Tsunami Warning for Hawaii, First Wave at 11:19 a.m. HST, 10-15 Foot Waves; Advisory for West Coast

Saturday, February 27, 2010 | Kristinn/ NWS

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thanks for the ping hennie pennie.

Prayers up.

[Las Vegas Ron]

A tsunami advisory has been issued for the California coast, including Del Norte County

It's hard to imagine how those areas could possibly be affected.

Tsunami's travel a straight line, no?

[Eye of Unk]

How many freepers we have in Hawaii?

We need someone to do a ping and a soundoff.

I hope there is minimal wave action there and no damages.

[capt. norm]

I wonder how many surfers are waxing their boards in anticipation.

I've seen some of them attempt to take on hurricane waves, usually very unsuccessfully, do I know there will be some fools try on these waves.

At first glance, 15-foot waves don't sound all that bad, but these won't be the slow rolling type waves usually encountered...these will be moving at a much higher rate of speed and packing a lot more punch as a result.

[tubebender]

FReeper Fish Hawk lives near the coast on Maui...

[Waverunner]

If the ocean buoys are showing 5 to 16 foot waves, what’s the coastal impact wave going to be?

[Las Vegas Ron]

My cats woke me up an hour ago, THEY are jumping all over the place and heck I’m way up in Wasilla Alaska.

My dog is sleeping by the front door, guess I'm good to go here in Vegas.

[Las Vegas Ron]

How many freepers we have in Hawaii?I don't know, per this thread fish hawk does and he has been pinged.

Prayers up for all.

[Eye of Unk]

There was a huge earthquake in Japan last friday, the one now in Chile, and I am in between very very literally up here in Alaska on the Ring of Fire, and I have seen what the 1964 Good Friday quake did up here.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I know, it's really eerie the number of quakes lately.

I lived in So. Cal for most of my life and have been through my share of quakes going back as far as the Sylmar quake in 1971 theough the Norhtridge quake in 1994 (lost my house in that one)

They're no fun, that's for sure.

[hennie pennie]

I feel sooooooo stupid.

After I read this thread, I did a quick search on 'quake' and 'earthquake' -- so of course I never located the MAIN Chile Earthquake messagethread, which currently is almost a thousand postings long.

I have NO idea why it didn't get into the sidebar, like this thread of Kristinn's did -- I don't really understand the mechanics of thread posting.

Here's the main thread with hundreds & hundreds of posts:

8.8 in Chile [Update at #277]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460407/posts

[foreverfree]

Prayers for the victims and those in the tsunami's sights and their loved ones.

ff

[hennie pennie]

Don’t miss post no.33

[Las Vegas Ron]

Damn, when are you noobs gonna learn?

Just kidding, no worries, I bet there is another 10 threads posted on this in the next hour.

Thanks for the link to the other thread :)

[Eye of Unk]

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=3495&nav=0bor

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904&nav=menu55_1_1

[SouthTexas]

TB you better hurry with the donuts, there may be waves!

[MaryFromMichigan]

I just read on CNN that the tsunami is moving at 500 miles an hour!

[Las Vegas Ron]

Live news link here

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904&nav=menu55_1_1

Thanks Eye of Unk!

[Eye of Unk]

That is a fact, at that speed its an underwater shock wave, its when it approaches shallow land is when it builds, a ship at sea would feel a pulse but would probably not see much of a wave.

[tubebender]

Well the shop is only 18 feet above high tide but at least the donut mill is on high ground. The north west had one of these mega quakes in 1700 and the geologist say they happen every 200 years?