THE flood waters are rising and you have four hours to leave

your home behind — what precious possessions do you take?

The big one those prophets of perdition have ree us about finally hit -- do you have any food, any med

plies to see you through an earthquake? We don’t live in Sa San

Franciseg or in tornado alley but we are not immunc to

; other Nature’s wrath cither. Out here on the idyllic West

inquiring Cost it’s sometimes difficult to think beyond where our next

reporter latté is coming from, let alone disaster Those

who say we can never be too prepar ed advise having a med-

ical kit, non-perishable food, bottled water, the makings of temporary shelter and one

location for valuables — ali in a safe, casily accessible place. Those of us who believe you

can never truly be prepared shrug ou shoulder, hope forthe best and have another at

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NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS

? YES" NO pastes 37% 47% 16% 25% 69% 6% 41% 48% 11% 23% 73% 4% 52% 38% 10% 26% - 74% bateduted 58% 32% 10% 40% 50% 10% 51% 49%

seceuee 42.1% 50.3%

: Horseshoe Bay Dundarave/Ambleside British Properties

.. Norgate/Pemberton Heights Capilano/Delbrook Highlands Lower. Lonsdale .

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7.6%

divided on who should fund the study.

Viola Johnson

West Vancouver

No, I don’t think we are. It’s a good idea... The city should do something but they aren’t. First aid kits, things like that we do have, but to be honest we aren’t really prepared.

Yaswin Thaker

North Vancouver

My kids are, but I’m not. They have a sleeping bag, canned food and whatnot. But no, I’m not prepared.

ment studies —- but wanted owners of

Province-owned «

fancouver City will : Spend ‘$30,000 to conduct a

The doors are now open after our mulfi-

land at issue

Council voted 6-1 Monday for a _ study to explore land-use options in the area surrounding the. Westview interchange at Westview Drive and the Upper Levels Highway, but it was

During the meeting, councillors debated on whether.» partially fund the study, fully fund the erudly, or not “pay for the study at all.

Planning for the future of the Westview area is expected to cost an estimated $30,000. Council agreed it would pay for half the cost — with funds already set aside for develop-

ra portion of ‘study-area land to’ for the other half.

The owners are the Ministry: of .

Transportation and Highways and the B.C. Transportation. Financing Authority (BCTFA). ; The motion to pay for the. total cost of the study — should the province refuse to pay — was passed

by'a vote of 43. ‘Councillors Barbara

Gina Schubert

‘Whistler

Yes, only. because of. the

friends that I have! We're: ail: prepared but I seem to rely on them. They’ve gathered food,: preserves, stuff like that, They : also keep hunting’ inaterial i in

the house. .

Perrault, Stella: Jo Dean’ and Bob’

Fearnley were opposed,

“The: Transportatio Authority is the one that wants this property, I don’t see why d make ‘these guys pay for i int Fearnley, said. “I don’t see why we have to pay. Coun. Dean. said“ the: pi should pay for some of the study.

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