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[Vapor Trail]

Earthquake in Canada. Tsunami warning for Hawaii. If you're in an Evac zone, pack and go. ~3 hours to impact.

http://news.blogs.cn...oast/?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.tsunami.g...2012.10.28.0514

Edited by Vapor Trail, 27 October 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[Wired Aces]

No time for evacing. Monday's wipe is almost here.

Edited by Wired Aces, 27 October 2012 - 09:52 PM.

[Bloodshed Romance]

prayers go out to all affected... be safe..

[Velba]

Surfs up North Shore baby!!

[Logen Ninefingers]

Wired Aces, on 27 October 2012 - 09:52 PM, said:

No time for evacing. Monday's wipe is almost here.

Velba, on 27 October 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

Surfs up North Shore baby!!

You know that this could be a dangerous situation for many people?
The only people making jokes about things like this are not very bright or 14 years old, I hope you are 14 years old...

[CHWarpath]

You do realize that the Earthquake was near Vancouver Island and places like BC, WA, and Oregon would be affected if any?

[Velba]

Kottlewski, on 27 October 2012 - 10:43 PM, said:

You know that this could be a dangerous situation for many people?
The only people making jokes about things like this are not very bright or 14 years old, I hope you are 14 years old...

I have family in Hawaii, and lived their for 7 years.


You brah, da kine one puss brah.

[DisasterTheory]

CHWarpath, on 27 October 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

You do realize that the Earthquake was near Vancouver Island and places like BC, WA, and Oregon would be affected if any?

Dear Mr. Trollolol

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0709 PM HST. THIS UPGRADE IS DUE TO THE SEA LEVEL READINGS
RECEIVED AND THE RESULTING CHANGE IN THE HAWAII TSUNAMI
FORECAST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0504 PM HST 27 OCT 2012
COORDINATES - 52.8 NORTH 131.8 WEST
LOCATION - QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.7 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
DART 46404 45.9N 128.8W 0417Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 20MIN
LANGARA POINT BC 54.2N 133.1W 0424Z 0.20M / 0.7FT 26MIN
DART 46419 48.8N 129.6W 0346Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 12MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1028 PM HST SAT 27 OCT 2012

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

[Wired Aces]

Kottlewski, on 27 October 2012 - 10:43 PM, said:

You know that this could be a dangerous situation for many people?
The only people making jokes about things like this are not very bright or 14 years old, I hope you are 14 years old...

What if I were both? Are you discriminatory towards unintelligent children?

[CobraFive]

Um.

Don't really see what this has to do with mechwarrior.

Maybe off topic would be a better idea...?

[TechNoir]

I got sent home early from work because of this =] Watching news coverage on it now. Im about a half mile inland so Im safe. Heres a LIVE local news feed if your interested. http://www.hawaiinew...8303/livestream

[Vapor Trail]

CobraFive, on 28 October 2012 - 12:27 AM, said:

Um.

Don't really see what this has to do with mechwarrior.

Maybe off topic would be a better idea...?

Dropped it in here as "likely to be seen by the greatest number of people" as general is usually the highest traffic forum. Didn't want to spam it across all of them.

Current situation: tsunami have started, not big yet.

Note to moderators: Please kill this thread sometime in the next few hours. the usefulness will have expired.

Edited by Vapor Trail, 28 October 2012 - 01:02 AM.

[Dirus Nigh]

I would think that any one living in Hawaii would have gotten their news from the radio, TV news alerts, and other emergency worming systems. I highly doubt that a forum dedicated to a game in closed beta would be some ones first choice for local news.

Edited by Dirus Nigh, 29 October 2012 - 11:01 PM.