This is a good website to track real data about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=0 Here in Hawaii the sirens went off as a warning, an alert, and evacuation was only required on certain coastal areas, as a preventive measure. I leave across the street from the beach and in my neighborhood this area extends only a couple of blocks from the beach. It is defined as areas that have been flooded by tsunamis in the last 100 years or so. After being awaken at 4am by family and friends from different parts of the world (of which I am very greatful) I spent most of the day trying to calm everybody after the massive campaign of disinformation lead by the mayor news companies, like CNN At the same time the wave reached the Galapagos archipielago, half way to Hawaii, reaching the scary heights of 35cm, or 1.2 feet, mayor media was creating panic warning us to expect 30 feet freighttrains. The only true data they delivered was after the Marquesas, where it peaked at 6 feet. That was high enough to keep everybody scared I guess. What they didn't mention is that in other parts of the Marquesas the mark was only half of that. Statistics seem to show that Hawaii registers similar marks as the Marquesas. Hilo, first mayor city to be hit in Hawaii, who was seriously affected by a 30 feet tsunami in 1960, registered only 2.8 feet as expected according to the tables. Kahului in Maui was the highest with 3.2 So far from the epicenter the wave is not a wave but a tide that fluctuates every 15 or 20 minutes instead of several hours. Any harbor or beach in the world experiences 3 feet tides on a regular basis ... Google CNN and LIES and you will find several examples, some very recent during the Haiti earthquake where they describe the sceen with manipulated photographs taken from the archives of the National Geographic, from an older eartquake ... in Japan ... It's all showbiz ... -- Fernando ./ On 2/28/10 11:44 AM, Bradford R. Crain wrote: > According to CNN... > > People in Hawaii had ample advanced warning apparently.The beaches > looked > pretty empty. Glad the tourists and hotels didn't get swept up. > > Brad *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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