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It appears that an 8.8 magnitude Earthquake has hit Chile. This is a massive Earthquake. I hope all our seti friends and family in Chile are safe. ![]() In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
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Yeah It seems to have damaged buildings in the Capital Santiago too, And hit their roads, Shades of Oakland. Wow. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 ![]() The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 ![]() |
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Hawaii is getting gas and supplies and evacuating to higher ground as the wave is expected there at 4pm EST. Sirens in Hawaii warn of possible tsunami ![]() CNN wrote: Asked by CNN affiliate KHON whether it was possible Hawaii wouldn't see any effect from the earthquake, McCreery said, "No, I wouldn't say that's possible at all. I think there's no chance we'll see no effect from this event. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake.hawaii/index.html?hpt=C1 ![]() The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
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At least 122 Dead in Chile so far. ![]() The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
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Chile got hit by their Big One or nearly, We live on a very active ball of rock and sometimes It takes lives. :o The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 ![]() |
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Oops... New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defense is warning of up to 1m waves along the entire New Zealand east coast. That's better than a wave that could be 3 to 4 times that in size, As Hawaii is in the waves sights and They have less than 1 hour before It hits, I hope everyone has evacuated who has to. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
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Seems like to much Bad News anymore. My heart goes out to all of victims. ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
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Too bad the Hilo webcam's down... |
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Aloha Tower, Honolulu-- So fat nothing there has happened, It was supposed to hit at about 1:05pm PST, But so far, nothing, Honolulu harbor is quiet, Some people are still there driving about. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
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Honolulu faces West-- Hilo faces East... |
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Honolulu faces West-- The direction one faces doesn't matter with these type of waves, Tsunamis efficiently wrap around coastlines or any bodies of land that they meet. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/28warning.html http://www.answers.com/topic/tsunami The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ![]() |
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I wouldn’t expect to see much of anything in Hawaii. In deep water, this will just be a little 2 or 3 foot ocean swell while normal tidal and weather forces produces much larger swells. (I’ve sailed small boats through swells as large as 30 ft without much trouble. Exciting, yeah, but not particularly dangerous.) It is when these tsunami swells hit the shallow water of a continental shelf that things get ugly. Then, all the energy gets concentrated into one place. Hawaii has no shelf around it so the raise in water levels will be less than the normal tide. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
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That's why I grabbed the Honolulu feed-- but I thought they could be more "powerful" facing the epicenter... |
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I wouldn’t expect to see much of anything in Hawaii. Sounds good-- (knock on silicon)... |
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That's why I grabbed the Honolulu feed-- It is not so much which direction you are facing so much as wave height and wavelength. In Hawaii I wouldn't expect anything more exciting that watching the tide roll in. [edit] In fact, if the initial estimates are right, it already passed Hawaii. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
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Just had a thought: As has happened after the Haitian earthquake a few months ago, we will all be bombarded with requests for money for earthquake relief. Which is good, just be careful which organizations you give money to. This sort of thing appeals to the scam artists and criminals who use it as a way to take money from folks who think that they are doing good. Stick with long established relief agencies (personally, I recommend the UN, but that is just my bias) and look carefully into the creds of any organization before you had over your donation. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
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