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Japan - Tsunami warning issued after 8.3 magnitude earthquake
AP News Alert | January 12, 2007

Posted on 01/12/2007 8:53:22 PM PST by HAL9000

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1 posted on 01/12/2007 8:53:24 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Just got this paged to me on my cell phone. Another big one in the area, eh?


2 posted on 01/12/2007 8:54:26 PM PST by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: kingu

Surf (and prayers) up!


3 posted on 01/12/2007 8:54:59 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: HAL9000

Yep, thats gonna cause some wave action...


4 posted on 01/12/2007 8:55:48 PM PST by BladeLWS
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To: bd476

Ping!


5 posted on 01/12/2007 8:56:42 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: HAL9000

quakes above 7.5 can make tsunamis.

I wonder if it could hit hawaii? or is the quake on the far side of japan from it


6 posted on 01/12/2007 8:57:12 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: HAL9000; bd476

PINGING!

Just recieved an advisory via 911 on the scanner to all units.

I wonder why my NOAA radio has not sent out an advisory?

Also no e mail notice of the quake like I usually get.

The USGS is calling it a quake in Russia east of Kuril Islands.

Oh there went my e mail ping for the USGS notification.


7 posted on 01/12/2007 8:57:38 PM PST by Global2010 ( I am just ole Lab dog with my head stickin' out the window and my ears a flappin' in the wind.)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Praying everything's okay with you!


8 posted on 01/12/2007 8:57:53 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: HAL9000

9 posted on 01/12/2007 8:58:06 PM PST by zarf
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To: Mount Athos

Oh man, my son is at Misawa AB and I think it's in Northern Japan. Geez, I'm gonna call him right now.


10 posted on 01/12/2007 8:58:21 PM PST by pctech
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To: HAL9000

USGS shows it as only 7.7 so far


11 posted on 01/12/2007 8:58:35 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: HAL9000
Just don't blame me.
12 posted on 01/12/2007 8:58:46 PM PST by Godzilla (When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.)
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To: HAL9000

8.3, that'll make a few waves.


13 posted on 01/12/2007 8:58:52 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: HAL9000

Tsunami Warning
Orange County Coastal Areas (California)
PZZ750-655-650-673-670-555-535-530-550-455-450-356-353-350-255-
250-210-110-156-153-150-130>135-170-PKZ031>036-041-042-043-011>
013-021-022-051-052-053-125>129-121-120-CAZ039>046-087-034-035-
515-514-509-508-006-506-505-002-001-ORZ022-021-002-001-WAZ503-
506>511-001-514>517-021-AKZ023-024-026>029-018>022-025-017-135-
131-125-130533-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO SEWARD
ALASKA
...TSUNAMI ADVISORY STATEMENT...
NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO SEWARD
ALASKA
SELECTED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIMES FOR INFORMATION AND REFERENCE ONLY.
THESE TIMES DO NOT INDICATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED.
YAKUTAT-AK 0147 AKST JAN 13 NEAH BAY-WA 0432 PST JAN 13
SITKA-AK 0147 AKST JAN 13 CHARLESTON-OR 0440 PST JAN 13
LANGARA-BC 0156 AKST JAN 13 CRESCENT CITY-CA 0444 PST JAN 13
VALDEZ-AK 0156 AKST JAN 13 SEASIDE-OR 0445 PST JAN 13
CORDOVA-AK 0207 AKST JAN 13 WESTPORT-WA 0451 PST JAN 13
KETCHIKAN-AK 0254 AKST JAN 13 SAN FRANCISCO-CA 0530 PST JAN 13
JUNEAU-AK 0309 AKST JAN 13 SANTA BARBARA-CA 0539 PST JAN 13
TOFINO-BC 0320 AKST JAN 13 LA JOLLA-CA 0603 PST JAN 13
$$
TSUNAMI WARNINGS ARE ISSUED DUE TO THE IMMINENT THREAT OF A TSUNAMI.
WARNINGS CAN BE BASED SOLELY ON SEISMIC INFORMATION... OR BASED
ON CONFIRMATION THAT A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE WAVE HAS OCCURRED.
COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA WHO ARE NEAR THE BEACH OR
IN LOW-LYING REGIONS SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY INLAND TO HIGHER
GROUND.
TSUNAMI WATCHES ARE ISSUED AS AN ADVANCE ALERT TO AREAS THAT
COULD BE IMPACTED BY A TSUNAMI. THE WATCH WILL BE EITHER
CANCELLED OR UPGRADED TO A WARNING. POPULATIONS IN A WATCH AREA
SHOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT.
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL
ISSUE MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC
OUTSIDE THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED EVERY HALF HOUR OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. THIS TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL
TIMES.
$$
000
WEPA41 PAAQ 130433
TSUWCA
BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
833 PM PST FRI JAN 12 2007
...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
COASTAL AREAS FROM NIKOLSKI ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...
...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALASKA COASTAL
AREAS FROM SEWARD ALASKA TO NIKOLSKI ALASKA...
...AT THIS TIME THIS MESSAGE IS ADVISORY ONLY FOR OTHER
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - AND ALASKA...
EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A
TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW-
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF
WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.4
TIME - 1923 AKST JAN 12 2007
2023 PST JAN 12 2007
0423 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/ca.html#CAZ042.AAQTSUWCA.04:33:00


