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Caribbean tsunami warning issued after Haiti quake
AFP/YahooNews | 1/12/10

Posted on 01/12/2010 2:26:40 PM PST by Kartographer

A US government agency on Tuesday issued a tsunami warning for countries bordering the Caribbean sea, after a powerful 7.3 quake rocked Haiti.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; eq; haiti; haitiearthquake; haitiquake; haitiquake2010; usgs
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1 posted on 01/12/2010 2:26:42 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

BTTT


2 posted on 01/12/2010 2:29:25 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Kartographer

Haiti? I didn’t know that area was particularly active.


3 posted on 01/12/2010 2:30:31 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
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To: Kartographer

Heard of FOX NEWS that a hospital in Haiti collapsed.


4 posted on 01/12/2010 2:31:01 PM PST by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
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To: Kartographer; cll

AGGGGGRRHHHH!!!! MY GRANDMA & DAD LIVE IN OLD SAN JUAN!!!


5 posted on 01/12/2010 2:31:07 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: Kartographer

Get to high ground! BUMP


6 posted on 01/12/2010 2:31:52 PM PST by Delta 21 (If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
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To: Kartographer; NYer

Dearest Mother-in-law is visiting Piarco, Trinidad.

Hopefully 40-something ft above sea level will be sufficient.

Prayers for entire region pinglist.


7 posted on 01/12/2010 2:33:27 PM PST 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: Kartographer
Red=Last Hour
Blue=Last Day
Yellow=Last Week

Size of square=magnitude.


8 posted on 01/12/2010 2:33:29 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Puerto Rico? Right?


9 posted on 01/12/2010 2:33:51 PM PST by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Prayers up!


10 posted on 01/12/2010 2:34:41 PM PST by Dacula (Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
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To: don-o

Yup! Right on the water.


11 posted on 01/12/2010 2:35:42 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: Yo-Yo
Note that the epicenter is 10 miles SW of Port Au Prince, which is not in the ocean. This may lessen the the chances of a tsunami.
12 posted on 01/12/2010 2:35:51 PM PST by halo66
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Well this says the warning is for the Caribbean except for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100112/ts_afp/haitiquaketsunami


13 posted on 01/12/2010 2:37:02 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
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To: halo66
5.9 aftershock just occurred.
14 posted on 01/12/2010 2:37:29 PM PST by halo66
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I’ve been there many times. Just thinking how far above sea level old San Jan is by Cristobal and El Morro. Pretty high,yes? The rest of the island would seem to be more at risk.


15 posted on 01/12/2010 2:37:40 PM PST by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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To: Straight Vermonter

BTTT !!


16 posted on 01/12/2010 2:39:48 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Kartographer
Shows what I know. Looks like Puerto Rico in particular has been hit with many the last several weeks at least.


17 posted on 01/12/2010 2:40:37 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
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To: VeniVidiVici

USGS site says no tsunami warning has been issued.


18 posted on 01/12/2010 2:41:04 PM PST by glennaro
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This says the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center will handle reporting for areas outside of PR and the Virgin Islands.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/01/12/333319/01/message333319-01.htm

And here is the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/


19 posted on 01/12/2010 2:47:10 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Gasoline is up 100% since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. Thanks, Democrats!)
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To: Kartographer

My co-worker (and good friend) is on a cruise with her family down there right now.

Prayers for everyone in the region.


20 posted on 01/12/2010 2:48:50 PM PST by Constitution Day
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