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I just heard on the radio that the Navy is moving seaworthy vessels OUT of Pearl Harbor, in preparation for the arrival of the tsunami.
The radio also said that Hawaii (the island) would get hit 30 minutes BEFORE Oahu.
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just picked up my chainsaw from Rod's Saw Shop
his FIL's boat is the only one left in the harbor, tanks removed for repair maintenance on the 42 ft. sailboat.
Told him he'd best hope his insurance agent is asleep and call him, wake him up and triple the coverage on said boat.
look like she's liable to get washed, bumped and hosed.
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Kind of looks like the good lord going to take this old world and shake it up a little. Show who boss
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"nother quake in Argentina just a bit ago according to Fox news. 6 something magnitude I think they said.
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Small tsunami is supposed to pass through here any minute. We are protected bu Protection Island at the mouth of Discovery Bay.
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"nother quake in Argentina just a bit ago according to Fox news. 6 something magnitude I think they said. All sorts of after-shocks going on, I guess. Tough deal...
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We decided not to go clam digging today because we didn't want to have the lowest tide in several hundred years, only to get flooded out when it all came back in. Don't know how much water we ended up having at the beach here after all was said and done. Should go turn on the news and check again. Watched it til about 5pm and hadn't heard of anything unusual.
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Small tsunami is supposed to pass through here any minute. We are protected bu Protection Island at the mouth of Discovery Bay. Yep it was HUGE over here! Wait for it 20cm high. What a major fizzer!
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It was funny,watching the heads on cnn in hawaii.Any minute now,it'll be here. tick,tock,tick,tock.Any minute,now.
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Actually, given the history of Tsunami's and earthquakes in the Pacific, the warning was warranted. Such things should not be viewed in hindsight. Now the media sitting around apparently hoping for a disaster to occupy them for weeks, different matter. Hawaii
Earthquake History Much of the early record of Hawaiian earthquakes comes from the diary of Mrs. Sarah J. Lyman, a missionary's wife at Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii. Mrs. Lyman began her account in 1833 and continued it until her death in 1885; this record was then continued for eleven more years by her descendants. About four or five earthquakes per year were reported.
On February 19, 1834, a strong shock threw down stone walls, stopped clocks, upset bottles, and sloshed milk out of half-full pans. Standing and walking were rendered difficult. A similar earthquake occurred on December 12, 1838. No volcanic activity was noted for either event.
On March 27, 1868, whaling ships at Kawaihae on the west coast of Hawaii observed dense clouds of smoke rising from Mauna Loa's crater, Mokuaweoweo, to a height of several miles and reflecting the bright light from the lava pit. Slight shocks were felt at Kona on the west coast and Kau on the flanks of the volcano. On the 28th, lava broke out on the southwest flank and created a 15-mile flow to the sea. Over 300 strong shocks were felt at Kau and 50 to 60 were felt at Kona. At Kilauea the surface of the ground quivered for days with frequent vigorous shocks that caused lamps, crockery, and chairs to spin around as if animated. One shock resembled that of a cannon projectile striking the ground under the proprietor's bed, causing him to flee, according to the narrative published by C. H. Hitchcock in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America in 1912. Between March 28, 1868, and April 11, over 2000 distinct shocks were felt at Kona.
The main shocks struck on April 2, at 4:00 p.m., and again on April 4 at 12:30 a.m. A magnitude of 7 3/4 was estimated for this earthquake (by Augustine Furumoto in his February 1966 article on the Seismicity of Hawaii in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America) based on the extent of intensity reports. Instrumental recordings, the usual basis for computing magnitudes, were not available at this early date. The shock was felt throughout the islands as far as Niihau some 350 miles away. The ground rolled like a ship at sea and many walls tumbled down. A landslide three miles long and thirty feet thick swept down the hill carrying trees, animals, and men. Thirty-one people and thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and goats were killed in the one slide. A seawave struck the coast from Hilo to South Cape, being most destructive at Keauhou, Puna, and Honuapo; 180 houses were washed away, and 62 lives were lost to the wave alone. A 10-foot-high wave carried wreckage inland 800 feet. Not a house survived at Honuapo. A stone church and other buildings were destroyed at Punaluu. Maximum wave heights were 65 feet, the highest observed on Hawaii to date. (More on this earthquake.)
An intense earthquake occurred on January 22, 1938, with a magnitude on 6 3/4 and a maximum intensity VIII on Mauna Loa. The epicenter, located under the ocean about 40 miles east of the island of Molokai, was about as far north as earthquakes occur in the Hawaiian chain. On Maui there was general panic with people rushing from theaters. Flashing lights were reported by many. Landslides blocked roads and cut water pipes. Several reservoirs and water tanks were damaged. A chimney fell and a transformer was thrown down at Hana. Windows were broken and walls were cracked at Kula.
It was felt widely on the other islands with some damage on Molokai (pipes broken), Lanai (bottles thrown from shelves), Oahu (organ pipes out of sockets at Honolulu and the seismograph at the University was dismantled), and Hawaii (dishes broken, some chandeliers fell). The earthquake was distinctly felt by two ships at sea.
A severe earthquake occurred on August 21, 1951, and had a maximum intensity of IX and a magnitude of 6.9. Scores of homes were wrecked or damaged on the Kona coast on the west side of Hawaii. Rocks fell from cliffs, causing a 12-foot wave. A landslide covered the famed Pali Kapu o Keoua burial grounds of Hawaiian royalty. Cracks six inches wide opened on th coastal highway. Walls of churches were thrown down in Hookena and houses moved from their foundations at Napoopoo and Kealakekua. Telephone service was out through most of the area. The collapsing of water tanks along the dry Kona coast faced with a two-month dry season made it necessary to truck water from Hilo.
Scores of small earthquakes are reported felt each year.
Hawaii is also exposed to another earthquake threat. In addition to the tectonic and volcanic local earthquakes it is a frequent victim of tsunamis from distant earthquakes. The Catalogue of Tsunamis in the Hawaiian Islands by George Pararas-Carayannis list 85 tsunamis since the earliest reported in 1813 or 1814, of which 15 have caused significant damage. Only four of these, including the 1868 earthquake and tsunami described above, have originated near Hawaii. Most have orginated in the northwest Pacific and near South American coasts.
In 1837 an earthquake in Chile sent waves 20 feet high against Hilo, Hawaii. Initially the sea receded and several were drowned by the returning wave while they were attempting to collect fish stranded on the exposed sea bottom. In all, 62 people were killed and over a hundred homes were destroyed.
The most destructive tsunami in Hawaii occurred on April 1, 1946, following an Aleutian Islands earthquake. Waves 55 feet high, crest to trough, struck the northeast coast of Hawaii. At Hilo, 173 were killed, 163 injured, 488 buildings were demolished and 936 more were damaged. Damage was estimated at $25 million. The waterfront was washed out and breakwater and wharves badly damaged.
This tragic loss of life prompted the formation of the Tsunami Warning System so that Hawaii and the countries bordering the Pacific would never again be surprised by the large destructive waves.
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Let me know if any of you guys were hit by the tsunami -i'll send you some money ...
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Let me know if any of you guys were hit by the tsunami -i'll send you some money ... Cool. I was. Plate dropped in the sink last night while doing dishes. I got drenched, the kitchen floor and counter was soaked. I'll be traumatized for life if you don't send massive donations now.....
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Big Bertha, a Rosie O'Donnell look alike, did a cannon ball in the pool last summer, I almost drown! I am traumatized for life, will never swim again. I'm a certified SCUBA diver and now I'm afraid of water. I need financial support. 7 Mil should do it.
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I finally got around to sterilizing all the old milk jugs in the house yesterday before filling them with clean water to store away for the upcoming spring flood. Knocked one off the counter and spilled half of it on the kitchen floor. The resulting wave washed my dog halfway to the back hall and left mounds of rotting garbage and corpses of generic third world people in grotesque positions by the davenport. (I didn't know the people had been living under the sink. The garbage, well, I'm a bachelor, so maybe have been a bit lax about housekeeping...) I'm in Boise - keep the money local. This is Idaho, so personal checks are fine... P.s. Might want to include some extra just for the irony of the situation.
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How far is it from Chile to Hawaii? Maybe 8000 miles? Has to be a long way. I find it amazing that something that happened in Chile could have had a significant effect on Hawaii.
Just hard to imagine..
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liquid, being incompressible, is a very efficient transmitter of energy. For example, when the Scorpion sank it's position was triangulated from SOSUS listening stations over 1000 miles away, from what I understand.
As far as a Tsunami, They know an energy wave is there, but do they have an accurate estimate of the energy it carries very quickly? Can they calculate how the currents of the ocean will effect it? How about the compression factors as it approaches shore, which causes the actual wave?
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I was always impressed by the knowledge that sound travels five times faster in water than in air. Also, while we're off the subject...being under 33 feet of water is as heavy as being under the 80,000 feet of our atmosphere. Scuba 101.
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Yep the Tsunami turned out to be another Y2K event.....
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Yep the Tsunami turned out to be another Y2K event..... Not on Robinson Crusoe Island! +1 on the transmission of energy. I think the big (deadly) tsunami at Hilo (1960?) was from a Chilean quake. Ocean mechanics is a pretty weird physical science. Sycamore
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There are just too many variables to calculate the hydrodynamics of a Tsunami, especially quickly. In this case, better safe than sorry.
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