New Zealand Tsunami Warning

[OvertoneZero]

7.9 magnitude earthquake:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/ ... Q820090929

[SubFunk]

what can happen? loads of dead sheep?

[Anubis]

Surfs Up!?

[nebulae]

Be safe, bruthas and sistuhs down unduh!

[gjm]

Surfs Up!?

You might be right. This was me at my local beach, a 3 min walk after a quake up in PNG in 2004. This beach is quite sheltered and will get a swell only if there is big wind. Its rare to get a nice ground swell.



Hardly anything on the news here this a.m. No time as to its occurrence or its predicted hit time. These sorts of things always niggle me a bit, my house is only a couple of meters at best above sea level at high tide.

/Potential last post\

[nebulae]

^ nice picture, but who's the douche on the board?

[gjm]

As of 8.40 am.

A tsunami warning has been issued for New Zealand after a 8.3 magnitude quake in American Samoa.

A three-metre wave came ashore at Apia, damaging waterfront homes, and emergency services say the whole country is being evacuated to higher ground.

The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management has issued a tsunami warning for New Zealand coasts.

The first place likely to be struck if a tsunami is generated is East Cape at about 9.45am.

Information from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre and GNS Science is that the earthquake is likely to have generated a tsunami.

The warning is for all of New Zealand - but people are being urged not to panic, as previous evidence suggests a tsunami reaching NZ shores is unlikely.

The Ministry’s Director, John Hamilton, said that the Ministry has alerted the country’s regional Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups, Police, Fire Service, Ministry of Health, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and other government agencies, and media.

The Ministry has activated the National Crisis Management Centre and is co-ordinating central government response.

The Civil Defence Emergency Management sector is activating its emergency plans. Regional Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups are working urgently with local authorities, local emergency services and local media to warn and if necessary evacuate coastal areas at risk.

Detailed evacuation advice will come from local authorities and local emergency services.

People should act on it promptly - if told to evacuate they should, where possible, take a radio and cellular phone with them, along with items that are essential for them such as glasses, hearing aid and medicines.

GNS Science is convening the tsunami expert panel and all available New Zealand and international data about the earthquake and sea levels are being monitored and analysed.

Looks Like I have about an hour before it hits, if at all.

[Tone Deft]

what can happen? loads of dead sheep?

there's at least two kiwis attached to every sheep.

[UKRuss]

Gjm...you still there mate?

[gjm]

Samoa is looking bad. Homes flattened, possible villages as well. I have a mate holidaying there right now

I have woken everyone in the house and we are ready to go if need be.

Just hear a min ago that the latest estimate for NZ coast is a 1m Tsunami.

Wife and I have been signed up for a year now to an emergency Tsunami alert system via mobile phone. No alerts yet as of 9.18am.

[SubFunk]

Samoa is looking bad. Homes flattened, possible villages as well. I have a mate holidaying there right now

I have woken everyone in the house and we are ready to go if need be.

Just hear a min ago that the latest estimate for NZ coast is a 1m Tsunami.

Wife and I have been signed up for a year now to an emergency Tsunami alert system via mobile phone. No alerts yet as of 9.18am.

few

[nebulae]

be safe, brutha! *hugs*

[SubFunk]

guess my joke just got stuck in my throat, but don't forget to take some sheep with you, if you have to leave the island.

[gjm]

Ok, specific evacuation has been given for Coromandel coast, approx 30km away from me. This coast does offer shelter for our bit of coast, so they would get it worse than us. Our local council has issued a no go zone for beaches. Yikes, this is heating up. http://www.rodney.govt.nz/AboutRodney/N ... rning.aspx << my local council

[Bleep Blop Ima Robot]

damn a 7.9, pretty big quake, woulda sucked if there was another giant tsunami