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TSUNAMI ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S.

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:34 am
by Mr. Belvedere
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wf ... %20WARNING



EVALUATION
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
WARNED AREA. 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.

EXPECTED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SUCH THAT DANGER IS LIMITED TO
THOSE IN OR NEAR THE WATERFRONT. AN EXTREME INUNDATION IS NOT
EXPECTED IN THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE. ASSOCIATED
CURRENTS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2

TIME - 1924 AKST JAN 12 2007
2024 PST JAN 12 2007
0424 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM

[web]http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wf ... %20WARNING[/web]

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:49 pm
by PSUFAN
Is Toddowen among the imperiled?

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:56 pm
by Mister Bushice
We can only hope that if the Tsunami hits, it takes out his computer above all else.

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:03 pm
by Atomic Punk
Wow. The earthquake originated near Japan and off the Kuril Islands. Time to move to Nebraska.

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:01 pm
by smackaholic
PSUFAN wrote:Is Toddowen among the imperiled?
sorry to disapoint you, but, while tod is coastal, it is the wrong one.

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:59 pm
by Wolfman
has the Oregon coast checked in ??

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:37 am
by LTS TRN 2
West Coast here. Flat as a lake, no surf. That is all.

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:47 am
by The Assassin
Well lets hope this Tsunami hits next tuesday as I will be in the San Diego area this weekend.

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:46 pm
by JeffintheCuse
Maybe the tsunami will save Raider nation and sweep Al Davis out to sea.....

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:36 pm
by poptart
My hatches have been barren since this *WARNING* thread was posted.

Safety first.

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:48 pm
by Mister Bushice
Toddowen wrote:
PSUFAN wrote:Is Toddowen among the imperiled?
So the instant you hear "tsunami" you think "Toddowen"....OK:meds:

DECK SCREWS
Pretty much any natural disaster that might go Kervorkian on you, yep.

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:56 am
by The Assassin
JeffintheCuse wrote:Maybe the tsunami will save Raider nation and sweep Al Davis out to sea.....

One can only hope.

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:24 am
by socal
poptart wrote:My hatches have been barren since this *WARNING* thread was posted.

Safety first.
jtr will be pleased.

:lol: