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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:19 AM
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Tsunami advisories for Hawaii and West Coast US
This is serious. Word is that the islands off Chile were hit with 40m waves (according to CNN).
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:21 AM
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1. Warnings for Australia and New Zealand
Damn!
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:25 AM
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2. Do you have a source for that?
Edited on Sat Feb-27-10 06:26 AM by eShirl
my DH is currently chatting w/ a friend on Australia's Gold Coast...


also, k&r!
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:28 AM
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3. here is a link

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued also warned of a “potential tsunami threat; to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island".

Any potential wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it added.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7043637.ece
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:35 AM
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4. thank you.. looks like our friend is withing the potential warning area
eeek... at least they will have more warning than the people in Chile...
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 06:43 AM
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5. Yep Chile has
already been hit by both the massive quake and the tsunami. I wonder about Peru and Ecuador and Colombia.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-27-10 07:15 AM
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6. According to CNN waves in Hawaii will be 10-15ft
Pacific islands better take precautions
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