Yes Bear but I just got a message, server too busy!
I guess it will be the same when the world ends, al the mobile phone towers will be out too so we will have to say goodbye in person; not so bad, its better in person anyhooo!
Cheers
Chimo
Yes Bear but I just got a message, server too busy!
I guess it will be the same when the world ends, al the mobile phone towers will be out too so we will have to say goodbye in person; not so bad, its better in person anyhooo!
Cheers
Chimo
What could go wrong.......................
http://www.coastwatch.com.au/ but they appear to be struggling atm...guessing theirs one or two people viewing themOriginally Posted by Bear001
A huge wall of water has hit NZ - a full 20cm (200mm - less than 8 inches).
Wow!
A quick google search of the news shows that NZ saw a 1.5m 'Tsunami wave'. There was also some 'unusual sea activity around the country'. What all this means to Oz and Moreton Bay is anyones guess.
It's not the height you have to worry about. It's the volume & velocity.
New Zealand has registered tsunami activity up to 1.5m.
The Chatham Islands was the first place in New Zealand to experience a surge, with a 0.2 metre wave arriving just before 7.35am. Since then it has been measured at one metre with reports of a wave height of 1.5 metres at Pitt Island.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tsun...inland-3384488
Jack.
The cynical might like to have a look at http://www.seismicity.see.uwa.edu.au..._tsunami_in_wa
regarding a few reports on the 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami on the WA coast
Mike
There is no pleasing the public.
If there is no warning they will get up in arms about the powers-that-be asleep at the wheel. If there is a warning, and not much happens, then the powers-that-be are fear mongering fools. If the warning happens and people are hurt then “there was not enough information available about what to do”.
The fact is that science cant accurately predict the local effects of global phenomena. Its too complex. Maybe later when computers get much faster and ocean floors and currents are mapped much more accurately… (meanwhile many will whinge about the money spent on unproductive research…)
Lets just be sensible and gratefully accept the warnings and sensibly plan around them.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/get-out-of...0228-pak8.html :
“Mr Hainsworth said the danger could last well into Monday. "This kind of threat can last for a minimum of four hours and we could be looking at an event that could last up to 24 hours with significant changes in water levels," he said.
"As a result we're shifting vast amounts of water which causes these strong currents - it's a pretty dangerous situation."
"It's like shaking a bath of water. Once you've shaken it, it slops around for quite some time and that's exactly what the Pacific (Ocean) will do for quite some time."
"Water levels rose by a few centimetres off Tasmania"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...28/2832258.htm
RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!!!
Was on the Tweed River this morning. SES on the water warning people.
Did not notice anything out of the ordinary
lets all hope it pushes a lot more bigger fish closer to our fav fishing spots now wont that be great.
Thanks. Good read. Just goes to show how far the effect can travel.
Better safe than sorry, eh?
Cheers and well done BOM et al!
Realy all this is getting a bit silly........they are generating a "boy who cried wolf situation"
Last tsunami warning I was up in Townsville, staying on the Strand, the governemnt issued this hair tsunami warning and told people to stay away from the strand and stuff.
Most people studiously ignored or poked fun at it.
They recorded ( how I don't know) a 20mm ( or such) tsunami wave..... the afternoon chop was 10 times that.
they are taking this "precautionary principle" way too far.
If I applied the same risk assessment principles they seem to be using......I would not get up in the morning....or may be its too dangerous to stay in bed.
simply rediculous
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
There is no telling what the affect off a tsunami is going to be until it hit... So what if this tsunami did turn out to be a massive tidal surge or a series off tidal waves.. What would you say if no warning was given.. You would Probably slam them for not issuing a warning...
I personally would rather the warning and adjust my day around it, like I did today, I canned going fishing.... Even is it turns out to be a 20mm ripple, the sensible decision it to issue a warning... Predicting what sort off Tsunami is going to hit is impossible, it will most likely be small and have no affect, but there is always a chance that it could be devastating....
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