And the busses...
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 ...
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I just thought it was funny that three people said the same thing within the first few posts...lol
Well I thought if you were on the sea, you weren’t likely to even notice a tsunami.
BREAKING BNO TWITTER FEED_
TSUNAMI-Villages on Samoa’s Upolu “flattened” by earthquake;10 foot tsunami also hit Samoa:
Good. Mr. Spectre just walked in and said he thinks they won't feel a thing...(I don't know what he meant by that..LOL!!) Just kiddin
What will you bet that the birth certificate gets washed out to sea?”
Only the COLB.
The real one is in Mombassa, Kenya.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350993/posts
* PACIFIC TSUNAMI — Villages on Samoa’s Upolu “flattened” by earthquake;
Do you have the twitter link?
Well I live in a Northern California( close to Oregon) Tsunami area and I know for a fact IFF a tsunami does ever hit here again the place will be wiped out including my home...heh, it’s a rental. Fools should ALWAYS build pole houses in tsunami areas but they don’t because a basic slab or other lower based foundations are cheaper...until they lose it all. It’s like building a wood shingle home in a fire zone.
They won’t feel a thing on the boat if they are in deep water
I haven’t seen Survivor this season, but I wouldn’t worry even if the location is Samoa. Those shows are taped WAY in advance, so all the contestants and TV crew are probably back home here on the American mainland by now.
And the busses...
Just spoke to my wife in Apia Capital of Samoa, she and 3 kids are fine but were terrified when the house shook violently for nearly 5 mins, paintings fell from walls, louvres popped from windows, the main door that was locked popped open. Severe after shocks. Local radio reporting that water levels have dropped around the coast, indicating maybe a wave will arrive soon. Most people have left the coast and moved to higher ground
Surf’s Up!
Continued prayers for safety in Samoa.
Hope your family is headed for the hills
yea, only 10 feet but it depends upon how steeply the island goes into the water. the more gentle the slope, the larger the wave (it has time to build)..
Not to worry.
On the open sea most tsunamis, no matter how large when they hit shore, are barely noticeable.
sw
Tsunami hits American Samoa
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_au_an/as_pacific_earthquake
AP
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A tsunami swept into Pago Pago (Pan-go, pan-go) in American Samoa shortly after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 shook the Pacific area.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or structural damage.
Fili Sagapolutele, who works at the Samoa News, says water flowed inland about 100 yards before receding, leaving cars stuck in mud.
BREAKING BNO TWITTER FEED_
TSUNAMI-Villages on Samoa’s Upolu “flattened” by earthquake;10 foot tsunami also hit Samoa:”
This year’s Survivor series is in Samoa.
Are they still there, or all done with filming and gone?
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