mattwnz:
freitasm:
Couternay Central evacuated... "It was believed concerns about the structural stability of the Courtenay Central car park sparked the evacuation."
That's the same car park that has just reopened after a couple of years of work to make it safe, after it was closed because of the previous earthquakes.
Wasn't the carpark previously damaged in the 2013 quakes? I seem to recall something about that. I think a lot of the land in that area is reclaimed or new shoreline lifted in the 1800's from previous quakes. So I guess it isn't unexpected that it would be damaged in a larger quake like this. But what I do wonder is why they let people return to these buildings after the quake, without indepth checks being done initially?
Exactly what I am talking about. The carpark was closed for two years for structural work and has been opened for only a few months now. And it's not closed again.