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Tsunami Watch for Hawaii [Update: tsunami confirmed, 8.3 quake]
NOAA ^ | 09-29-09 | USGS

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 ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: earthquake; hawaii; samoa; tsunami
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To: aruanan
Oh gawd..my brother watched Poseidon a hundred times...He's gonna be a wreck.

sw

61 posted on 09/29/2009 12:32:10 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Scythian
I'm in the Southern tip of Florida looking out to sea, nothing yet, oh wait, what, oh my goodness, you oughta .... Error 754: Provider interruptionm, TCPIP Packet loss, contact your local provider

LOL

62 posted on 09/29/2009 12:32:19 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: All

1. URGENT — Tsunami hits American Samoa; new tsunami warnings issued; magnitude is upgraded to 8.3: http://news.bnonews.com/upti13 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
2. BULLETIN — OFFICIALS: TSUNAMI MAY BE DESTRUCTIVE FAR FROM EPICENTER; INVESTIGATING THREAT TO HAWAII.23 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters


63 posted on 09/29/2009 12:32:36 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( Reagan said, "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.")
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To: aruanan

If they’re in deep water,...

(((((

Safest place to be.

I am wondering if the players in Samoa Survivor are safe?!!!


64 posted on 09/29/2009 12:32:57 PM PDT by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: spectre

If they’re on the water outside the breaking waves they’ll never even notice a tsunami.


65 posted on 09/29/2009 12:33:06 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Scythian

Thank you very much..:)


66 posted on 09/29/2009 12:33:16 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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Shep on FNC (so take it for what it’s worth) is reporting 8.3 magnitude initial shock, 7.9 and 5.6 aftershocks...

FNC is reporting ‘minimal damage’ on Samoa, however the Samoan delegate to Congress phoned in and said his sources (constituents) are telling him ‘major damage’....


67 posted on 09/29/2009 12:33:37 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: spectre

I’m in Hilo. I’ll keep you posted. We’ve been hard hit in 1946 & 1960.


68 posted on 09/29/2009 12:33:50 PM PDT by jobim
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To: cripplecreek

I’m going on the cruise line web site and see if I can find out where they are..


69 posted on 09/29/2009 12:33:52 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Scythian

I have friends who were in the harbor on their sailboat at Phuket when the tsunami started pulling all the water out. They didn’t know what was going on, but they hauled anchor and got out of there fast, and kept heading out to sea. They didn’t know what had happened until they returned and saw the devastation. They didn’t feel the tsunami itself, just the freaky currents that whipped the boat around 180 degrees in a couple of seconds.


70 posted on 09/29/2009 12:34:18 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: Right_Handed_Writer

Surf's up, Annette.

72 posted on 09/29/2009 12:34:41 PM PDT by llevrok (As a matter of fact, yes I DO care if Jimmy cracks corn !)
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To: ResponseAbility
there has to be a bit of truth there to find the humor LOL

Let's hope it doesn't hurt anyone

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73 posted on 09/29/2009 12:34:49 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Uncle Ike

Why does Shep continue to see “Pongo Pongo?”

Isn’t it Pago Pago?


74 posted on 09/29/2009 12:34:54 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

Hey — it’s *Shep*.....


75 posted on 09/29/2009 12:35:36 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Right_Handed_Writer

holy krakatoa!


76 posted on 09/29/2009 12:35:51 PM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: ravingnutter
Didn't Bush and Rove have a machine which sent Katrina to New Orleans? ... and then Chaney in the row boat blowing up the levies

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77 posted on 09/29/2009 12:36:44 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee
there goes the long form birth certificate LOL

I guarantee it would make a convenient excuse for them.
78 posted on 09/29/2009 12:37:22 PM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (Liberals are terrible at math.)
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To: jobim

Good job. So let us know if YOU are hearing any public warnings.!! Be safe, sw


79 posted on 09/29/2009 12:37:29 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: F15Eagle
you can't help yourself sometimes LOL

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80 posted on 09/29/2009 12:37:43 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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