Posted on 03/11/2011 8:07:22 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
This is a tsunami update for Friday morning at 530.
An evacuation order remains in effect for Hawai’i. Damaging waves have been reported in Kailua-Kona We continue to monitor ocean conditions.
For your information all Hawai’i County offices and facilities will be closed today. This includes all Parks and Recreation facilities not used as evacuation centers and all beaches.
Bus services will run on a limited schedule, please call 961-8556 for more information
Again, an evacuation order remains in effect. All Hawai’i County offices and facilities will be closed today. This includes all Parks and Recreation facilities not used as evacuation centers and all beaches.
Bus services will run on a limited schedule, please call 961-8556 for more information.
Stay tuned to this radio station for updates.
Thank you.
Oh oh, there goes Odumbo’s birth certificate, washed out to sea.
What is 10th set?
Whoa...had no idea it was that bad there. From reports I’ve heard it was a little beach damage.
Reminds me of when Shep stood in the street in downtown NOLA after Katrina saying New Orleans got spared the worst of it. Not that it will be THAT bad in Hawaii- just saying first reports..are often inaccurate.
Prayers.
It all depends upon the underwater topography and the shape of the coast.
mayor is asking folks to “ stay home , stay off the roads , let the first responders do their jobs and assess the situation “
Advance tsunami warning system worked very well , evacuations really helped , probably saved lives .
” unless you absolutely , positively HAVE TO travel , stay home “
Meanwhile tourists walking around taking pictures and picking up fish in downtown Kailua-Kona .
At this time , yet another big surge is hitting up & over thew seawall , and now water pulling back revealing the reef .
sucking the lookie-loo’s out ?
Leo, I’m in Hilo. My brother-in-law just bought a condo in the Kona Alii between the Islander Inn and Lava Java. 2nd floor unit. Do you happen to know the surge there? Thanks for your reports thus far.
Hilo is especially susceptible.
Lahaina Maui may have been washed clear thru by the waves ,
ocean on hwy at the top side of town
I’m listening to this Hawaiin radio station (Island 98.5) making fun of the alarmists in Hawaii. They are saying how they are sitting back and watching the show....??
Just damn...so did we. Our rental was less than 25’ from the water....looking west...prayers up for all those affected.
Contrary to how Holywood protrays them a Tsunami is not one huge wave that crashes ashore. It is actually a series of energy waves that hit in multiple waves ones after the other over a period of time.
The 10th set means the 10th energy wave.
Imagine dropping something in your bathtub -- you know how it generates a series of concentric rings/ripples in the water after it hits. That is the same as a tsunami -- each ring/ripple is a wave or 'Set'.
anyone that is making fun of this event is a total asshole
this will be huge
I stand corrected
It is not the energy in the tsunami that increases over distance, the energy actually dissipates from point of origin over a wider arc as the “ripple” travels
But a combination of conditions such as the dynamics of the triggering event and coastal topography and tide, can amplify the effect of the tsunami on some areas, into huge surges or even breaking waves, even after the energy travels thousands of miles
I think what we saw in Sendai was the surge being channeled up a river, which amplified its destructive force on those poor people
They have a really nice shoreline park there thats testimony to that.
2nd floor unit should be ok , once they can clean up the roads , Alii Dr.
King Kam Hotel got water in its lobby
coastal Kona will be shut down all day today .
Napo’opo’o got it real bad
man oh man, anyone who goes beach combing during a tsunami alert and sees the sea pulling back and exposing the reef- better RUN
they obviously didn’t watch the films from Thailand
or the (exaggerated) movie “Deep Impact”
entire houses pulled down at Napo’opo’o , cars flipped over , severe damage
I agree...a couple of idiots....young and stupid. Listen to them...
Thanks for posting updates.
PuuHonua Rd. to City of Refuge closed , Manini Beach under water
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