Hawaiin Tsunami



only small waves hitting places so far:

2010 Chile earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

but this is what happened when that 9.5 (biggest ever recorded) hit Chile in 1960:

Earthquake induced tsunamis affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, south east Australia and the Aleutian Islands. Some localised tsunamis severely battered the Chilean coast, with waves up to 25 metres (82 ft). The main tsunami crossed the Pacific Ocean at a speed of several hundred km/h and devastated Hilo, Hawaii, killing 61 people, allegedly due to their failure to heed warning sirens. Hilo's position in the bay caused a cumulative bounce of tsunami waves far more destructive to Hilo than to other more exposed areas of Hawaii. Tsunami waves as high as 10.7 metres (35 ft) were recorded 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) from the epicentre, several as far away as Japan and the Philippines.
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so far in Hawai:

Hawaii

United States Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka issued a joint press release urging calm, noting that this is the first tsunami evacuation in Hawaii since 1994.[48] City Managing Director Kirk Caldwell is serving as the acting mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii's capital, during the tsunami evacuation in the absence of Mayor Mufi Hannemann.[49]

Warning sirens were sounded throughout the state, as hotels in Waikiki began evacuating tourists from hotels at 6 a.m. People in tall buildings were being encouraged to evacuate vertically, that is, move to a higher floor (above the third floor).

Waves measuring nine feet high were predicted to strike Hilo Bay on the Big Island of Hawai'i at 11:05 a.m. local time (2105 GMT)[50], but by 11:18 a.m., major receding and waves had not been reported on the shoreline but drops over 10 m (33 ft) and ten wave crests up to 20 m (66 ft) were recorded offshore southeast of Honolulu by a bouy, and discoloration was reported by 11:20 a.m., with the first waves expected to hit minutes later, but it was reported that the first wave may arrive an hour after the initial predictions, with the strongest waves possibly several hours later (CNN).
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Fatbat said:
What the fuck? Richmond isn't a couple meters below sea level dummy. The land there averages one meter ABOVE sea level. Also, it would be nearly impossible for the lower mainland to be hit by a tsunami since it is completely protected from the open ocean by Vancouver Island.
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blame university 'climate researchers' for spreading the 'dummy' misinformation:

Rising sea levels threaten Metro Vancouver
 
Fatbat said:
What the fuck? Richmond isn't a couple meters below sea level dummy. The land there averages one meter ABOVE sea level.
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Ok, it averages 1 meter above according to the city. But they're being disingenuous when they say that, because the southern part of the city is definitely below sea level. Even on the periphery of the city center and at the airport the dikes are clearly keeping out water.

The city asserts the average stat because it's easy propaganda for home buyers to swallow, IMO. There's a lot of new housing being built in the south right next to the dikes.
 
im in honolulu...everythings all good. but this morning, my roommates crazy ex-boyfriend came over thinkin the world was gonna end. she obviously didnt go with him. it was real minor but there were literally hundreds of people at sams club and costco this morning. it was like 6 feet in hilo on the big island.
 
bigwavesurfer said:
im in honolulu...everythings all good. but this morning, my roommates crazy ex-boyfriend came over thinkin the world was gonna end. she obviously didnt go with him. it was real minor but there were literally hundreds of people at sams club and costco this morning. it was like 6 feet in hilo on the big island.
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Hey! Glad to hear you didn't die! :D
 
I thought it was hilarious that even though nothing was obviously going to happen, CNN was still trying to sensationalize it and say how there was huge danger coming. Meanwhile there are people walking their dogs on the beach and shit haha.
 
nickycakes said:
I thought it was hilarious that even though nothing was obviously going to happen, CNN was still trying to sensationalize it and say how there was huge danger coming. Meanwhile there are people walking their dogs on the beach and shit haha.
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yeah...it wasnt really crazy at all. no gridlock or anything. i actually just got back from a pretty epic surf session. got some pretty long barrels and there were a few hot girlies out. pretty awesome day. i didnt see any of the CNN coverage but the news station here in honolulu didnt really seem out of the ordinary.
 
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