tsunami sirens going off in Honolulu!!!

[msongs]

just came on a 7:56 pm local time

[msongs]

1. tv station text link....

http://www.kitv.com/news/hawaii/Tsunami-warning-issued-for-Hawaii-10-28-p-m-expected-arrival/-/8905354/17164020/-/9r4uix/-/index.html

[greyl]

3. Woah, 3 to 6 ft wave. Good luck.

edit to clarify: That wasn't sarcasm.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. I hope nothing comes of it

Hilo got whacked by a tsunami from the 1960 Chilean earthquake, but that was a 9.5. The tsunami from the M 9.2 Alaskan earthquake brought a 12-foot high tsunami to Hilo. But hopefully nothing will come from this earthquake.

[darkangel218]

2. CNN has it on Live

Hopefully won't be too big

[Kurovski]

5. Heard them refer to it as "The real thing" so I'd take it seriously

But more details would be nice.

"visible tsunami, headed in right now"

[msongs]

6. gone off several times now. waikiki is abuzz lol. hope it doesnt mess up our art show tomorrow nt

[Fearless]

7. 3-6 feet my ass...

The "wave" that hit British Columbia was 0.3ft high. And this is the projection by NOAA...

[Suich]

13. I'm watching CBC (Canadian) and that's what I thought.

They've switched from a "warning" to an "advisory." Any waves they've talked about have been measured in centimeters.

Not sure what's going on in Hawaii.

[applegrove]

8. The earthquake was off the coast of British Columbia. Tidal Wave there measure 21 cm (8 inches)

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/canada/Tsunami+warning+after+earthquake+coast/7459520/story.html

[Fearless]

9. To quote...

"David McCormack, Director of Hazards Information Services for the NRC, said that this is a "small tsunami," measuring at last tally 43 centimetres from peak to peak, or 21 cm from baseline to peak.

"That's a wave smaller than what you would see in your bathtub, " he said, adding that such waves in confined spaces like ports can still cause a lot of damage, or can pick up steam as they travel."


And yet the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has this to say:

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
WINTER HARBOUR BC 50.5N 128.0W 0413Z 0.23M / 0.8FT 30MIN
DART 46404 45.9N 128.8W 0417Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 20MIN
LANGARA POINT BC 54.2N 133.1W 0424Z 0.20M / 0.7FT 26MIN
DART 46419 48.8N 129.6W 0346Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 12MIN

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.0613

[underseasurveyor]

10. Yes but are those 'at sea' measurements?

Wave height will grow exponentially as it gets closer to land.

[Fearless]

12. Only two of them are.

Even 0.8 feet isn't much to write home about. It'll knock a few boats around.

[Tx4obama]

11. CNN is talking 'meters' and 'kilometers'

I wish they would talk English


1 Meters (m) = 3.2808398950131 Feet (ft)

1 mile = 1.6093440km

1in = 2.5400000cm

[Mr.Bill]

16. The earthquake happened in Canada so it is a metric earthquake.

[applegrove]

14. Island in British Columbia that was supposed to get tsunami 1 hour after the

earthquake did not get a tidal wave, just maybe higher regular waves. CTV News.

[msongs]

15. live tv honolulu stream here

http://www.khon2.com/content/mediacenter/livestream.aspx

[ProudProgressiveNow]

17. K&R for those who need to be safe! nt