Seriousness Tsunami Watch!

wodin · 09-29-2009, 03:12 PM

Here in the Sandwich Islands. If it develops it'll be in about four hours.

Sparrow · 09-29-2009, 03:25 PM

Good luck, hope it's a false alarm!!

Pardon my ignorance, but where are the Sandwich Islands?? I interrogated Wikipedia but it said they're what the Hawaiian Islands used to be called. If the tsunami is the result of the quake off New Zealnd, it can't be them.

dreams · 09-29-2009, 03:27 PM

Be safe!

Would it be due to the 7.9 quake off Samoa?

pdurrant · 09-29-2009, 03:39 PM

Some places have been given a Tsunami Warning (highest level of warning of risk) others a Tsunami Watch (second highest).

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...008206/1/.html

The Sandwich Islands are indeed the Hawaiian Islands.

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Pardon my ignorance, but where are the Sandwich Islands?? I interrogated Wikipedia but it said they're what the Hawaiian Islands used to be called. If the tsunami is the result of the quake off New Zealnd, it can't be them.

Sparrow · 09-29-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Sandwich Islands are indeed the Hawaiian Islands.

wodin · 09-29-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Sandwich Islands are indeed the Hawaiian Islands.

Yup!

When James Cook "discovered” them about two hundred years ago, he named them after the Earl of Sandwich.

Later they were renamed to “Hawaii”, or “The Hawaiian Islands” in keeping of what the seafaring Polynesians name the largest island in chain around a thousand years earlier.

I like to use the good Captains name for them as a conversation starter. Works, huh?

DixieGal · 09-29-2009, 03:50 PM

oh nO! Are you on high ground? What about Grace, where is she located? Please take it seriously and protect yourself. When does the warning end?

wodin · 09-29-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Be safe!

Would it be due to the 7.9 quake off Samoa?

Yup!

Three hours to go. They're still calling it a "watch", hope it stays that way!

DixieGal · 09-29-2009, 04:11 PM

You be careful there, OK?

I'm phobic about tsunamis the way Zelda is about spiders. Terrified. I think drowning, especially in the ocean, would be the worst way to die, even worse than burning.

Keep us posted.

wodin · 09-29-2009, 04:55 PM

It was downgraded to a "Tsunami Advisory" about fifteen minutes ago. Whew! Thanks for all your concerns.

Since I've lived in Hawaii (25 years), there has been one small tsunami (about six inches), and a warning every few years. There are still people living here who remember devastating tsunamis, and we take them very seriously.

DixieGal · 09-29-2009, 04:56 PM

Whew!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-29-2009, 05:54 PM

Phew! Glad to hear it's been downgraded!

MickeyC · 09-29-2009, 06:38 PM

Yo wodin stay dry. I lived in Oahu for seven years and weathered a hurricane or two but no Tsunamis. Glad to hear it was downgraded.

pshrynk · 09-30-2009, 02:34 PM

Not for American Samoa, however. The death toll contniues to rise.

wodin · 09-30-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Not for American Samoa, however. The death toll contniues to rise.

Yes, sadly. I have many Samoan friends who have family there.

09-29-2009, 03:12 PM	#1
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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	Good luck, hope it's a false alarm!! Pardon my ignorance, but where are the Sandwich Islands?? I interrogated Wikipedia but it said they're what the Hawaiian Islands used to be called. If the tsunami is the result of the quake off New Zealnd, it can't be them.

09-29-2009, 03:27 PM	#3
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Be safe! Would it be due to the 7.9 quake off Samoa?

09-29-2009, 03:50 PM	#7
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	oh nO! Are you on high ground? What about Grace, where is she located? Please take it seriously and protect yourself. When does the warning end?

09-29-2009, 04:11 PM	#9
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	You be careful there, OK? I'm phobic about tsunamis the way Zelda is about spiders. Terrified. I think drowning, especially in the ocean, would be the worst way to die, even worse than burning. Keep us posted.

09-29-2009, 04:55 PM	#10
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	It was downgraded to a "Tsunami Advisory" about fifteen minutes ago. Whew! Thanks for all your concerns. Since I've lived in Hawaii (25 years), there has been one small tsunami (about six inches), and a warning every few years. There are still people living here who remember devastating tsunamis, and we take them very seriously.

09-29-2009, 04:56 PM	#11
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Whew!

09-29-2009, 05:54 PM	#12
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Phew! Glad to hear it's been downgraded!

09-29-2009, 06:38 PM	#13
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Yo wodin stay dry. I lived in Oahu for seven years and weathered a hurricane or two but no Tsunamis. Glad to hear it was downgraded.

09-30-2009, 02:34 PM	#14
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Not for American Samoa, however. The death toll contniues to rise.

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