We have a house Near South Point on the Big Island. It should have a nice view of the incoming tsunami! It's too high up to worry about, but Hilo might get a bit wet. I'd like to know if they know it's coming or they're just warning in case. http://www.sandmarks.net/TLDHouse.jpg Mark On 2/27/2010 11:16 AM, Craig Jungers wrote: > For Paddlewisers on the west coast of North America, any tsunamis generated > by the 8.8 earthquake near Santiago, Chile are predicted to strike between > about noon and 2:30pm depending upon how far north you are. However wave > heights are generally 1 or 2 meters or less. Nevertheless, it's probably not > a good time to be on the beach. And if the water goes waaaayyy out, run for > high ground. > > Google.com has an interesting continuing feed feature that is going along at > a pretty good clip and makes for interesting reading. > > We are cautiously watching the lake for any signs of tsunami activity. So > far only one bass fisherman. Too slow to generate any waves. :P > > The risk of a problem is slight but it pays to be watchful just in case the > pundits have it wrong. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 02 2010 - 11:56:12 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:39 PDT
