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The hell?
Be right back, check Pacific Tsunami Center...
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http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2011.03.11.055747
edited 10th Mar '11 10:31:08 PM by pvtnum11
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8.8, isn't that, like, insanely high?
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Pacific Tsunami Center says it was a 7.9 - which is still very high.
No clue if a tsunami is generated yet, but I'm glued to the warning center website until I hear otherwise.
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Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
Yes, very insanely high.
8.8 is only like 1.2 away from 10, which is probably only going to happen when the end of the world happens.
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Fortunately, I'm about a thousand feet above sea level, as I live in Makakilo on Oahu.
It's Honolulu I'd be freaking out over right now.
edited 10th Mar '11 10:37:04 PM by pvtnum11
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Um, This is a great time for the west coast to take a hundred mile drive to the east.
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We'll know more if the West Coast is under threat in a bit. No clue if even Hawaii is under a threat at this point.
Not that that little bit of non-information is making my heart rate get any slower - it's worse.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
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Holy shit pvtnum. O_O
I'm glad you're okay at least.
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Wikipedia has nothing on this yet, although they do have info about one in China.
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I'm okay for now - but we'll see what happens in six hours, won't we...?
Tsunamis take time to traverse the ocean. I have time to make sure I got batteries, candles, cans of SPAM and whatever else, all that jazz. Although, I bet there's 'already a run on the stores.
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Wikipedia: "A 8.8 (upgraded from 7.9 earlier) magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture with a tsunami warning issued for waves as high as 6 metres. (Canadian Press via Google News), (AP via ABC News America)" [1]
edited 10th Mar '11 10:49:29 PM by LoveHappiness
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Yeah, they upgraded it on the PTWC website. And it did generate tsunami.
Damn it, I want my wife home NOW.
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well, at least a Tsunami will not hit my home in California...
Isn't Japan one of those places that earthquakes fucking love?
Japan is one of those awesome/weird places that I knew would get wiped out by a big fucking natural disaster that the world would always remember, and Japan would live on as a Myth of Awesome.
Seriously though, this sucks. I'm not the praying kind of person, but I can hope they are safe all the same.
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edited 10th Mar '11 11:04:22 PM by ViralLamb
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No, the USGS reported it as 8.8. Apparently, they're sticking with it. There's been a shitload of aftershocks.
Pacific area was on tsunami advisory for a bit, it's gone for the Philippines...
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We're on a Watch. They're figuring out if they need to upgrade or cancel.
I hate the waiting game.
My wife will be heading home for the in-laws in a bit, hope the traffic doesn't get stupid with panic shopping.
Looks like you west coast guys are okay for now, though.
edited 10th Mar '11 11:07:39 PM by pvtnum11
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HOLY SMOKES.
They're like little bathtub toys...
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The US geological survey is calling 8.9 now, but all of the other sources can't seem to make up their mind.
I think I will settle for "really fucking big" until there's more of a consensus.
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I heard there was an extremely deadly earthquake in Japan just now, and, considering troper interests, I thought that a topic about it would be needed at some point.
They think it'll cause tsunamis, too.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...