Is the Metorological Events staff taking the day off?

6.5 foot tsunami expected sometime, but I can't figure the timezone particulars w/regard to any of the news stories.

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Tsunami warning is off.
Just heard it on the TV.

BGnR

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"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."

Here's the official word from NOAA:

WEPA41 PAAQ 151441
TSUWCA

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 6
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
641 AM PST WED NOV 15 2006

...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTS
OF WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA - AND ALASKA...

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI, JAPAN 30CM/1.0FT
KUSHIRO, JAPAN 25CM/0.8FT
SHEMYA, ALASKA 20CM/0.65FT
AMCHITKA, ALASKA 8CM/0.25FT
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

EVALUATION
NO TSUNAMI DANGER EXISTS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/
WASHINGTON/ OREGON OR CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS
CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL
CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.1
TIME - 0214 AKST NOV 15 2006
0314 PST NOV 15 2006
1114 UTC NOV 15 2006
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 153.5 EAST
- KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 21 MILES

PKZ176-175-172-170-171-155-150-132-136-138-137-130-141-140-
120-121-129-127-125-126-128-052-051-053-022-012-043-013-
011-021-032-031-042-034-033-035-041-036-PZZ130-131-133-134-
132-135-150-AKZ191-185-181-171-145-111-101-121-125-131-135-
017-020-018-019-021-022-023-024-025-026-028-029-027-WAZ001-
503-506-507-007-508-509-510-511-514-515-516-151641-
COASTAL AREAS OF WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA - AND
ALASKA.

...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTS
OF WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA - AND ALASKA...

$$


THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER WATCH/WARNING MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
CONDITIONS WARRANT OTHERWISE.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED AT WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.
$$


When in doubt, just go to [wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov] for the official status.

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So I'm still in doubt re: Japan? I could go to the "when in doubt" site, but they're not planning any updates?

I hope Rusty's report is correct--wasn't the Indonesia tsunami less than half the height of this one's initial report?

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jimbrady
I hope Rusty's report is correct--wasn't the Indonesia tsunami less than half the height of this one's initial report?

Don't take my word, how about the post that was posted 14 minutes before yours?

BGnR

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"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."

Take a look at the third paragraph:

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI, JAPAN 30CM/1.0FT
KUSHIRO, JAPAN 25CM/0.8FT
SHEMYA, ALASKA 20CM/0.65FT
AMCHITKA, ALASKA 8CM/0.25FT
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.


It looks like it's all smiles in Japan right now. We all dodged another one! All of us on the coasts that is.


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outcast
It looks like it's all smiles in Japan right now.

Hope so--I read that paragraph as describing the small tsunami that would precede the 2m biggie. Reports now do seem encouraging.

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I'm sure glad I wasn't aound when the 600 ft. high tsunami hit:
[www.nytimes.com]

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