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
Lots of cameras all pointed toward the shore...FOX has been showing several webcams ...waiting.
From Twitter:
Forecasters predict arrival of tsunami waves on California coast about 1:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET)
am i reading that right and La Jolla is coming up on a “scheduled” very low tide? That’s best-case timing if accurate.
KGMB:
Police and Rescue will move inland at the 11AM Siren. And sadly, a whole bunch of morons will stay.
Thanks, I’m watching it, just blew my html to share the link.
Time for a new doc.
(((((HUGS))))
Naw... I just need a spill cker
“We are counting on the public to follow all the instructions of our emergency personnel,” said Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle. “Anyone who is ordering you to evacuate you need to take it seriously. We need you to evacuate in an orderly fashion.
Lingle expressed confidence in the state’s preparations, adding that early indications are that Maui might be hit harder than Honolulu.
“Every county is very prepared, whether it’s issues of the homeless or the visitors, the airports. I think everyone is playing the role that they are assigned in this knid of emergency,” she said.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had been briefed and was monitoring developments from Vancouver, where she is leading a U.S. delegation for the Olympics.
Four Hawaii-based U.S. Coast Guard cutters prepared to get underway to ride out the tsunami at sea, and the service planned to reposition aircraft at low-lying Air Station Barbers Point near Honolulu to be able to respond if big waves hit, officials said.
Lingle declared a state of emergency, a step aimed at making needed resources available, including the National Guard, which was on standby, Ichishita said. Several water pumping stations that are in low-lying areas are also being shut down to prevent equipment from being damaged by flooding, she said.
OMG, FOX just showed a clip of the rotating warning siren and a whole bunch of birds were flying and dropping out!
:-) Hmmm, strawberry and chili???? Whatever floats your boat (no pun intended) Well, better hurry-——it’s after noon now.
Now compare Lingle and the 2 Mayors with Blanco and Nagin.
Good grief. Night and Day.
Guidelines for creating a disaster preparation kit, streamed video reports via UStream and a live Twitter feed are at http://hitsunami.info/.
“Safeway is beginning to run out of bottled water. LINES all the way through the store to check out. GAS LINE AT 7-11 blocks n blocks long,” Twitter user Kelly Mitchell in Honolulu, Hawaii, reported at 5 a.m. (10 a.m. ET).
An hour earlier, she posted: “We will head to higher ground. We live on the ocean so we aren’t safe at home.”
The city and county of Honolulu has links to evacuation maps for the island of Oahu. Links to maps for all the islands are at http://hitsunami.info/.
PER TWITTER:
Tsunami underway in Gisborne, New Zealand, water receding
Gisborne harbour
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