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Tsunami Warning for Hawaii, First Wave at 11:19 a.m. HST, 10-15 Foot Waves; Advisory for West Coast
Saturday, February 27, 2010 | Kristinn/ NWS

Posted on 02/27/2010 4:37:11 AM PST by kristinn

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: banzaipipeline; catastrophism; chile; chileearthquake; earthquake; hawaii; pipeline; sunsetbeach; surfsup; tsunami; waimae
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To: kristinn

Hope the birth certificate survives the waves...


141 posted on 02/27/2010 7:55:38 AM PST by dubie (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: Grunthor; All
I'm listening to Hawaii radio LIVE and people are asking dumb questions to the radio hosts..

The solution to everyone's problems seem to be to head to higher ground.

These people are waiting to get it together to find out where the evacuation centers are.

The hosts are saying it's possible it will generate a HILO quake, like before.

142 posted on 02/27/2010 7:55:51 AM PST by spectre ( Spectre's wife)
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To: Eye of Unk

Dial a Buoy?

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml

Only in America!...lol


143 posted on 02/27/2010 7:55:51 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: hoagy62

Location Lat. Lon. Time Amplitude
———————————— -—— ——— -——— -—————

Talcahuano C 36.7S 73.1W 0657UTC 1.84M/6.1 FT
San Felix Ch 26.3S 80.1W 0832UTC 0.81M/2.7 FT
Caldera Chil 27.1S 70.8W 0746UTC 0.52M/1.7 FT
Coquimbo Chi 29.9S 71.3W 0902UTC 1.27M/4.2 FT
Iquique Chil 20.2S 70.2W 0851UTC 0.30M/1.0 FT
Antofagasta 23.3S 70.4W 0956UTC 0.46M/1.5 FT
Ancud Chile 41.9S 74.3W 0943UTC 0.34M/1.1 FT
Corral Chile 39.9S 73.4W 1012UTC 1.54M/5.1 FT
Callao La Pun 12.1S 77.2W 1029UTC 0.66M/2.2 FT
Baltra Ecuad 0.4S 90.3W 1251UTC 0.35M/1.2 FT
The tsunami advisory for the U.S. west coast, British Columbia,
and Alaska indicates that strong currents are expected at the
shoreline with potentially some minor inundation. Preliminary
tsunami amplitude forecasts at select points are:
La Jolla, CA 0.7M/2.3 FT Los Angeles, CA 0.6M/2.0 FT
Mailbu, CA 0.8M/2.6 FT Pt. San Luis, CA 0.7M/2.3 FT
Half Moon Bay, CA 0.8M/2.6 FT Crescent City, CA 0.5M/1.7 FT
Port Orford, OR 0.2M/0.7 FT Morro Bay, CA 0.7M/2.2 FT
Santa Monica, CA 1.0M/3.3 FT

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/02/27/725245/09/message725245-09.htm


144 posted on 02/27/2010 7:56:33 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: winoneforthegipper

All the more reason to protect our internet access I say, because if its Federalized we would be uninformed, as they want us to be.


145 posted on 02/27/2010 7:58:21 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: kristinn

My sister in law just arrived in Hawaii yesterday for vacation. She’s staying at a yurt thing on some beach away from civilization.

Been trying to call her but since it’s only 6am she probably isn’t awake yet and her phone may not work where she is anyways.


146 posted on 02/27/2010 7:58:54 AM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: kristinn; ASA Vet

I just got this freepmail from Jack, aka Big Look:

“Thanks Dave, packing a few things now, evacuation begins around 0600. Got a lot of conflicting reports on wave size but the evac is a go.”

Prayers up for our Freepers, Big Look, Fish Hawk and others and the people in Hawaii.


147 posted on 02/27/2010 8:00:50 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: Domandred

The sirens should be activated right about now in Hawaii.


148 posted on 02/27/2010 8:01:01 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Without getting overly geeky on you, the “bending” property of waves is part of how the wave/particle duality of light was discovered and sorted out.


149 posted on 02/27/2010 8:01:33 AM PST by NVDave
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To: Eye of Unk

I just read a post on another site by someone who is in Hawaii that the alarms are sounding now.


150 posted on 02/27/2010 8:02:32 AM PST by tsmith130
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To: Eye of Unk

They are, you can hear them in the background on a CNN report.


151 posted on 02/27/2010 8:02:44 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Grampa Dave

CNN is showing live from Hawaii right now, the sirens are sounding for evacuation.

People are looking outside, its still dark there.


152 posted on 02/27/2010 8:03:03 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: Eye of Unk

Sirens going off NOW...listening/watching on KHNL TV online.


153 posted on 02/27/2010 8:03:10 AM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hoagy62

How frightening would it be to awake to the sounds of those sirens, not knowing what has taken place while you slept?


154 posted on 02/27/2010 8:04:08 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Trust but Verify

Oh gosh yes...


155 posted on 02/27/2010 8:05:21 AM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: Trust but Verify

I would think everyone has heard them before during testing, being a tourist destination they will want things organized, going to be a busy day for the next 5 hours I think.


156 posted on 02/27/2010 8:05:54 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: kristinn
Hawaii prepares evacuations ahead of tsunami
157 posted on 02/27/2010 8:06:06 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Danae

It’s good to have a big warning on something like this. Long ago, they would have had no idea what was coming.


158 posted on 02/27/2010 8:06:56 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: Eye of Unk

Thanks fyi.

I was going to ping you re Big Look’s message.


159 posted on 02/27/2010 8:07:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Does 0b0z0 have any friends, who aren't traitors, spies, tax cheats and criminals?)
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To: NautiNurse

Surf’s Up!


160 posted on 02/27/2010 8:08:50 AM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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