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Re: Tsunami


From: Shon Elliott <shon () unwiredbb com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:09:08 -0800

The tsunami center has cancelled the warnings for Hawaii (so I just heard from
fox news). I guess it's really nothing, now. Who knows with how many aftershocks
might be generated from that 8.8 EQ.


-S



Jeff Shultz wrote:
On 2/27/2010 3:36 PM, Scott Weeks wrote:
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It wasn't anything.  Stood on the cliff above Pipeline (famous surf
spot) and couldn't tell if the water washing up the beach was normal
winter surf or a tsunami.  Other parts of the island may have seen
more, though.  Resonance is everything with these types of waves.

Many cables land at Kahe on the west side of Oahu and Kawaihae on the
Big Island, the opposite side of the islands from the direction of the
wave.  No calls from the NOC, so no trouble AFAIK...  ;-)

scott

   

Last time I checked, Pipeline was on the north side of the island, was
it not? Activity coming from Chile would be on the east and southern sides.

Nonetheless, based on television coverage it basically "sloshed" in and
out a lot without any real damage being done. Didn't even look like it
really got past the beaches from what I could see.



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