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I think the Japanese earthquake will give a little tsunami... to where I have a boat tied up...

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by amm0bob, Mar 8, 2011.

  1. amm0bob

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    The earthquake off the coast of Japan is now said to be with an underwater landslide...

    I think that factor alone with the magnitude indicated is enough of an indicator to have a minor tsunami hit the west coast...

    sometime around 5 am... give or take an hour... cause I'm not looking at anything yet other than what I figure off the top of my head... and I am intoxicated...


    I will call John to take the boat out of the dock.

    Magnitude 7.2 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

    http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/09/lhrrnh/02/ttvulhrrnh-02.jpg
     
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    K OK... if it does come and it hits LA it will be a little longer... but just a couple of hours...
     
    #2 amm0bob, Mar 8, 2011
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    I think I may have to worry a bit? Nope all clear did some mid post researching.

    http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=0

    000
    WEHW42 PHEB 090255
    TIBHWX
    HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-090455-
    TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
    NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
    455 PM HST TUE MAR 08 2011
    TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
    SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT
    THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
    AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
    ORIGIN TIME - 0445 PM HST 08 MAR 2011
    COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 143.3 EAST
    LOCATION - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
    MAGNITUDE - 7.2 MOMENT
    EVALUATION
    BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
    NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
    DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
    TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
    THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
    ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.


    http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14214035

    HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An 7.2 magnitude earthquake has occurred off the northern, east coast of Honshu, Japan.

    The quake was about 200 miles offshore at a depth of 6.2 miles and struck at 11:45 a.m. local time, which is 4:45 p.m. in Hawaii.

    There was also a magnitude 6.3 aftershock.

    There are no reports of damage or injuries.

    No destructive widespread tsunami threat is expected based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, according to the country's meteorological agency.

    A 20-inch tsunami was expected to hit the coast line but there are no reports of the wave reaching shore.

    There is no reported tsunami threat to Hawaii.

    Copyright Hawaii News Now 2011. All rights reserved.

    That's good to know there is nothing to worry about this to time.
     
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    Two feet above tide... not so bad... 5 feet... where I'm tied off maybe...

    I'm still telling him to take it out of the marina...
     
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    I think they were referring to the Japanese coast, but they could have wrote it better.
     
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    It's the SUPERMOON! you fools, flee for your very lives! :eek:

    We're DOOMED! DOOMED I tell you, I feel a song coming on in my heart. . .

     
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    It's like drunk-dialing, Bob... expect to get teased later. :p
     
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    Why wait Sis... I can take a little ribbing... :D


    Gary said he took the boat out an hour after I called... and put it back in the water after 9am... he said it didn't go up more than two feet above tide...

    It was a good drill...
     
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    Wonder if Bob is having the boat taken out of the marina again?
    Might have to worry about this one. I am outside of the Tsunami exclusion zone but the road leading in and out of my side of the island is not.

    http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/index.php

    Keep updated here^^
     
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    Yes I did call em... they think it will be a lot bigger than the 2 foot one the other day...

    I have a house in Brookings Or with beach access too... although it is up on the bluffs though...
     
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    When I originally posted this... I had thought I'd mentioned the 72 hour window of a larger quake event that is possible... I'll blame it on the hooch for my lack of diligence... but I was at home and I didn't have to drive or care for someone...

    That hypothesis that was put forth several years back is gathering more collective evidence of a valid predictor of possibilities in larger tectonic events.
     
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    Sometimes a good bluff is all it takes to win.:D
     
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    Bay area is due for one ....
     
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    Yes it is... I think it will be north of the Bay though... however, that part of the fault is "guarded" by an active (thus fluid) system nearby and has some additional slippage that south of the bay doesn't, so it has imparted a delay of the tectonic release of pressure that the south part of the western fault systems do not have... the geysers...
     
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    Could be that Luner Perigee thing!
    Hopefully the hangover was easy, and you kept the boat out of the water:D.
     
    #16 KK6PD, Mar 12, 2011
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    Ain't that on the 19th...

    Oh...

    What hangover Bra...

    I was intoxicated...



    I understand lots of folks lost a lot... some are dead...


    I am lucky to live where I do... many others were not.
     
    #17 amm0bob, Mar 12, 2011
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