quarts for each person in your household for food preparation/sanitation).
Change this water every six months. Household liquid bleach to kill microorganisms:
Use only regular household liquid bleach that contains 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite. Do not use scented bleaches, colorsafe bleaches or bleaches with added cleaners.
Add 16 drops of bleach per gallon of water, stir and let stand for 30 minutes. If the water does not have a slight bleach odor, repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes.
The only agent used to treat water should be household liquid bleach. Other chemicals, such as iodine or water treatment products sold in camping or surplus stores that do not contain 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite as the only active ingredient, are not recommended and should not be used.
FOOD
Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables.
Canned juices, milk, soup
Sugar, salt, pepper
High energy foods such as peanut butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, trail mix; foods that will not increase thirst.
Vitamins
Foods for infants, elderly, persons with special dietary needs
Comfort/stress foods: cookies, hard candy, sweetened cereals, lollipops, instant coffee, tea bags.
Pet food, at least one ounce per animal pound per day.
Avoid foods like rice, pasta and dry beans that require a great deal of water to prepare. Remember to restock your food once a year. A three day supply of non-perishable food such as canned meats, fruits vegetables, energy bars etc. Be
sure to include only food that requires minimal preparation and no cooking preparation. The following is an example
menu.
Breakfast: Cans of juice, coffee, tea or milk; canned fruit; cardboard packs of wrapped granola bars or
cookies.
Lunch: Boxes of crackers or canned brown bread; canned sandwich spread; peanut butter in a plastic jar;
Velveeta (cheeselike and doesn't need refrigeration), dried fruit and hard candy; energy bars; nuts.
Dinner: Canned meat or seafood; canned spaghetti, ravioli, chili, stew, tamales. Other good choices are
canned beans or other vegetables, pudding cups, and ready-to-eat soups. There are single servings of
vegetarian Indian dishes in plastic pouches that have long shelf lives
FIRST AID KIT
Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted sizes
Assorted sizes of safety pins
Cleansing agent/soap
Latex gloves (2 pairs)
Sunscreen
2-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6)
4-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6)
Triangular bandages (3)
Non-prescription drugs such as Pain relievers, Anti-diarrhea medicines, Antacid, Syrup of Ipecac (used to induce vomiting with the advice of a Poison Control Center), Laxatives, Activated charcoal (used with advice from the Poison Control Center)
Various roller bandages
Scissors
Tweezers
Needle
Moistened towelettes
Antiseptic
Thermometer
Tongue blades (2)
Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Paper cups, plates, and plastic utensils
Battery-operated radio and extra batteries
Flashlight and extra batteries
Cash or traveler's checks, in case banks are closed in the days following an earthquake
Non-electric can opener or a utility knife
Small fire extinguisher
Pliers
Tape
Matches in a waterproof container
Aluminum foil
Plastic storage containers
Signal flare
Paper, pencil
Needles, thread
Medicine dropper
Wrench, to turn off gas and water
SANITATION
Toilet paper
Soap, liquid detergent
Feminine supplies
Plastic garbage bags and ties
Plastic bucket with tight lid
Disinfectant
Household chlorine bleach
Poop bags and scooper for pet waste
CLOTHING AND BEDDING
Sturdy shoes or work boots (keep near your bed)
Rain gear
Blankets or sleeping bags
Warm clothing
Sunglasses (keep your spare eyeglasses in the emergency kit, too.)
DOCUMENTS
Will, insurance policies, contracts deeds, stocks and bonds
Passports, social security cards, immunization records
Bank account numbers
Credit card account numbers and companies
Inventory of valuable household goods, important telephone numbers
Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates)
**Remember to include special needs family members such as a baby or an older person might have. It is also good to store in a water proof plastic bag important family documents (passports, wills, medical records etc.) along with your earthquake survival kit.
Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, vegetables.
Canned juices, milk, soup
Sugar, salt, pepper
High energy foods such as peanut butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, trail mix; foods that will not increase thirst.
Vitamins
Foods for infants, elderly, persons with special dietary needs
Comfort/stress foods: cookies, hard candy, sweetened cereals, lollipops, instant coffee, tea bags.
Pet food, at least one ounce per animal pound per day.
Avoid foods like rice, pasta and dry beans that require a great deal of water to prepare. Remember to restock your food once a year. A three day supply of non-perishable food such as canned meats, fruits vegetables, energy bars etc. Be
sure to include only food that requires minimal preparation and no cooking preparation. The following is an example
menu.
Breakfast: Cans of juice, coffee, tea or milk; canned fruit; cardboard packs of wrapped granola bars or
cookies.
Lunch: Boxes of crackers or canned brown bread; canned sandwich spread; peanut butter in a plastic jar;
Velveeta (cheeselike and doesn't need refrigeration), dried fruit and hard candy; energy bars; nuts.
Dinner: Canned meat or seafood; canned spaghetti, ravioli, chili, stew, tamales. Other good choices are
canned beans or other vegetables, pudding cups, and ready-to-eat soups. There are single servings of
vegetarian Indian dishes in plastic pouches that have long shelf lives
FIRST AID KIT
Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted sizes
Assorted sizes of safety pins
Cleansing agent/soap
Latex gloves (2 pairs)
Sunscreen
2-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6)
4-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6)
Triangular bandages (3)
Non-prescription drugs such as Pain relievers, Anti-diarrhea medicines, Antacid, Syrup of Ipecac (used to induce vomiting with the advice of a Poison Control Center), Laxatives, Activated charcoal (used with advice from the Poison Control Center)
Various roller bandages
Scissors
Tweezers
Needle
Moistened towelettes
Antiseptic
Thermometer
Tongue blades (2)
Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Paper cups, plates, and plastic utensils
Battery-operated radio and extra batteries
Flashlight and extra batteries
Cash or traveler's checks, in case banks are closed in the days following an earthquake
Non-electric can opener or a utility knife
Small fire extinguisher
Pliers
Tape
Matches in a waterproof container
Aluminum foil
Plastic storage containers
Signal flare
Paper, pencil
Needles, thread
Medicine dropper
Wrench, to turn off gas and water
SANITATION
Toilet paper
Soap, liquid detergent
Feminine supplies
Plastic garbage bags and ties
Plastic bucket with tight lid
Disinfectant
Household chlorine bleach
Poop bags and scooper for pet waste
CLOTHING AND BEDDING
Sturdy shoes or work boots (keep near your bed)
Rain gear
Blankets or sleeping bags
Warm clothing
Sunglasses (keep your spare eyeglasses in the emergency kit, too.)
DOCUMENTS
Will, insurance policies, contracts deeds, stocks and bonds
Passports, social security cards, immunization records
Bank account numbers
Credit card account numbers and companies
Inventory of valuable household goods, important telephone numbers
Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates)
**Remember to include special needs family members such as a baby or an older person might have. It is also good to store in a water proof plastic bag important family documents (passports, wills, medical records etc.) along with your earthquake survival kit.
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