14 posted on 01/12/2007 8:59:07 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
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To: HAL9000

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0434Z 13 JAN 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. /
TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI / CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU /
JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII


15 posted on 01/12/2007 8:59:55 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: All

Its on USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php

Looks to be in fairly deep water south of the Kamchatka Peninsula. So yea a tsunami at Hawaii is a possibility.


16 posted on 01/12/2007 9:00:01 PM PST by BladeLWS
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To: bnelson44

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0434Z 13 JAN 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. /
TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI / CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU /
JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII

FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.4

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME





RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0456Z 13 JAN
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0539Z 13 JAN
MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0551Z 13 JAN
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0551Z 13 JAN
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0552Z 13 JAN
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0539Z 13 JAN
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0614Z 13 JAN
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0627Z 13 JAN
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0746Z 13 JAN
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0847Z 13 JAN
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0717Z 13 JAN
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0813Z 13 JAN
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0817Z 13 JAN
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0839Z 13 JAN
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0902Z 13 JAN
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0912Z 13 JAN
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0944Z 13 JAN
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1001Z 13 JAN
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0924Z 13 JAN
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0935Z 13 JAN
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0937Z 13 JAN
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0939Z 13 JAN
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0945Z 13 JAN
LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 1003Z 13 JAN
SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 1026Z 13 JAN
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 13 JAN
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1040Z 13 JAN
ZAMBOANGA 6.9N 122.1E 1136Z 13 JAN
MANILA 14.6N 121.0E 1146Z 13 JAN
ILOILO 10.7N 122.5E 1159Z 13 JAN
PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 118.8E 1215Z 13 JAN
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0959Z 13 JAN
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1003Z 13 JAN
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 1008Z 13 JAN
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 1023Z 13 JAN
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 1041Z 13 JAN
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 1058Z 13 JAN

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg


17 posted on 01/12/2007 9:00:12 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: HAL9000

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0434Z 13 JAN 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

WAKE IS. / MIDWAY IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / MARSHALL IS. /
TAIWAN / YAP / POHNPEI / CHUUK / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE / BELAU /
JOHNSTON IS. / HAWAII

FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.4

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME





RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0456Z 13 JAN
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0539Z 13 JAN
MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0551Z 13 JAN
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0551Z 13 JAN
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0552Z 13 JAN
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0539Z 13 JAN
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0614Z 13 JAN
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0627Z 13 JAN
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0746Z 13 JAN
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0847Z 13 JAN
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0717Z 13 JAN
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0813Z 13 JAN
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0817Z 13 JAN
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0839Z 13 JAN
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0902Z 13 JAN
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0912Z 13 JAN
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0944Z 13 JAN
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1001Z 13 JAN
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0924Z 13 JAN
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0935Z 13 JAN
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0937Z 13 JAN
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0939Z 13 JAN
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0945Z 13 JAN
LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 1003Z 13 JAN
SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 1026Z 13 JAN
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 13 JAN
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1040Z 13 JAN
ZAMBOANGA 6.9N 122.1E 1136Z 13 JAN
MANILA 14.6N 121.0E 1146Z 13 JAN
ILOILO 10.7N 122.5E 1159Z 13 JAN
PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 118.8E 1215Z 13 JAN
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0959Z 13 JAN
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1003Z 13 JAN
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 1008Z 13 JAN
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 1023Z 13 JAN
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 1041Z 13 JAN
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 1058Z 13 JAN

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.


18 posted on 01/12/2007 9:00:31 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Mount Athos

ONLY 7.7 is pretty stout!


19 posted on 01/12/2007 9:00:43 PM PST by muffaletaman
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To: HAL9000; bd476

8.3 is STRONG!


20 posted on 01/12/2007 9:01:29 PM PST by onyx (DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
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