{"id":5262,"date":"2024-05-06T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:39:08","slug":"coastal-communities-practice-tsunami-preparedness-at-high-ground-hike-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/coastal-communities-practice-tsunami-preparedness-at-high-ground-hike-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal communities practice tsunami preparedness at High Ground Hike events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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High Ground Hike<\/a> is an annual program that brings communities together during Tsunami Preparedness Week (the second full week every April). These events help raise awareness about B.C.\u2019s tsunami risk and give people in coastal areas the opportunity to practice reaching a tsunami-safe location at high ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, 22 communities<\/a> participated in High Ground Hike! Kudos to all that participated for taking an important step in tsunami preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Ground Hike in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PreparedBC team attended events in White Rock, Sooke<\/a> and Colwood<\/a> (in partnership with Royal Roads University). Each event brought out a group of engaged community members who had the opportunity to join preparedness presentations, explore evacuation maps and connect with local experts. Of course, everyone enjoyed the walk to \u201chigh ground\u201d too!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where is “high ground?”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most common question at each event was \u201chow high is \u2018high ground\u2019 anyway?\u201d The answer is, it depends on where you live. In some communities it\u2019s not as high up or as far away as you may think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Prince Rupert hosted a High Ground selfie contest<\/a> to remind people that when they receive a Tsunami Warning or Alert<\/a> the best action is to move away from the waterfront or if they\u2019re at home, to stay there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Capital Regional District (Greater Victoria area) has developed a Tsunami Information Portal<\/a> with an interactive map so you can explore and understand tsunami hazard in your neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk to your First Nation or local government to confirm the \u201chigh ground\u201d or tsunami-safe location(s) in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Learn more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best way to learn about tsunami preparedness is to practice! Be sure to check back next year for a High Ground Hike where you live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn about tsunami warning signs and alerts at PreparedBC.ca\/tsunamis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High Ground Hike is an annual program that brings communities together during Tsunami Preparedness Week (the second full week every April). These events help raise awareness about B.C.\u2019s tsunami risk and give people in coastal areas the opportunity to practice reaching a tsunami-safe location at high ground. In 2024, 22 communities participated in High Ground […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":896,"featured_media":5392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-preparedness"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["aioseo_notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5262"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6448,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5262\/revisions\/6448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/emergencymanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}