WARNING - TSUNAMI THREAT NOW!!!!

“There was a big earthquake, 7.4, off the coast of CA, close to the Oregon border. It may create a tsunami, now, at 8:20pm WA time.

The warning is in effect for Mexico up to Vancouver, B.C.

They are saying to not take any chances and seek high ground right now!!!!!
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Live webcam at Cannon Beach, Oregon. This is looking south so the tsunami will be coming right at you.
last edited: 6/14/05 10:52:11 PM”

“I hope everyone is safe out there.”

“Hi USA,

You always come up with great pics. Even this webcam shot is great! What site did you find this webcam at?”

“Crap. I had planned to camp on the coast this weekend. They expect it to hit now or never, but what about after shocks? I don't think I want to go out there and take any chances this weekend.

On some WA coast beaches, there is no higher ground for miles, or you can be camping in a cove that has a bank behind you that cannot be climbed.”

“Sounds like a good weekend to camp in the mountains than”

“lumberzac, you bet your @ss it is!!! I'm now checking the weather forecast for some inland camping!!!”

“Tsunami bulletin at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt”

“Later bulletin:

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt”

“Quake information:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usziae/”

“Yahoo New says the alert has been called off.”

“Yes, it's now just a bulletin or less than a bulletin at this point.”

“Who the hell gets their tsunami threats from TT?”

““Who the hell gets their tsunami threats from TT?”
Nigal
8:56:32 AM
6/15/05
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I do. Of course the wave would have to be at least 630' high just to get my shoes wet. 8D”

“I'm headed for high ground now!!”

“I felt a 5.1 Sunday night in Jamaica mon. I was at elevation + 2' MSL, but didn't consider a tsunami.”

“LH scooped all the media I could find.”

“I heard that there were surfers headed toward the coast after the warning went out!

Cowabunga, dude.”

“That could be classified as the ride of a lifetime, I suppose.”

““I heard that there were surfers headed toward the coast after the warning went out!

Cowabunga, dude.”
VioLiN
2:56:14 PM
6/15/05
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Darwin’s theory in action.”

“Nigal, that is so funny, LMAO!!!! You are right to a point since the warning was given at the last minute and the people on the beach or low land by the beach had to leave immediately!!!”

“hey dude we got to go look at the big wave--”

“http://www.kirotv.com/news/4613643/detail.html

SEATTLE -- One of the major ways of alerting Washington coastal residents to a tsunami -- the NOAA weather and hazard alert radio -- failed during the West Coast warning on Tuesday night.

The meteorologist in charge of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Seattle said the warning didn't get out because a phone line was out between the office and the Coast Guard.

Chris Hill said his office will be looking for ways to back up the system to the transmitters to make it more reliable.

George Crawford of the state department of Emergency Management told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that coastal residents should have evacuated.

In LaPush, Police Chief Bill Lyon said when the warning siren failed to go off automatically, he activated it by hand. He said officers and firefighters evacuated more than 600 residents to higher ground.

Neah Bay Police Chief T.J. Green said a recently installed tsunami siren did not go off.

[...]”

“There was an 8.0 or larger earthquake off of New Zealand, so they've issued tsunami wanings for NZ and Fiji.”

“OH God I feel stupid. I just heard the warning when I was on the john (via text on my cell phone). I looked and the water was going out of the bowl RAPIDLY...so I ran out of the bathroom....apparently Tsunamis are not are real problem in the middle of Georgia....SILLY ME.”

“THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ALL COASTAL AREAS AND ISLANDS
IN THE PACIFIC OUTSIDE OF ALASKA - BRITISH COLOMBIA - WASHINGTON -
OREGON - CALIFORNIA. THOSE AREAS SHOULD REFER TO MESSAGES FROM THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER.
JUST ISSUED!

From http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg
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“MarkO, why does your tsunami have an evil eye staring down at its hapless victims?”

“Smarter than the average bear.”

“Hmmmm, I think its a screw, ya screwball!!”

“I wonder who yogi stole the car from. And will he stop to feed the people?”

“and why is he looking away from the exit route? Is he contemplating the opportunity to turn back and loot the evacuated areas?”

“I've heard that bars are the safest place to avoid big waves. I stand corrected; big waves are the best way to avoid bars, surf's up!!!”

“...and where is BooBoo? Is that why Yogi is smiling like that?”

“he's smiling cause he just got is belly full of the human that owned that car...wait, a bear killed a human??!!...round up the possie, it's killin time”

“I want one of those signs.

Too bad we don't get tsunamis in Maryland......I could sneak out at night and steal one!”

“Maryland will get a hundred footer when the side of a volcano in the Canary Islands breaks off.”

“Cool, I'm about 700 feet above sea level.

The Eastern Shore(Downy Oshin) will be toast, however.

Hoohoohahahahahahahaha!!!!”

“I think I'm 7ft above sea level.”

“I might be as much as 20' above sea level. I suppose I could go up on the roof. That would give me another 25'”

“If the house breaks loose you'll be surfin', Hyway.

I can't wait!!”

“I need to lasso the shed and tie it to the house since thats where my fishing gear is.”