Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert (Report)

2010-02-28 Thread Aubrey Whymark
--- On Sat, 27/2/10, dean bessey wrote: Nothing to report from the Philippines either after staying away from the beach all day! Better to be safe than sorry though. > From: dean bessey > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert (Report) > To:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.c

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert (Report)

2010-02-27 Thread dean bessey
Well, hundreds of people here in Auckland camped out on a hill waiting for the tsunami. A dozen or so people refused to heed the warning and graciously stayed on the beach so that we could all have good video. A cruise ship was moved from the pier and anchored off in the harbour and all ferries

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:46:30 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Here in new zealand we are supposed to get hit in about an hour and a halfs >time but there is none of the activity like you guys in Hawaii has and other >than to avoid low lying areas there is no evacuation order. In some Islands >down sout

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread dean bessey
, 27/2/10, Matthew Martin wrote: > From: Matthew Martin > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert > To: "Gary Fujihara" , meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Received: Saturday, 27 February, 2010, 11:09 AM > Things are getting pretty busy here > on Oahu. Lines

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread countdeiro
27, 2010 2:04 PM >To: Matthew Martin , >meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, tracy latimer >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert > >The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is transmitting the following information through >the Embassy's warden system as a public service t

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread Matthew Martin
Things are getting pretty busy here on Oahu. Lines at gas stations are horribly long and several gas stations have run out of gas already. Boats are evacuating harbors...The City & County has evacuation busses going around the island. The coastal roads will close in an hour. There's still cr

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread drtanuki
Tokyo --- On Sun, 2/28/10, Matthew Martin wrote: > From: Matthew Martin > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert > To: "tracy latimer" > Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 3:00 AM > Things are getting pretty busy here >

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread Matthew Martin
Things are getting pretty busy here on Oahu. Lines at gas stations are horribly long. Boats are evacuating harbors...The City & County has evacuation busses going around the island…the Fire Department is doing evacuation rounds…almost everything is closed...and there's still crazy people out

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread Gary Fujihara
Wow! Thanks for the link Darren. Looks like Hawaii misses the brunt of the full force, but our brothers and sisters in Marquesas, Tahiti and Samoa may feel it more. On Feb 27, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Darren Garrison wrote: > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:33:27 +, you wrote: > >> >> The sirens just

Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:33:27 +, you wrote: > >The sirens just went off; Hawaii is expecting a tsunami by 11:00 a.m. >locally.  We have about 5 hours to evacuate if needed.  I'm bugging out after >we pack and will be offline for a while.  The big problem locally is if the >power plant gets i

[meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

2010-02-27 Thread tracy latimer
The sirens just went off; Hawaii is expecting a tsunami by 11:00 a.m. locally.  We have about 5 hours to evacuate if needed.  I'm bugging out after we pack and will be offline for a while.  The big problem locally is if the power plant gets inundated, as it is in the flood plain/ central valley