Tsunami warnings issued for Fiji and New Zealand

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:46pm

Tsunami warnings issued for Fiji and New Zealand after earthquake measuring a magnitude of about 8.0 shakes southern Pacific Ocean.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/earthquake.tonga/index.html

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:47pm

*shakes*

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:59pm

can't they see a wave from a satellite?

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:01pm

GG - many times, the wave doesn't actually rise til it nears the coast.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:02pm

*feels queasy*

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:12pm

Nice Republican avatar Rath.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:15pm

I see it as a pic of someone whose singing and performing I've enjoyed over the years, but you are free to see what you want to see.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:18pm

see what you wanna see? rath, you have a way of making every thread about IDINA!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:22pm

That's because every thread SHOULD be about IDINAAAAAA!!!!!!

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:24pm

Strangely, there's no mention of this on the New Zealand Herald site, which purports to be the main news and information page for NZ. Even though it's very early in the morning there, I would think this would be posted.
Updated On: 5/3/06 at 01:24 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:25pm

That is very odd and a bit frightening, DG.

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:26pm

It had not been updated for 20 minutes, so perhaps it just hadn't posted yet. This doesn't seem like something they'd want to take their time with!

[wexy]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:28pm

I could see how Keith Richard falling out of a tree in Fiji could
cause such havoc !

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:28pm

If they're bracing themselves for something that, hopefully will not happen, would they really have time to update a website?

Edit: Missed your other post, DG!

Updated On: 5/3/06 at 01:28 PM

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:31pm

Girly - I would assume, though, that the net would be a part of their emergency broadcast system. Anyway, it updates every 20 minutes, and is there now.

It's been a little over 2 hours since the quake - I wonder how long they think the threat could last?

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:34pm

7 online only mentioned possible strike times, but nothing about when the threat could be over.


http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=nation_world&id=4138791

[wexy]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:34pm

I've been to both places , I hope nothing happens.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:35pm

Last I heard they were expecting it to hit (if it does) in like 90 minutes. Could that be true?

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:40pm

Swells can have widely varient travel velocities. And there's always the chance that one didn't even form - it all depends on what type of movement of the plates occurred. The Indonesian quake was one plate slipping under another, which forced it up rapidly, thereby causing the wave. But if the quake was side to side movement, it's likely that no swell would form. I don't know the timetable for determining that factor, though.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:42pm

What are the odds of it being much larger than they expect and covering a wider area?

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:43pm

Don't think it's possible to know, Rath.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:45pm

Everyone is SLEEPING there now...how would they know to evacuate? Air raid sirens???

[DG]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:46pm

In coastal regions, they may have something like that in place.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:47pm

It feels odd to be concerned about people who are sound asleep and completely oblivious to the potential danger.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 1:51pm

I just heard on TV that it was cancelled.