Tsunami heading towards Hawaii @ 4:05 EST

**Fighting_falcon_51** · 02-27-2010, 03:28 PM

http://hitsunami.info/

Wave arrival estimates:
11:05 a.m. Hilo, 11:20 a.m. Maui, 11:35 a.m. Oahu, 11:50 a.m. Kauai, 9-12 ft. surge estimates.

All state parks closed. Hilo airport closed at 6 a.m. All vessels are asked to evacuate state harbors. City bus service is running with additional busses available. USPS delivery WILL commence for areas outside of emergency zones. All ILH events postponed. OIA events will not proceed. Kamehameha Ho'olaule'a will proceed. Unconferenz 2010 postponed.

Closed: Piikoi & Ala Moana Blvd. is shut down, UH Manoa, Hilo, West Oahu, KCC, HCC, LCC, Academy of The Pacific, Hawaii Baptist Academy, Ala Moana Center, Ward Centers, Windward Mall, Aloha Tower Market Place, Royal Hawaiian Center, Polynesian Cultural Center, Wet N Wild Hawaii, Costco Hawaii Kai & Iwilei, Hawaii Photo Rental, CPB and ASB banks closed, ATMs only.

Disaster Preparation Kit
Food - 5-7 days worth per person. Water- 5-7 days worth per person, drink, sanitation. Medication, toiletries, important papers. Batteries, flash lights, cell phone chargers, first aid kits, toilet paper, rice, essentials.

Emergency phone numbers »
State Civil Defense - (808) 733-430 | American Red Cross - (808) 734-2101 | Emergency - 911

**wunaladreamin** · 02-27-2010, 04:31 PM

Watching the coverage now. Looks like Cali might get one too. Water has receded in Long Beach to where there was once water with boats floating harmlessly at dock, now the water is gone and the boats are resting on a new found land.

**PhilDernerJr** · 02-27-2010, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by wunaladreamin

Watching the coverage now. Looks like Cali might get one too. Water has receded in Long Beach to where there was once water with boats floating harmlessly at dock, now the water is gone and the boats are resting on a new found land.

Yeah, that's not a good sign.

**Matt Molnar** · 02-27-2010, 05:52 PM

Looks like Hawaii got some 3 foot surges, nothing too terrible. Very interesting watching the live footage of the bays draining out, though.

Washington/Oregon are under the gun at this hour.

**Fighting_falcon_51** · 02-27-2010, 09:24 PM

Japan and Russia now have Tsunami warnings.

**jerslice** · 02-28-2010, 01:29 AM

Washington/Oregon are under the gun at this hour.

Safe to say we're all still here :-)

Dodged a bullet though, especially Hawaii

**wunaladreamin** · 02-28-2010, 08:53 AM

Tsunami warnings canceled throughout the Pacific basin. Looks like everyone dodged a bullet. It was wild to see the drainage of water on the Cali coast though, and the eventual appearance of sand bars in Diamond Head too!

**cancidas** · 02-28-2010, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by wunaladreamin

Tsunami warnings canceled throughout the Pacific basin. Looks like everyone dodged a bullet. It was wild to see the drainage of water on the Cali coast though, and the eventual appearance of sand bars in Diamond Head too!

that's what i haven't been able to find video of... link?

**wunaladreamin** · 02-28-2010, 12:02 PM

Was watching it live on FoxNews and CNN yesterday.

**PhilDernerJr** · 02-28-2010, 12:07 PM

An ok surge video sowing a stream that gets reversed.

**MarkLawrence** · 02-28-2010, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Phil D.

An ok surge video sowing a stream that gets reversed.

The power of water - never underestimate it!

**AirtrafficController** · 02-28-2010, 01:49 PM

The Civil Air Patrol launched nine aircraft in Hawaii Saturday to warn coastal residents of an impending tsunami. The wave was formed by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Chile and resulted in tsunami warnings for much of the Pacific Ocean from Russia to Australia. The quake hit about 3:34 a.m. Chile time and by 6 a.m. local time CAP crews in Hawaii were in the air. “Eighty percent of the shoreline in Hawaii does not have a fixed base siren,” said Hawaii Wing Commander Col. Roger Caires. “CAP aircraft are the only resource for issuing tsunami warnings, via a speaker system attached to the outside lower portion of their plane’s fuselage.”

The CAP crews are looking for anyone near the shore who may not have heard warnings through radio and television broadcasts. The tsunami warning function is central to CAP's role in Hawaii and crews are well trained in carrying out the mission. They all have predetermined routes to cover and had about five hours to get the word out. Early reports from Hawaii indicated virtually everyone on the islands had evacuated to high ground in anticipation of the tsunami.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Ha ... 088-1.html