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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
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 Tue Sep 29, 09 1:59 pm Hawaiian Tsunami warning |
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woah!
Issued by The National Weather Service
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, HI
8:06 am HST, Tue., Sep. 29, 2009
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0805 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009 COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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Onad
Since 04 Mar 2005
1435 Posts
Coast<<PDX>>Gorge
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 2:02 pm |
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Crap!  I mean, surfs up! 
Update: Tsunami watch for Hawaii is cancelled
NOAA is sure slow on updating their web site. Reuters has current info:
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Tuesday canceled a tsunami watch for Hawaii triggered earlier by a magnitude 8.0 quake off the Samoa islands.
"Based on all available data, a major tsunami is not expected to strike the state of Hawaii," the Center, part of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said in a bulletin.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
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Pepi
Since 16 Jun 2006
1832 Posts
Pure Stoke Sports
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tonski
Since 11 Jun 2005
332 Posts
NW Portland
Obsessed
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 2:53 pm |
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| NOAA just upgraded to tsunami warning for Oregon coast - yikes!
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Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
2627 Posts
The 503
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 3:14 pm |
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Yeah, no joke in American Samoa either....20 reported deaths. Here's the NOAA advisory for the ORCO.
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
323 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009
ORZ001-002-300900-
NORTH OREGON COAST- CENTRAL OREGON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK... PACIFIC CITY... LINCOLN
CITY...NEWPORT...YACHATS...FLORENCE
323 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009
...TSUNAMI ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON
COAST...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TSUNAMI ADVISORY FOR THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WATCH OR WARNING IN EFFECT. REPEAT NO WATCH OR
WARNING IS IN EFFECT. NO SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BE PRODUCED BY THESE WAVES. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS OF THE COAST COULD
EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CURRENTS AND SURGES IN HARBORS AND BAYS DUE TO
THIS TSUNAMI. COASTAL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE
WATER, OFF THE BEACH, AND AWAY FROM HARBORS AND MARINAS. WAVE
HEIGHTS AND CURRENTS ARE AMPLIFIED BY IRREGULAR SHORELINE AND ARE
DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.
PREDICTED ARRIVAL TIMES OF THE ONSET OF THE SEA LEVEL RISES ARE
CHARLESTON, OREGON 928 PM
SEASIDE, OREGON 1001 PM
THE SEA LEVEL RISES COULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE INITIAL
WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE GREATEST SEA LEVEL RISE MAY NOT BE
UNTIL AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE INITIAL ONSET. THE LARGEST RISES
ARE EXPECTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 25 CENTIMETERS (OR 6 TO 10
INCHES).
MARINERS IN WATER DEEPER THAN 600 FEET SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY A
TSUNAMI.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4911 Posts
Portland
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marybear
Since 06 Aug 2007
75 Posts
thehood
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 6:10 pm tsunami charts |
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creepy i was looking at the tsunami evacuation charts at lincoln city this past week
wondering when one might strike again, its nice to live on a sweet river
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tautologies
Since 24 Aug 2006
602 Posts
Oahu
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 6:45 pm |
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Bad for the low islands. Fire dept. came down the beach, I guess to check it out. I didn't notice anything...well except a kick ass session on a 7.5 cult 
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Bokeh
Since 07 Feb 2008
104 Posts
Vancouver, WA
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Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
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| Tue Sep 29, 09 9:48 pm |
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| i suppose if the warning horn hits you could always kite out to sea and just wait for the tsunami swell to pass under you, then when all shit has hit the fan onshore, you can make your way back and ask "hey what happened here?"
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Yardsale
Since 29 Mar 2005
387 Posts
Portlanastan
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| Wed Sep 30, 09 8:35 am |
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....this one is carrying the Swine Flu....run for your lives
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