* PACIFIC TSUNAMI -- Villages on Samoa's Upolu "flattened" by earthquake;

[J. Worthington]

10 foot tsunami also hit Samoa: http://news.bnonews.com/upti less than a minute ago

[MrDaddyLongLegs]

The danger on the north coast of Samoa is that there is only one road and very few going inland away from the coast, 90% of Samoans live within 1/2km of shoreline in that area and difficult to get away quickly

[penelopesire]

He gets on my last nerve too. He and that woman he has on with him are so catty. They immediately turned to bashing Sarah Palin like schoolyard bullies and I changed the channel. I can’t stay on that channel more than 2 minutes without getting heartburn...lol

[Allegra]

Oh, you mean like in war - keep politics out. Got it. Thanks for setting me straight.

This isn't a war, this is a natural disaster.

I was just having a couple of drinks with some friends tonight and one of them is Samoan.

I don't think he knows about this yet...

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

The wave heights are all sketchy some are saying 10 feet but the big one hasn’t hit yet?

I hope and pray they are all small waves.

[txhurl]

I just happened to be freeping - as txflake - when the ‘04 9.0 EQ hit. This kind of feels the same... bad.

[TaraP]

TSUNAMI EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ZEALAND - COROMANDEL ISSUED WARNING................

[Kimberly GG]

If New Zealand is threatened, isn’t Australia? My son is on the east coast.

[jobim]

Hawaii Civil Defense just cancelled tsunami watch for us. It didn’t generate a wave that will impact us.

[JPG]

I've just talked to my son, who's a City and County of Honolulu lifeguard, to get an update. He's working a tower on Waikiki Beach today and he told me that when and if they get the word from the Captain it's ‘move ‘em all out’, get all the people over the road and then the police take over from there.

[dirtboy]

The main difference here is that the Pacific basin has long had major tsunami warning assets and awareness of the potential for bad tsunamis. In 2004, the Indian Ocean did not.

[SE Mom]

Glad to hear that!

[J. Worthington]

From a New Zealand site:

Civil Defence warnings throughout NZ (Source: ONE News)

ONE News

Civil Defence organisations all over New Zealand are issuing tsunami warnings after an earthquake off Samoa.

Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence is telling residents to keep away from beaches and residents of Te Kaha, East Cape have been instructed to go to high ground.

Police at Tolaga Bay are on high alert and expecting waves before 10am.

[SpinnerWebb]

http://matarangibeach.com/matarangicam.html

[rwfromkansas]

When has Hawaii received a tsunami.

It must take a 9.5 to ever hit Hawaii with a significant tsunami, I swear.

[J. Worthington]

Spinner - where is this beach - great cam link - Thank you.

[dirtboy]

1960 Hilo Tsunami

[doug from upland]

ditto

[Boiling Pots]

Bedbugs at that hotel. Good location on the beach though, the snorkeling is fantastic.

[txhurl]

NZ's North Island

[SpinnerWebb]

about here

The Matarangi Beach Cam is looking out to the top of the Mercury Islands with Cuvier Island in the distance