Posted on 09/29/2009 11:52:37 AM PDT by Right_Handed_Writer
BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 805 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0805 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009 COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Tsunami Warning as follows:
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1804Z 29 SEP 2009
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / NIUE / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / COOK ISLANDS / TONGA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / FIJI / HOWLAND-BAKER / JARVIS IS. / NEW ZEALAND / FR. POLYNESIA / PALMYRA IS.
(Excerpt) Read more at tsunami.gov ...
Prayers for you and your wife.
Yep, this ain't "The Poseidon Adventure."
Whoa- thanks for the report. What a relief your wife and kids are well- are they pretty far inland?
Keep us updated if you can...prayers for your family and all affected..
Has your family moved to higher ground?
That is the one I am talking about...there used to be a picture of Rove and Bush in front of it, can’t seem to find it on a Google search now.
Oh boy.
Prayers up.
File picture of a seismograph. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of up to 8.3 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami as coastal residents fled to higher ground. (AFP/USGS/File)
or nothing at all. large tsunami’s out to sea are typically only 6”-8” rolling waves.
That's the message I get.
were you looking for the long form BC?
That’s a bad sign ... prayers.
What happens if a cruise ship is docked near the location of an incoming tsunami, I wonder?
fortunately we live inland about 3 kms up hill, most people are coming to a golf course nearby our house, she justed text me and said several villages have been hit, radio reporting unknown casualties
Oh gawd..
Probably just like Navy ships in the path of a hurricane. Skededdle out to sea.
That wouldn't be good at all.
****Local radio reporting that water levels have dropped around the coast, indicating maybe a wave will arrive soon***
First, I pray for they continued safety of your family.
If I recall correctly there can be a series of waves that comprise a tsunami. I hope this was referring to the one earlier and that there are no more.
...to live close to the beach in Hawaii...
a beautiful beach picture will be in my imagination the rest of the day as I sit in a cube farm and toil away....
90% of Samoans live on the coast or within 1 km of shoreline
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