Tsunami Warning West Coast!!!! 03/11/11

Cofe · Mar 11, 2011

A 8.9 quake by Japan is sending a estimated 7ft. wave to the west coast. The tsunami is expected to hit Washington by 11 am EST Friday and continue to move down the coast. If your boat is on the west coast, it would be a good idea to take it out to sea!!!!!!

Tsunami warnings are issued for the entire Pacific in places as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and other parts of the U.S.

Be Safe....Prayers sent!

ziggy · Mar 11, 2011

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it would be a good idea to take it out to sea!!!!!!

from usps classes. this is what i remember too. best place for a boat in a tsunami is out to sea...

stay safe everyone...

Fireman431 · Mar 11, 2011

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True. On land, the Tsuanmi waves can be 5-10'. Out at sea, it's a 1' roller. You'll probably never even know it passed.

Those are monster ships lying around like bathtub toys.

27 aftershocks above Richter 5 scale, 13 aftershocks above Richter 6 since the 8.9 earthquake. Source: CNBC.

joed · Mar 11, 2011

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Watching Hawaii on the internet now and it appears to be a non event there.

Cofe · Mar 11, 2011

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joed said:
Watching Hawaii on the internet now and it appears to be a non event there.

Just a word of Caution.......A Tsunami wave can intensify over the distance, take necessary precautions.

Tim Frank · Mar 11, 2011

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Cofe said:
Just a word of Caution.......A Tsunami wave can intensify over the distance, take necessary precautions.

Or dissipate....it is a fairly tough one to predict accurately.

marlboro180 · Mar 11, 2011

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Agreed , hard to predict what it is gonna do around the Pacific rim. Hope the damage is minimal though.

j_martin · Mar 11, 2011

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Check the news (CBS) videos of boats breaking loose and banging into others in California.

I guess you don't have to know how to tie a know to own a boat.

Springs, stays, WTH you talkin' about.

Cofe · Mar 11, 2011

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If anyone is interested, here is a link to NOAA wave monitoring system called DART. It is supposed to give real time readings on wave data. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart.shtml

QC · Mar 11, 2011

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My Mom is wintering in Newport Beach here. Her place is maybe 5 ft above see level and one block off Newport Harbor. No eveidence whatsoever. That stretch of the CA coast faces mostly south so may be why. I am checking with a friend who has his boat in the water at Marina Del Rey. That is west facing, but so far no news.

CatTwentyTwo · Mar 11, 2011

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Here are some pictures from one of our local stations. I've launched out of the Santa Cruz harbor many times.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/gallery?section=news/local&id=8007936&photo=1

puddle jumper · Mar 11, 2011

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On the north end of Vancouver Island we had about a 2 foot surge. But it was mid tide so we hardly noticed it. Lots of warnings out there for us.

My hart goes out to the people of the island of Japan.

FishyFish · Mar 11, 2011

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This is what came by the San Francisco Bay Bridge into Emeryville.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY

DaNinja · Mar 11, 2011

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QC said:
My Mom is wintering in Newport Beach here. Her place is maybe 5 ft above see level and one block off Newport Harbor. No eveidence whatsoever. That stretch of the CA coast faces mostly south so may be why. I am checking with a friend who has his boat in the water at Marina Del Rey. That is west facing, but so far no news.

I saw some video of nasty waves going through a marina in Santa Cruz. Is all safe in Newport Beach?

ezbtr · Mar 11, 2011

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watched water all day at work, no damage in Oakland, but 1.5 hrs south in Santa Cruz, all piers and docks torn up and some boats out to sea after breaking loose.

ezbtr · Mar 11, 2011

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we got lucky was low tide...

thurps · Mar 12, 2011

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Glub, blub, blub, blub.

Just kidding, it was definitely an awesome experience. Everything one
sees on videos is true. The ocean recedes then rushes back in. After
traveling a few thousand miles across the ocean, it had dissipated to 8' and lost a
lot of energy so everything happened in slow motion. Actually, because
of the topography of our local ocean bottom, tsunamis are amplified in
this area. That's why we are the tsunami capital of the world. Not in
magnitude but in number. We did have a Darwin Award winner
with a few runners up. We also had a few sunken boats which were
mostly scowls with a lot of insurance. The harbor was scheduled to be
rebuilt starting this summer so the old one was just demolished a few
months early. All in all, here at least it was a good day.

http://www.triplicate.com/20110311111626/News/Local-News/Sirens-evacuations-on-a-frenzied-Friday

QC · Mar 12, 2011

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DaNinja said:
Is all safe in Newport Beach?

Southern California suffered next to no damage. I read four boats and a couple of docks in Catalina had some dmage and that was it.

rbh · Mar 12, 2011

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Depending on how much the sea floor moves (displacement), and up or down, and what direction it pushes the water makes a huge difference.

rbh · Mar 12, 2011

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Just seen an article on the waves track, it was moving at 800 KMH and the main north edge roughly hit mid Oregon and south.

Tsunami Warning West Coast!!!! 03/11/11

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