This thread WAS locked and redirected to the first earthquake thread.
When I saw your post in 'MyComments', I assumed you were posting from the earthquake thread.
NO! I did not link you back here because I was blonde!
Posted on 06/14/2005 8:13:39 PM PDT by lainie
...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF
VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE...
...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK...
...AT THIS TIME THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR OTHER AREAS OF ALASKA...
EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION - 41.3N 125.7W - 90 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA. TIME - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
1951 PDT 06/14/2005
0251 UTC 06/15/2005
I didn't feel a thing!
National radio news reporting Crescent City is being evacuated. (I'm listening on WGY-AM Albany NY.)
This thread WAS locked and redirected to the first earthquake thread.
When I saw your post in 'MyComments', I assumed you were posting from the earthquake thread.
NO! I did not link you back here because I was blonde!
really? a tsunami warning just came across my television... calif. coast, from mexico to vancouver...
Thanks for the ping!
Don't hate me when you're inundated with car chase alerts. :-)
(I'm not joking..)
Unless there ends up being a wave, and FNC is accused of wrecklessly endangering peoples lives. hehe
They must be scrambling, but all the regular shows are on. There's a "flash" news ticker though, at the bottom of the screen on msnbc: a tsunami warning is in effect.
Originally this thread was locked and pointed to a Chilean quake thread from 2 days ago by mistake. :) So I think they were all just opened up and left alone until the news dies down. (just a guess)
There are now two more threads in breaking news.
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Los Angeles' KCAL Channel 9 TV News is talking to TROY NICOLINI of the National Weather Service. He is stating that the Tsunami Warning is STILL in effect as a precaution.
The earthquake felt to him like a moderate one that lasted a very long time.
An official lookout is watching for unusual wave activity and measuring devices the measure the water level placed up and down the coast will be the final indicator.
He says that this earthquake was 6 miles deep.
He will have more info in about 5 minutes after doing some checking with his lookout and measuring devices.
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YOWZERS! That's a mighty big blue box there!!!
Ernest. Before you ask, no. I didn't feel this one either. I am, however, going to go out tonight to the boat store and buy one.
Yikes! And I just read on another thread that they're warning of a possible tsunami in that area. Be careful, Tonkin! Prayers for all on your coast that this doesn't happen! Glad the CG is reporting no waves in your immediate area!
i had lived in the Bay Area for 36 years, and i'd never heard a tsunami warning... earthquakes you could actually feel are not that common... we now live closer to the central valley...
Tonkin have you built your ARK yet?? Take care.
Ah, I now hold you as my witness for any jokes that may come my way!
Now we are getting a scrolling red banner with a nasty periodic beeping that the tsunami warning has been cancelled!
Weather channel is not aware of the cancellation however, they like still talking about it!
La Jolla has an hour yet before it might arrive!
Makes sense, Crescent City was really hard hit by the wave from the Alaska quake in '64, and the geography's pretty much the same as it was then. There's some low elevation residential areas on the west side of Humboldt Bay, about 30 miles south of Trinidad (which appears to be the closest town to the epicenter). They'd be at risk, but we'd probably have heard something by now.
FR's tubebender is in Eureka, on the east side of Humboldt Bay. I'll be looking for his posts once he signs on.
FWIW, the local state college radio station is still broadcasting usual programming, so it's probably another one of those 'strong shakers' that north-coast folks get used to. There's several faults just off the coast, plus a point where the plate that's drifting south meets the one moving north, so "7 plusses" aren't terribly unusual up there.
It took TWC an hour to report there had been a quake and tsunami alert issued. They'll give it up about 10:15, I figure. :-)
Everything cancelled as per KCBS radio.
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