Tsunami Warning Sunday 0815

[mylestom]

Sorry didn't see this thread put one up under bilge.

Latest on BOM Site

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/

Further info on monitors here


http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/about_atws.shtml

Take care

Trev

[mylestom]

Couple of posts up now.


Here a link to the BOM MAP of areas to be affected???

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/


Trev

[gr hilly]

im sleeping in the boat tonight.

[tigermullet]

I agree it is possible but the chances of hitting our coast and be noticable is zilch. i believe its the old better safe than sorry tactic, rather than the I know it will tactic. Thats why I am saying , put some effort in .

I will be in my backyard with my boogie board and a snorkel!!!

What effort can the BOM put in?? It won't be known for certain until the wave passes the monitoring buoys and I think they are sparse.

Should they ignore the fact of the quake or initial confirmation of a wave?

I agree, the chance of it being noticeable is very small but if it does cause damage can you imagine the screams of outrage from the public?

[rosco1974]

any1 still going out in the bay tommorrow

[Captain Seaweed]

Since it has happened close to the coast to Chile ......have they had a Tsunami????????? What about all the Pacific islands closer to Chile than Australia anything happening there?

Surely there are more ways than just Tsunami Buoys?

[tigermullet]

No there really isn't much and, of course, the tsunami is nowhere near close to Pitcairn, Cook Islands, Samoa etc., at the moment.

[Captain Seaweed]

I am heading to breakfast at Lighthouse restaurant cleveland, so I will know by then.

[tigermullet]

The news of of Chile is also slow - two hours ago there were eight deaths reported but no one knows if they were from wave action or building falling down.

[Captain Seaweed]

With Moreton and Straddy off brisbane i hardly see how moreton bay is at risk.

[Captain Seaweed]

tigermullet , thats gold. Probably buildings falling down!!!

[mylestom]

Bit more info here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8540289.stm

Trev

[Captain Seaweed]

oops just read an article, i thought you were taking the piss about buildings falling down.

[Captain Seaweed]

on a serious note found this:

A catastrophic earthquake off Chile in 1960 generated a tsunami in Hilo that killed 61 people. The earthquake, the largest recorded at a magnitude 9.6, sent waves of up to 30 feet to Hilo about 15 hours after the temblor, according to an online account by Pacific Tsunami Warning Center scientist Gerard Fryer.
The tsunami caused about 2,000 deaths in Chile. The waves also flooded the coastline of Japan where 10-foot waves caused 200 deaths. Tsunami damage was also reported in the Marquesas, Samoa, and New Zealand.

[The_Sloth_man]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDY68027.txt

IDY68027

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

MEDIA:
No use of the Standard Emergency Warning Signal [SEWS]
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE AND FREQUENT BROADCAST
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TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 2 FOR QUEENSLAND
Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre [JATWC] at
8:44 PM EST on Saturday 27 February 2010
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TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:
Tsunami warning for the marine environment for QUEENSLAND.

Threatened areas extend from Point Danger to Double Island Point, Moreton
Bay.

Possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding
for several hours from 08:15 am [EST] Sunday.

Sea level observations HAVE confirmed a tsunami has been generated.

For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.

Next update due by 10:14 PM EST on Saturday 27 February 2010
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DETAILS:
Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first
wave not always the largest. First tsunami effects are expected as follows:

Coolangatta after 08:15 am [EST] Sunday
Maroochydore after 09:00 am [EST] Sunday
Brisbane after 09:15 am [EST] Sunday

Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami. Check that your neighbours have
received this advice.

Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to shore.
Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront. Vessels already at sea
should stay offshore in deep water until further advised.

Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of
dangerous, localised flooding of the immediate foreshore.

For emergency assistance, call EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT QUEENSLAND on 132 500

Maps showing the affected areas are on the Bureau web site
www.bom.gov.au/tsunami. For a repeat of this warning call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300
878 6264].
************************************************** ******************************
TSUNAMI SOURCE:
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred at 4:34 PM EST on Saturday 27
February 2010 near THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE [latitude 35.320S longitude
72.930W ]
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The JATWC is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience
Australia
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Move your boats people....