Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
On the radio KFI LA..
Heck, even New Jersey had a quake the other day. Not that it's unheard of, just odd.
CNN has more staff populating the globe...more equipment.
FOXNEWS is forced to run the same 15 second video loop OVER and OVER and OVER....
That’s a good map. Thanks for posting. My son was on the Gold Coast of Australia, but is now in Cape Town, South Africa and it doesn’t seem that they will be affected at all.
I actually think FNC is getting worse at this if thats possible. Probably depends on time of the week and location.
Does anyone have a contact email we could send FOX? I’ve looked and I can’t find one. Bulls and Bears (and they led it with breaking news...because the dems are going ahead with the dem plan)? I mean...REALLY FOX?
Having to watch cnn, too. Ick.
Same here in Lima. Such “enlightened reporters”, where’s the barf-bag? What crap Inglish TVNews. Wish FNC would get a push on to get on international to replace the klintoon/nobama chanel.
Did not feel anything in the wee hours here, would liked to have been close enough to playa to check out the wave.
# Tsunami waves as far away as Hawaii could last six to 10 hours - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center 4 minutes ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
Hawaii Buoys
A good friend of our daughter’s lives in Chillian, just north of Concepcion. Our daughter met her when she was a fellow ski instructor at Park City, UT, a few years back, and visited her there last summer. Prayers up for Zarella and her family.
I agree. When stuff happens on the weekend its impossible to get news from them. It's like they are on auto-pilot.
Hate to admit it, but CNN is excellent in their coverage. Explaining, with great detail, tsumani.
I sent them an email- yourcomments@foxnews.com
They only need to get people along the immediate coast a few miles inland or up to higher ground. No need to actually leave the island. Tsunamis kill when you are not aware they are coming, hence the extensive Pacific tsunami alert network (the Indian Ocean had no such network in 2004, hence the millions that were surprised).
Makes a person wonder what their agenda really is, in times of catastrophe is when the real colors show. Fox, shame on you!
CNN is doing a VERY good job right now.
CNN: 100x stronger than Hiroshima atomic bomb.
CNN all over it, why doesn’t fnc want the ratings???
It appears Juan Fernandez Island has been washed away.
I agree.
Reminds me of 9/11.
Freeping and watching CNN.
# Hilo Airport closing ahead of tsunami arrival in Hawaii - KHNL-TV half a minute ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
The National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning for Hawaii and a tsunami advisory for the West Coast of the United States.
A NWS spokesman on CNN says it is estimated the tsunami waves will be 10 to 15 feet high when they hit Hawaii. The tsunmi waves could last up to six hours.
Recent buoy reports of wave heights vary from 5 to 16 feet.
Latest statement on Hawaii:
BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
148 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT
A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.
SNIP
EVALUATION
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.
THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010
The NWS has also issued a tsunami warning for most of the Pacific region:
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1147Z 27 FEB 2010
Here is a local report on the West Coast tsunami advisory:
A tsunami advisory has been issued for the California coast, including Del Norte County, following a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the central coast of Chile at 10:34 p.m. PST Friday.
The forecasted arrival time for Crescent City is 1:46 p.m. PST Saturday, however tsunamis can be dangerous for many hours after arrival, and the initial wave is not necessarily the largest, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says.
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI
Actually- there’s plenty they could do- get meteorologists in there or on the phone- scientists from various places- they don’t have to have on the ground coverage. CNN is simply calling reporters or connecting via social networks.
It’s not that FOX can’t cover this- look how well they did with Iran last summer. It seems willful on their part.
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