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http://ottawacitizen.com/feature/a-major-earthquake-could-hit-ottawa-are-we-prepared
A major earthquake could hit Ottawa. Are we prepared?
A major earthquake could hit Ottawa. Are we prepared?
- TOM SPEARS, OTTAWA CITIZEN
Ottawa Citizen
The walls start suddenly to shake and groan.
First, it’s a dull rumbling sound, like a heavy truck where no truck should be. Then comes a banging and clanging that threaten to rend the walls and the ceiling of your office.
Outside, falling plates clatter along the ground of the Sparks Street patios. Over on Bank Street, walls bulge outward. Bricks from the older stores fall to the sidewalk and to the street.
In Sandy Hill and down in the ByWard Market, some walls of old brick homes and stores give way. The city’s oldest stone and brick churches, which have stood since the 1800s, shift ominously.
Up on Parliament Hill, the massive stone blocks tremble and overhead light fixtures rattle, but nothing collapses.
Welcome to Ottawa’s great earthquake. It’s an imagined scenario, a tale of “what if?”
But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen.
