Posted on 03/11/2011 10:27:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Santa Cruz County has issued an evacuation advisory in response to a tsunami expected to hit the Bay Area this morning.
Residents who live in an inundation zone, or coastal or low-lying areas, are being told to evacuate their homes and move to higher ground, county spokesman Enrique Sahagun.
(Excerpt) Read more at kcra.com ...
I hope folks with boats docked in the marina have good insurance..
Obama’s gonna cry wolf one time too many, and when people really should leave, they won’t, because of stunts like this one and the last one...
wall to wall TV coverage from all the local networks since last night..
Things are still pretty calm down here.
Guys are out there surfing.
SFGate.com
California surfers waited in water for tsunami
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/11/state/n085048S49.DTL
AP
Some California surfers rode high water from a tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake, while other beaches were closed.
In Santa Cruz, it was a typical good day for surfing before the water pulled out of Monterey Bay toward the Pacific Ocean when the tsunami hit.
No damage reported after tsunami hits Hawaii
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
iaeaorg ordering evacuation for those near nuclear power plant in Japan.
Around 8:10 a.m., within seconds, the water dropped by about 9 feet as the harbor turned into a river as water was sucked out to sea.”
These surfers have to be completely brain dead. The water drops by 9 feet and they aren't worried?
Wow.
There is a Tsunami for SoCal too but they are not expecting high waves, maybe 3 feet at most..watching the waters in Ventura Harbor, even Marina Del Rey..of course the surfers are out in droves for this
abc7news.com LIVE VIDEOrss
Waves damage boats at Santa Cruz Harbor
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8007618&rss=rss-kgo-video-8007618
Did you read the article?
The surges caused extensive damage to piers and boats at Keehi Small Boat Harbor near Sand Island. The King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel got a foot of water in the lobby and canoes in the harbor were destroyed. Flooding was also reported in Kahului.
This isn’t Obama crying wolf, to be fair. They really are forecasting waves of 6-9 feet. It’s like evacuating people out of the path of a hurricane storm surge. There may be some overreaction in the media, but there’s already been significant damage in some California harbors.
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CAZ001-002-120030-
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
1020 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2011
...A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT
AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES COASTAL AREAS...
EARTHQUAKE DATA...
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 8.9.
LOCATION 38.2 NORTH 142.5 EAST.
NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN.
TIME 2146 PST MAR 10 2011.
A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND HAS CAUSE DAMAGED ALONG THE DEL NORTE
COUNTY AND DAMAGE ALONG THE HUMBOLDT AND MENDOCINO COASTS IS
STILL EXPECTED. PERSONS AT THE COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.
DAMAGING WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
DAMAGING WAVES HAVE ARRIVED AT CRESCENT CITY HARBOR WHERE ALL
DOCKS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
WAVES HAVE BROKEN OVER THE SPIT AT
STONE LAGOON.
A 3 FOOT WAVE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HUMBOLDT BAY. A
2-4 FOOT FLOOD WAVE WAS REPORTED MOVING UP THE MAD RIVER AT 8:45
AM PST. DAMAGING WAVES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
video links are loading real slow.. be patient or.. add a link on for later.. disasters really sop up bandwidth.. :-)
They don’t want folks to cancel vacations, I guess..
Cue - Dick Dale and also The Ventures.
Tsunami surges into Hawaii, floods streets
Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-hawaii-waves-021211,0,7254000.story
Water rushes into hotel lobbies on the Big Island and low-lying areas in Maui are flooded as 7-foot waves crash ashore.
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Tsunami warning: Crowds gather in Santa Monica to watch waves but don’t see much
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/tsunami-warning-crowds-gather-in-santa-monica-to-watch-waves-but-dont-see-much.html
Tsunami warning: Long Beach warns people to evacuate the beaches
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/tsunami-warning-long-beach-warns-people-to-evacuate-beach.html
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Run for the hills!!!!!
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