Tsunami Warning for Hawaii, First Wave at 11:19 a.m. HST, 10-15 Foot Waves; Advisory for West Coast

Saturday, February 27, 2010 | Kristinn/ NWS

[Guenevere]

I don't know how God will bring about the 'end times' exactly...

..but I suspect there will be multiple catastrophic events we can't even imagine.

[Danae]

No, they will bend around obstacles. Think of a rock in a pond, it creates a ring right, so it expands in a arc. When it comes upon shallow water it rises up, the water has to go somewhere. As it “hits” land the wave around that land slows down, making the wave appear to bend, and then it reflects back off of the land shelf. Think of a pylon in a pond, that wave hits the pylon, wraps around and reflects back off of it all at the same time.

[winoneforthegipper]

Also not known if already posted, possible Tsunamie times on the west coast from California to Alaska.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2010/hawaii.2010.02.27.134754.txt

[deport]

Hawaii under tsunami warning

By JAYMES SONG Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press
Feb. 27, 2010, 8:05AM
EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hawaii braced Saturday for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning — its highest alert — for Hawaii, where incoming waves could cause damage along the coastlines across the island chain. A warning was also in effect for Guam, American Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands.

The first waves were expected to arrive in Hawaii at 11:19 a.m. Saturday (4:19 p.m. EST).

A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands. Authorities in Australia did not issue a warning, but asked residents to stay away from the coast.

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Feb 27 2010 8:06AM David Lillo / AP
Vehicles that were driving along a highway that collapsed during the earthquake near Santiago are seen overturned on the asphalt Saturday Feb. 27, 2010 after an 8.8 -magnitude earthquake struck.

[spectre]

The keep reporting Tsunami Warnings are going to be sounded at 11:19 am HST...

Good grief, I'd say the warning has already been "sounded"...

[rbmillerjr]

To give you an idea...go to youtube and search 1960 Chile Tsunami...one of the links is a simulation showing wave travel from that earthquake.

Scarey stuff.

[FromLori]

Thanks hennie pennie did you hear about a earthquake in chile?

I don’t see that my husband thought he heard that I’ll have to look for it

[Las Vegas Ron]

After giving a little more thought and seeing the map at 33, I can see that now.I remember an after shock in the Northridge quake, a big one, I was sitting down at a table looking out the window at the park across the street when it hit.

The ground actually looked like it became a body of water with swells going through it, most amazing thing I've ever seen.

[annieokie]

Hawaii webcam sites:

http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/wme.asp

http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/multimed/waikiki.asp

This one is in front of the Duke Kahanamoku Statue only.

[Danae]

Gives you a sense of just how irrelevant Man is to the Earth doesn’t it?

[Las Vegas Ron]

Scarey stuff.

Indeed, did you see how many vids are up already regarding this current event?

Amazing.

[tubebender]

Do you know FReeper fish hawk?

[BIGLOOK]

Looks like I'll be movin' in the next few hours. CD is blowing the sirens at 0600 and the evacuation will begin.

First wave expected between 1104 and 1119.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Certainly does.

The power of nature is something to behold....AGW....riiiiight!

[Eye of Unk]

The Tsunami warning sirens will go off in about 50 minutes from now at 6am HST, the expected first waves will be just after 11am HST.

[rintense]

Where are the vids?

[rintense]

Where are the vids?

[Danae]

http://www.surfline.com/reports/report_fullspotlist_cameras.cfm

A list of surf cameras.

[Danae]

http://www.tsunami.org/maptool.html

A Tsunami map tool to assist people in finding if they are in an evacuation area.

[metmom]

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