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bc_guy

Apr 5th 2014 4:17 pm

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Originally Posted by bc_guy (Post 11206339)

Well, I used to live in Nanaimo. There was a magnitude 7 quake up in Prince Rupert when I was living there and there was a lot of speculation as to whether that would have generated a tsunami.

But it's actually the Queen Charlotte Islands and the extremely northwestern parts of coastal BC that get all the quakes since they're on fault lines. Prince Rupert doesn't get them as often as the QC Islands and more northern coastal areas of BC.

About the earthquake-predicting technology, watch this video if you'd like to know more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_fLMtkCntY

OK, I just checked the map. The part with all the earthquakes isn't even BC at all. That's actually the southern parts of Alaska. So, I'll rephrase my comment to say that the Queen Charlotte Islands and the parts of northwestern BC (non-coastal) near the border with the Yukon and Alaska get a lot of earthquakes.

happyhammers

Apr 6th 2014 2:23 am

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Originally Posted by Asakara81 (Post 11205368)

Hi All

I'm new to this site and looking for some info on work and life in canada been offered a job in prince rupert as a pipefitter/gas fitter. Read a lot of different reviews on prince rupert don't really know which is true. The job I have been offered starts with a salary of around $36 a hour van,gas card and health benefits is this enough to live on with a wife and son up in that area or not?

Any info would be welcomed and much appreciated as experience counts for a lot more than reading.

Many thanks

Asa

Always remember mate, get your PR first, if you don't like after your first year or however long it takes, you can always move on.

PMM	Apr 6th 2014 4:47 am

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Originally Posted by happyhammers (Post 11206816)

Always remember mate, get your PR first, if you don't like after your first year or however long it takes, you can always move on.

The OP should note with the expansion of the Alcan Plant in Kitimat and proposed LNG plants in the area, rental housing is very very expensive if you can find it, Rio Tinto/Alcan has rented a cruise ship for accommodation in Kitimat for it's employees http://tinyurl.com/mqnt3wl

happyhammers

Apr 6th 2014 4:57 am

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Originally Posted by PMM (Post 11207026)

Hi

The OP should note with the expansion of the Alcan Plant in Kitimat and proposed LNG plants in the area, rental housing is very very expensive if you can find it, Rio Tinto/Alcan has rented a cruise ship for accommodation in Kitimat for it's employees http://tinyurl.com/mqnt3wl

I meant move to another part of Canada , the fella is about to move from the UK for another life, not live on a ship out on the water because he cant find a place to settle down.

But a valid point anyway

Asakara81

Apr 6th 2014 7:22 am

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Originally Posted by happyhammers (Post 11207038)

Do you live in canada

happyhammers

Apr 6th 2014 8:37 am

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Originally Posted by Asakara81 (Post 11207197)

Do you live in canada

I'll PM you mate

Oink	Apr 6th 2014 3:11 pm

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Originally Posted by happyhammers (Post 11207288)

I'll PM you mate

Thanks for letting us know. :thumbup:

christmasoompa

Apr 6th 2014 7:45 pm

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Originally Posted by Asakara81 (Post 11207197)

Do you live in canada

For future ref, you can see a poster's previous posts by clicking on the name and getting the drop down menu - so if you do that you'll see that happyhammers is currently in the UK but is moving to Canada on a TWP shortly.

HTH.

Vulcanoid

Apr 20th 2014 9:51 pm

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Originally Posted by R I C H (Post 11206094)

Food for thought from Wikipedia:

Prince Rupert is known as "The City of Rainbows", as it is Canada's wettest city, with 2,590 millimetres (102 in) of annual precipitation on average, in addition, 240 days per year have at least some precipitation, and there are only 1230 hours of sunshine per year - It is regarded as the municipality in Canada which receives the least amount of sunshine annually.[/I]

So it's gloomy, wet and undesirable.

With apologies for the three week dead thread post - just reading this, that article is clearly written from a Canadian perspective, not a British one - and you may have gone native ;) - as 1230 sunshine hours is pretty normal by UK standards. This would be a neutral for someone moving there, or a lack of a positive, not an actual negative - no more gloomy and wet than they're used to.

Prime Rupert is pretty much the only part of Canada that isn't (by British standards) sun drenched. Even Vancouver gets about 50% more sunshine hours than most parts of the UK.
(Though this is why I'm looking at moving to the okanagan ;))

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