Tsunami wave hits Kona, Hawaii

[mahina]

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I've been away from DU for a few days, so hope this isn't repetitive.

Not celebrating his actions...this guy is an idiot, and is lucky he got out of there.

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[slackmaster]

2. All the damn fools who go to the water's edge to photograph tsunamis provide great entertainment

:kick:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. if he had stepped down into that water as it retreated he would have been sucked out to sea

[slackmaster]

7. I rescued a man from a strong but conventional rip current in the Pacific Ocean once

Maybe one of the best things I've done in my life. The guy was a member of the swim team of an Ivy League eastern college, and he was minutes from drowning when I found him. He had no understanding of the mechanics of rips. There is an easy way to get out of a rip current. Not so with a tsunami.

[DeSwiss]

4. "Not celebrating his actions...this guy is an idiot, and is lucky he got out of there."

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_17593201">Exactly

- K&R

[SemperEadem]

5. I agree...

had his silly ass got sucked out to sea, I guess he'd have been happy.

there is a reason why they tell people to get away from the water when tsunamis are imminent.

[Charleston Chew]

6. Republican Budget Cuts for Tsunami Warning Centers

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GOP Budget Cuts Would Lead to Furloughs at Tsunami Warning Centers, Undermining Their "Ability to React"
by: Kevin Donohoe
Saturday 12 March 2011


Congressional Republicans' 2011 budget would slash funding for government agencies directly responsible for issuing tsunami warnings and severely reduce the government’s capacity to track and respond to these disasters, the president of the union that represents employees of the National Weather Service told ThinkProgress today in the wake of the tragic tsunami in the Pacific. The House Republican budget, which was rejected by the Senate this week, would have cut funding to NOAA - the agency directly responsible for tsunami monitoring and warning - restricting the government’s ability to respond.

Dan Sobien, the president of National Weather Service Employees Organization, said in a statement to ThinkProgress that while his agency, a subsidiary of NOAA, has made contingency plans, the GOP cuts would "put considerable stress" on the country’s tsunami monitoring and response systems:

NOAA has put together part of a contingency plan to handle such a massive cut and while it spares tsunami buoys, all other coastal buoys are non funded and there will be furloughs at both Tsunami Warning Centers (TWC). These furloughs will take away the TWC’s ability to upgrade tsunami models and will put considerable stress on watchstanders ability to react. This plan unfortunately only account for about half the cuts that need to be made, about 60 of the 126 million that needs to be cut. While today's disaster is of particular concern to everyone, we are just now entering tornado season and soon will be hurricane season and our organization firmly believes any effort to defund and dismantle our nations early warning system for all disasters is very unwise.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/11/gop-budget-tsunami
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