2866 Vancouver Earthquake and Tsunami

The 2886 Vancouver Earthquake and Tsunami was a massive natural disaster in the Strait of San Juan and the Strait of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and Vancouver City, then the capital of the EGR. The disaster devestated the cities of Victoria, Blaine, and Pauqachin, and as well as affecting Vancouver City itself. The disaster is seen as a part of the decline and fall of the EGR.
==Events==
On June 30th, 2866, there was a massive earthquake in the San Juan Channel of the San Juan Islands, in the Strait of San Juan. This was dangerously close to Vancouver City, then the capital of the EGR. The blast of the earthquake displaced and uplifted the water in the surrounding area, causing a tsunami to rage into the Strait of San Juan and the Strait of Georgia. The first city to experience the blast was Pauqachin, a small city just outside Victoria, Vancouver Island. Shortly thereafter was Victoria itself. The waves thrashed at the city's infrastructure, destroyed buildings, and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Meanwhile, on the other side of the strait, the city of Blaine was devestated as well. The city's lower housing was flooded and destroyed, and hundreds died. The shockwave later reached Vancouver City. The waves at Vancouver City slammed into the city's coast, flooding the beaches and making its way into the streets. Emergency workers arrived on scene, but could do little to aid the people of the flooded streets. The lobbies of skyscrapers flooded, and people found sanctuary in the higher buildings. Vancouver City was a disaster zone until July 21st, almost a full month later. The Grand Chancellor, as well as the council, was relocated to Seattle for this time. Meanwhile in Vancouver, the Emergency workers had been ordered to withdraw. The streets of the city were destroyed, but the water had rereated. The people, now alone, cooperated. The city resembled a post-apocalyptic society, and for a short time the Vancouver Assembly took power in the heart of the city. Almost now an acting country, the VA sent makeshift ships to Victoria to assess the damage. The Vancouver Assembly claimed jurisdiction over Victoria and Blaine, and supplied local communities in. But on August 2nd, 2866, the EGR's government returned to Vancouver. They were met with fierce resistence by the Vancouver Assembly. The small expedition force sent to Vancouver was ambushed and taken out by the VA. This sparked the Seven Days' War, in which the VA held out against the EGR for several days. On the fourth day, they lost Blaine, and Victoria on the Sixth. On the Seventh and Final day, the EGR ambushed and defeated the VA's central government. The Seven Days' War is considered a major event in the EGR's decline and collapse, as it brewed distrust within the country's own capital. The concept of the Vancouver Assembly became popular with anti-EGR revolutionaries throughout the globe.