{"id":112,"date":"2017-09-18T17:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2017-09-18T17:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:48:18","slug":"wreck-beach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wreck-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Wreck Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"googft-info-window\">\n<p><b>Location:<\/b> Wreck Beach (north end) <b>elevn:<\/b> 8m. <b>Lat.<\/b> 49.26582 <b>Long.<\/b> -123.264<\/p>\n<p><b>Direct Google URL:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/49%C2%B015%2756.9%22N+123%C2%B015%2750.9%22W\/@49.265012,-123.2654349,1509m\/data=%213m1%211e3%214m5%213m4%211s0x0:0x0%218m2%213d49.265816%214d-123.264149%215m1%211e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> This link takes you to a prepared viewpoint.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hazard type:<\/b> landslide<\/p>\n<p><b>Short Description:<\/b> Landslides \/ debris flows at UBC<\/p>\n<p><b>Long Description:<\/b> Landslides on the sandy cliffs on the western edge of UBC&#8217;s campus are normal, frequent and unpredictable. These do not threaten existing infrastructure but the area is heavily used and there have been fatalities. These are normal, but some people are speculating whether their behavior is being affected by onging modifications to the local area&#8217;s groundwater regime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.2778496.1411699612%21\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/recovery-crews-dig-at-wreck-beach-tower-beach-cliffs.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAuthorities investigate a wreck beach landslide that killed one person in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/landslide-near-ubc-campus-leaves-sheer-cliff-no-one-hurt-1.1496772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media1<\/a>:<\/b> Large 2013 landslide at Wreck Beach with explanations and commentary.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1583095\/body-found-buried-in-a-landslide-at-wreck-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media2<\/a>:<\/b> One fatality in a 2014 Wreck Beach landslide. Video has good aerial, ground and closeup images of the cliff.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/wreck-beach-man-s-body-found-in-debris-below-cliffs-1.2777635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Depth<\/a>:<\/b> Thorough explanation and discussion of the 2014 landslide hazard along the beach north of Wreck beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Wreck Beach (north end) elevn: 8m. Lat. 49.26582 Long. -123.264 Direct Google URL: This link takes you to a prepared viewpoint. Hazard type: landslide Short Description: Landslides \/ debris flows at UBC Long Description: Landslides on the sandy cliffs on the western edge of UBC&#8217;s campus are normal, frequent and unpredictable. These do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22035,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}