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

Posted on 09/29/2009 12:39:37 PM PDT by J. Worthington

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To: MrDaddyLongLegs

Looks like some decent sized aftershocks in the 5.6 - 6.0 range too.


81 posted on 09/29/2009 1:21:53 PM PDT by J. Worthington
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To: J. Worthington

Yes, here are the ones above 5

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php


82 posted on 09/29/2009 1:23:48 PM PDT by AdmSmith
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To: J. Worthington

all the fones have just crashed,


83 posted on 09/29/2009 1:24:21 PM PDT by MrDaddyLongLegs (You dont need any qualifications to be a Politician)
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To: MrDaddyLongLegs

We are relieved to hear your family is ok.
I know New Zealand is on tsumami watch too
are you on south coast of Australia?


84 posted on 09/29/2009 1:24:52 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: J. Worthington


85 posted on 09/29/2009 1:26:38 PM PDT by txhurl (Re-founding kids: Giles and O'Keefe.)
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To: txhurl

Are we about an hour into this now?


86 posted on 09/29/2009 1:27:19 PM PDT by J. Worthington
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To: J. Worthington

I know reports are sketchy but I heard 20 and 32 foot waves hit.


87 posted on 09/29/2009 1:27:33 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: dirtboy

That’s only about 10 feet off the 2004 one.

The reports here are looking worse....


88 posted on 09/29/2009 1:27:58 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Rome2000

not funny.


89 posted on 09/29/2009 1:28:56 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Rushmore Rocks

I was switching around the channels when the news broke and caught David Schuster on MSNBC saying that ‘people will be glad to hear that the waves are so small’(paraphrase). The expert he was talking to had to straighten his stupidity out by pointing out what 4 meters was and how tsunami’s come in seperate waves,build upon each other and how dangerous this situation actually was. I couldn’t believe how irresponsible the little queenie boy was being. That channel is truly the pits in every way.


90 posted on 09/29/2009 1:29:40 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: J. Worthington

6:48 am local Samoa time- so about 2 hours and change? Or is my math off...


91 posted on 09/29/2009 1:29:55 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Due to start hitting the NEW ZEALAND EAST CAPE at 2044Z, 15 minutes from now.

Pappetee in French Polynesia at 2045Z...


92 posted on 09/29/2009 1:30:22 PM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: MrDaddyLongLegs

Cell phones? Land lines?


93 posted on 09/29/2009 1:30:32 PM PDT by txhurl (Please God make this not very terrible)
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To: MrDaddyLongLegs

wife just reported radio saying north coast resorts hit cars washed out most fones from that area are down and cant get information, emergency in Apia still effective


94 posted on 09/29/2009 1:31:26 PM PDT by MrDaddyLongLegs (You dont need any qualifications to be a Politician)
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To: penelopesire

Schuster hits every button I have- I detest him.

How does a fool like this have a job?


95 posted on 09/29/2009 1:31:28 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: txhurl

* URGENT — New tsunami warnings and watches issued as threat from deadly Pacific earthquake continues: http://news.bnonews.com/upti less than a minute ago


96 posted on 09/29/2009 1:31:28 PM PDT by J. Worthington
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To: J. Worthington

Pacific Tsunami warning center has it hitting the East Cape of New Zealand in about 10 minutes or so.


97 posted on 09/29/2009 1:31:30 PM PDT by incredulous in PA
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To: J. Worthington

A witness told Radio New Zealand that villages on the south-east coast of Samoa’s Upolu had been flattened by the earthquake and that police were moving people to higher ground. It also said that a 10 foot (3 meter) tsunami struck its coast, a spokeswoman for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was not immediately able to confirm that.

Shaking near the epicenter reportedly lasted up to three minutes.

A number of aftershocks also hit the area after the initial earthquake. “We are seeing a lot of activity in the area,” a spokesman for the United States Geological Survey said, who also warned that more stronger aftershocks should be expected. So far, three moderate earthquakes have been recorded with preliminary magnitudes of 5.6, 5.6 and 5.8.


98 posted on 09/29/2009 1:32:19 PM PDT by J. Worthington
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To: txhurl

That is a very helpful pic. Thanks for posting.


99 posted on 09/29/2009 1:32:31 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: dirtboy

They were saying earlier it was just 10 feet, which while bad....is pretty tame compared to 2004.

But, 23 feet is not good at all....easily sweep away houses, everything.


100 posted on 09/29/2009 1:33:14 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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