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Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
Re: Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
Best coverage is on KGMB/KHNL/KFVE, with their live camera looking at Hilo Bay. You can see the water going out of the bay and more of the rocks and beach being exposed. Incredible, seeing the changes minute to minute. Also cameras showing changes Kona side. Everything seems to be happening 30 to 45 minutes later than first predicted, so assuming that's correct we have another hour or so here on Oahu.
EDIT: I was writing this as Helen posted and didn't see that one, posted a minute before mine. Amazing photos, eh, Helen?
Re: Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
WOW! Look at that surge coming inside Hilo's Coconut Island, to the right of the bridge! And look how the water has risen on that beach to the left of the bridge just in the past minute!!! Maybe a 2' rise in one minute!
Re: Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
Those currents in Hilo are running at around 15 knots.
In the past couple of minutes I'm now seeing changes in Kaneohe Bay. Water level is dropping and the stupid boats that anchored in the bay are swinging with the changes.
Wait... now the water is coming back IN, just in the few seconds sinced I typed the stuff above!
It's starting.
Re: Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
I'm about a half mile from the shoreline here on the East side of the Big Island just outside of Hilo. It's really a nice day
I'd love to go down to the cliffs and snap a few pics but the police is about a block down the road denying access to that area. We're packed and ready to evacuate (been ready since 5am). So far it's very peaceful out here.
Out where I live it's open ocean and we get a lot of big surges on rocks. At night it sounds like a constant roar of a distant jet plane. Ironically right now it's relatively quiet.
Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.
Re: Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Warning for Feb. 27, 2010
Well, it looks like we dodged the bullet this time. No large tsunami waves as of now, just those amazing surges. I won't say it's over, as tsunami incidents happen in pulses and series. It'll be hours, if not a day or two, before we can say we're totally safe. And whether or not we get tsunami waves, the pulses cause bizarre currents that make swimming/surfing/kayaking/etc. dangerous and that will definitely last for at least a day.
Kudos to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the various emergency responders and the media for doing a fantastic job. This was like a drill, but it was real. An excellent test of how we'd do and what needs fixing and tweaking.
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