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
Ok, couldn’t wait. I called V and woke her up, she hadn’t heard anything! No news, no sirens. No warnings. ack!!!
Live cam of Honolulu just went blank on my computer.
Yo Tubebender, what’s happening up there?
I haven’t heard from FishHawk yet. Big Look aka Jack is probably in evacuation mode at this time.
The Haiti Earthquake, Japan yesterday, 7.2 and now the 8.8 Today...
GOD is trying to get all of our attentions!
Luke 21:25
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
Prayers for all in these perilous times!
It’s all part of the same system. It makes perfect sense if you look at a world map, which I did. It would hit a bunch of small islands before getting to Hawaii. Maybe that would slow it down some before reaching Hawaii? I don’t know, just wondering.
“All the more reason to protect our internet access I say, because if its Federalized we would be totally dependent on them, as they want us to be.”
Amen Brother!
Tsunami sirens went off at six. Packing up some things for evacuation as I am only seven feet above sea level. Not emergency evac as yet but heavy warnings in the air. Will keep you informed unles it really takes out this place and I lose the computer. I’m invited to a friends house only a couple miles away but higher than the danger area. May be later this after noon before I can get back here. I will keep you informed as things unfold. I say again, it is not for sure as yet, only heavy warnings.
I hope they are OK, the sirens will be going off at half hour intervals.
Hawaii TV2 Live streaming report [MS Player link]
mms://a642.l7309558641.c73095.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/642/73095/v0001/reflector:58641
Try to keep online if you can, when you post put a capitalized header like “FISH HAWK IN HAWAII” or so, that way everyone will see it up front, take care.
Hi my family and i live in Samoa, thanks for that post, we have had some sirens going off, and getting texts from everybody, we live up high inland from coast, but are still recovering from last September’s Tsunami with 240 dead.
As can be expected everybody takes these warnings seriously.
God is in control.
I suspect he may not be pleased with some of the things going on, on this earth ... .
Obama comes to mind as well as other godless leftists ....
Did you see the damage to that road? sheesh!
Are you sure about that?
God Bless you and all of our brothers and sisters in Hawaii and ll affected by this tsunami.
The 6.3 is land locked. No tsunami on it, except for lakes, reservoirs, and swimming pools.
They are rather unnerving though. Next full moon is 11:38 a.m., 28Feb10. Of course the Mars Express makes its closest approach to Phobos on 3 Mar. Maybe ‘they’ are warning us to back off. <;^(
My teen daughter and I were at a small town in west Texas getting gas. The sirens went off for a tornado warning. She looked at me with eyes as big as saucers. She had never heard air raid sirens before. I just said,,,”oh my god, those are only in case of nuclear war.”
She went pale ,,then i started to laugh. A Dad’s humor is the *best*,,,
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