Tsunami!

[GuyJean]

Tsunami's scheduled to hit Tokyo at 10:20!.. 0.5 meter monster!
(just saw this notice on channel 6 while watching Japan - Saudi Arabia soccer..)

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/bulletins.htm

GJ

[Buraku]

.. 0.5 meter monster!

GJ

Are you sure on 0.5 ? that's only about 1 and a half feet

[GuyJean]

Are you sure on 0.5 ? that's only about 1 and a half feet

I know. I was joking.. I think it's just an advisory, not a warning..

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

Tsunami's scheduled to hit Tokyo at 10:20!.. 0.5 meter monster!
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/bulletins.htm

Japan issues tsunami warning
6:53 a.m. EST, November 15, 2006
TOKYO, Japan (AP) --Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril islands north of Japan.
The quake struck about 390 kilometers east of the Etorofu islands north of Japan at 1115 GMT Wednesday, according to the agency.
A tsunami of about 2 meters (6.5 feet) or more could hit the Pacific coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido and main island of Honshu after 1210 GMT, the agency said.
The agency told residents along Japan's Pacific coast to flee to higher ground.

[GuyJean]

The agency told residents along Japan's Pacific coast to flee to higher ground.

Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
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GJ

[Iraira]

Tsunami's scheduled to hit Tokyo at 10:20!.. 0.5 meter monster!GJ

Not to sound crass but, who's got a surfboard I can borrow?

[GomiGirl]

I am trying to get hold of gomichild - she lives near the beach - but I can't through to either her or her husband. She is always the first to report a quake and tsunami.

[Captain Japan]

It would seem that Hokkaido is the place to be...
Japan and Russia on tsunami alert
BBC

A tsunami is expected to hit Russia and northern Japan, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says.

Japanese meteorologists say a tsunami of at least two metres (6.5 feet) high could hit Hokkaido and Honshu islands after 2110 (1210 GMT).

Warnings are being broadcast on all Japanese TV and radio stations advising people to move to higher ground.

It comes after an earthquake of at least 7.8 magnitude hit the Kuril Islands, north of Japan....more...

[IkemenTommy]

I am trying to get hold of gomichild - she lives near the beach - but I can't through to either her or her husband. She is always the first to report a quake and tsunami.

got mobile?

[gomichild]

I was in Shibuya at the time! Just got back half an hour ago. Nothing happening down here on the Shonan coast.

[gomichild]

Waiting for another one.........

Tsunami Warning/Advisory

Issued at 15:28 JST 13 Jan 2007

******************Headline******************
Tsunami Attension has been issued.
OGASAWARA ISLANDS
*******Tsunami forecast now in effect********
<Tsunami>
EASTERN PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
OKHOTSK SEA COAST OF HOKKAIDO
<Tsunami Attention>
CENTRAL PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
WESTERN PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO
NORTHERN PART OF JAPAN SEA COAST OF HOKKAIDO
PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
IWATE PREF.
MIYAGI PREF.
FUKUSHIMA PREF.
IBARAKI PREF.
KUJUKURI AND SOTOBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
UCHIBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
IZU ISLANDS
SAGAMI BAY AND MIURA PENINSULA
SHIZUOKA PREF.
SOUTHERN PART OF MIE PREF.
WAKAYAMA PREF.
OGASAWARA ISLANDS

[gomichild]

Hokkaido residents near the coast in Iwate are being advised to evacuate.

[maraboutslim]

They've got us on Tsunami Advisory here on the california coast, too. We'll definitely have to head for higher ground if it's coming because, well, here's the situation:

[gomichild]

Ooops.

If it makes you feel better I live near the coast too! We aren't being evacuated down in Sagami Bay though.

[gomichild]

Warning downgraded!

[GuyJean]

Tsunami Watch!

Kanazawa...

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/focus_3.html

GJ

[lolhahaha]

Yeah, I bet the whole western side of Japan is breaking out their life boats for the incoming 6" beast on the way.

[Charles]

Yeah, I bet the whole western side of Japan is breaking out their life boats for the incoming 6" beast on the way.

It's no joke. I saw a video of about 20 people swept out to sea in a 6" tsunami. They were stupid, they went right up on the beach to see it come in. It sucked the ground right out from under them, and before they knew it, the outflow pulled them into the ocean and onto some rocks. Some of them got killed.

[gomichild]

Charles is right - even a small tsunami can take lives and cause damage.

[Greji]

Charles is right - even a small tsunami can take lives and cause damage.

Well, I'm safe. It's got to come all the way to Roppongi to get me, but I do have a life boat outside of the pub, just in case!

[GuyJean]

Tsunami warnings follow quake that jolts Pacific Ocean
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/quake.reut/index.html

Tsunami warnings have been issued following a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 jolted the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, Japanese media reported.

Kyodo news agency said there was a possibility of tsunami in the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake which occurred near the Solomon Islands at 5:40 a.m. (2040 GMT) Japan time.

Japan's Meteorological Agency is looking into the possibility of tidal waves hitting the Japanese archipelago after the quake, Japanese media said...

GJ

[kurohinge1]

Tsunami warnings follow quake that jolts Pacific Ocean . . .

I just read that not only have villages "been destroyed and homes, ripped from the land, are floating out to sea", but that the Solomon Islands' Tsunami has hit . . . [SIZE="5"]Taro Island[/SIZE].

. . . Authorities on Taro Island, the main centre in Choiseul Province in the country's west, have described the "strangely frightening" behaviour of the sea as the tsunami rolled in.

Provincial Premier Jackson Kiloe said the sea was sucked away from the shore before huge rolling waves swept in.

Parts of the coastal sea bed were left dry and exposed as the water was pulled out before the wall of water rushed ashore . . . more

I know that people have been killed and homes destroyed, but Taro-san, how long have you had this tropical island, and when were you going to tell us about it?

[Doctor Stop]

He probably was trying to get one up on Marlon Brando.

[GuyJean]

A 50 center is coming our way!!! According to NHK.. The 'Peruvian Local Express'..

[Greji]

A 50 center is coming our way!!! According to NHK.. The 'Peruvian Local Express'..

I'll get in the life boat now! GJ do you want to steer or row?

[GuyJean]

.. GJ do you want to steer or row?

Pervert.

GJ

[Greji]

[quote="GuyJean"]Pervert. ]

Hey, different strokes for different folks!

[Taro Toporific]

Tsunami has hit . . . [SIZE="5"]Taro Island[/SIZE].
....I know that people have been killed and homes destroyed, but Taro-san, how long have you had this tropical island, and when were you going to tell us about it?

Hey, let me clean up the place before have all you folks over.

(Gee, I think I ought to "update" the Wikipedia entry on Taro Island. )

[gomichild]

Tsunami warning for the islands and south coast of Honshu: tenki.jp

[Greji]

Tsunami warning for the islands and south coast of Honshu: tenki.jp

The TV is flashing that all reporting points in Japan were hit by a devastating 20cm tsunami.

I guess I don't know everything I know about Tsunami's! Just how big is a 20cm Tsunami and how do they measure it? Do they Pops standing by himself out in the surf with a media stick, or what?