TSUNAMI WARNING!!!! SE Qld and NE NSW!!!!

[SINISTER R8]

looks like the earthquake from Chile is going to cause a Tsunami that will hit us, not sure how bad its going to be, but better put the warning out to everyone.


Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

MEDIA:
No use of the Standard Emergency Warning Signal [SEWS]
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE AND FREQUENT BROADCAST
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TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 3 FOR QUEENSLAND
Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre [JATWC] at
9:43 PM EST on Saturday 27 February 2010
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TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:
Tsunami warning for the marine environment for QUEENSLAND.

Threatened areas extend from Point Danger to Double Island Point, Moreton
Bay.

Possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding
for several hours from 08:15 am [EST] Sunday.

Sea level observations HAVE confirmed a tsunami has been generated.

For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.

Next update due by 11:13 PM EST on Saturday 27 February 2010
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DETAILS:
Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first
wave not always the largest. First tsunami effects are expected as follows:

Coolangatta after 08:15 am [EST] Sunday
Maroochydore after 09:00 am [EST] Sunday
Brisbane after 09:15 am [EST] Sunday

Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami. Check that your neighbours have
received this advice.

Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to shore.
Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront. Vessels already at sea
should stay offshore in deep water until further advised.

Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of
dangerous, localised flooding of the immediate foreshore.

For emergency assistance, call EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT QUEENSLAND on 132 500

Maps showing the affected areas are on the Bureau web site
www.bom.gov.au/tsunami. For a repeat of this warning call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300
878 6264].
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TSUNAMI SOURCE:
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred at 4:34 PM EST on Saturday 27
February 2010 near THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE [latitude 35.320S longitude
72.930W ]
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The JATWC is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience
Australia
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everyone in the effected areas please take care.

[PROPSI]

i always wanted water views....

But not like this, i am only 500M front the water, maybe closer tomorrow???????????:confused::confused:

[vuss383]

Well hopefully it's all piss & wind as I have a date with some fish at 4 am in the morning :smilesandbanana:

Troy

[SINISTER R8]

i always wanted water views....

But not like this, i am only 500M front the water, maybe closer tomorrow???????????:confused::confused:

Hope its not too big and your all good mate.

Will try to get photos of the level if I can and its not big.Everyone else should try too if its safe too.

[mustanger]

Well hopefully it's all piss & wind as I have a date with some fish at 4 am in the morning :smilesandbanana:

Troy

Ha ha .........Maybe just stay where you are and the fish might :jester:come to you :fishing:

[signature coupe]

magnitude of 8.8,this has the potential to be big

[Dover]

good for the quickie pro

[SINISTER R8]

and i think it is going to be around high tide at 8:30 tomorrow in the mortan bay area, so that makes the waters even higher.

[Dover]

good for the quickie pro

[Carlin1983]

will be interesting

[MJR-57T]

Well hopefully it's all piss & wind as I have a date with some fish at 4 am in the morning :smilesandbanana:

Troy

So do i, looks like im not going now. Bought a new boat rod and reel yesterday too

[SS Enforcer]

UPDATE

SUMMARY:
Tsunami warning for the marine environment for NEW SOUTH WALES.

Threatened areas extend over all New South Wales coastal areas from Gabo
Island to Point Danger.

Possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding
throughout the day from 08:00 am (EDT) Sunday.

Sea level observations HAVE confirmed a tsunami has been generated.

For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.

Next update due by 7:00 AM EDT on Sunday 28 February 2010

Anyone for surf :)

[bladerunner]

i was just listening to the weather guy on the radio, reckons its travelling at over 700kmh\200mts per second across the pacific but slows down as the water gets shallower- thank fcuk for that

[davus]

even though it slows as the water gets shallower, doesnt it get bigger in height at the same some?.....

All that water and momentum still has to go somewhere!

[cinndaz]

first i heard of this might switch on the news see if qld is still there

[SINISTER R8]

New Zealand just got hit by 1.5m waves, so it is coming, but it wont be that big. but the waves will be more powerful.

[awesome _vzss]

this sucks i wanted to go beach today

[SINISTER R8]

looks like it wasnt that big. reports say that the water levels will rise by one a few centimeters and the tide heights will only rise by about a meter. so looks like it was more hype then anything else.

[bush_basha]

we had the warning in sydney aswell as far as i know, im in the navy and a friend on the same ship as me got recalled back to the ship at about 11pm for just incase measures i believe.

[mummbles]

the oldies live on one of the island in moreton bay here of brisbane.
Called them last night with the warning.
THey report a very high, long lived high tide. Nothing nasty at all.
I think the warning stays current for 24 hours though.

[ILLUSIV1]

It wasn't hitting the coast until about 8.30 this morning so they wouldn't have noticed too much at that point.

[ILLUSIV1]

WAVES up to 1.5 metres (five feet) high rammed into New Zealand today as a tsunami generated by a huge earthquake in Chile intensified, but there were no reports of serious damage.

New Zealand's entire east coast was at risk with walls of water up to three metres (10 feet) expected to hit the Chatham Islands and Banks Peninsula, near the main South Island city of Christchurch, officials said.

In the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, residents made their way to higher points inland, with memories still fresh of a tsunami in September that also hit Samoa and American Samoa, leaving more than 180 people dead.

The first wave of 20 centimetres arrived at the Chathams soon after 7am and within three hours the waves had risen to 1.5 metres, Rana Solomon of the Chatham Islands Council said.



"It is expected that the greatest wave heights will occur between six and 12 hours after the initial arrivals," the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management said in a statement.

However, officials were hopeful the tsunami would not cause severe damage when they hit mainland New Zealand throughout the day.

"We can say it's unlikely to be very destructive," Ken Gledhill from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science (GNS) told Television New Zealand.

Residents on the Chatham Islands had been moved to higher ground several hours before the first wave struck and families in low-lying areas of Banks Peninsula and near Gisborne in the North Island were told to evacuate.

One Chathams resident, identified only as "Chris" told the New Zealand Press Association everyone had a perfect view of the ocean movement.

"The water is starting to disappear from round the bay, all the rocks are uncovered, the water is definitely moving out. Now the rocks are covered up again. There's no big wall of water yet. It looks very unusual, very unusual.

"It's kind of high tide here at the moment but sort of in no time the rocks became uncovered but they're covered up again."

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has warned of possible "widespread damage" from waves generated by Chile's killer quake.

In Tonga and the Cook Islands, also in the South Pacific, coastal residents moved to higher ground. Many islanders are still living in makeshift shelters following a devastating tsunami triggered by an 8.0 quake in September.

But in New Zealand, largely unscathed from the Samoa tsunamis, many people were in no hurry to take precautions with emergency services reporting sightseers heading for areas in the process of being evacuated.

In Napier, on the eastern North Island, the Sunday market went ahead on the foreshore, while elsewhere fishermen headed out to sea in small boats or took up positions on rocky outcrops unconcerned by the tsunami warnings.

"I've got my flippers," one woman told the New Zealand Press Association.

However, a mass nude photo shoot planned for Wellington's Breaker Bay beach was cancelled as a result of the tsunami warning.

[bouka]

My outlaws are not too worried. They are going kyaking off the east coast of NZ this arvo (They live on North Shore of Auckland).

[mummbles]

It wasn't hitting the coast until about 8.30 this morning so they wouldn't have noticed too much at that point.

High tide was around 9:30am. Still hadn't receeded at 11am.