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okojo

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13. Just read about the Waipio Valley, and the 1946 Tsunami or the 1960 Tsunami...

Reply to Hydraulico (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 08:13 PM

Sep 2015

There is a reason for Tsunami Warnings, even on the West Coast of the Big Island.. I remember the 2010 Chile Earthquake when I was on the Big Island, and people had a right to feel terror, given how Tsunamis have killed many Hawaiians.

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@CBSNews: BREAKING: Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after 7.9 magnitude quake in Chile. m.twitter Hissyspit Sep 2015 #1

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WTF?...they think Hawaii is off the coast of Ecuador? zeemike Sep 2015 #16

Don't laugh. A tsunami can travel thousands of miles at incredible speeds gregcrawford Sep 2015 #17

What I was laughing at was they were pointing to the Galapagos Islands zeemike Sep 2015 #18

HA! I missed that. There were so many clips at that link... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #22

They are not much on science either Brother Buzz Sep 2015 #25

Every time there is a tsunami warning... Hydraulico Sep 2015 #2

What? Beaverhausen Sep 2015 #4

Yeah, like that time four years ago . . . hatrack Sep 2015 #5

Interesting uppityperson Sep 2015 #10

The post you're replying to was part of the "post building" phase. cyberswede Sep 2015 #24

Aw dang, I missed the OP and fallout. uppityperson Sep 2015 #26

After the 2011 quake off Japan its tsunami hit California Retrograde Sep 2015 #12

Just read about the Waipio Valley, and the 1946 Tsunami or the 1960 Tsunami... okojo Sep 2015 #13

You might want to google Tsunamis before you say any more. Marrah_G Sep 2015 #15

Try 1964 Alaska Earthquake and Cresent City California PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #19

Just 15 foot waves in Coquimbo muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #21

If you happen to take science in school, please look at the evidence of the thousands of Sunlei Sep 2015 #27

USGS Reporting 8.3 hatrack Sep 2015 #3

Wow Hissyspit Sep 2015 #6

Shakemap starroute Sep 2015 #7

Tsunami warnings starroute Sep 2015 #8

Good grief! Thanks for the information. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2015 #11

Alerts for sections of California coastline too. hunter Sep 2015 #20

Chile seems to get a lot of the world's incredibly violent earthquakes. Ace Rothstein Sep 2015 #23

More updates here (No live feed): Little Tich Sep 2015 #14

The tsunami has reached Japan Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #28