Tsunami - watch it live!!!

nofearengineer · 02-27-10, 02:12 PM

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people put in harms way by the earthquake in Chile. 8.8 on the Richter scale is just huge. Since we had a small earthquake here in southern Indiana last Summer (a 5.4), I try to remind myself that an 8.8 is 2,500 times stronger. I simply can not wrap my head around that.

However terrible, like a train wreck, it is still an exciting event, especially because there should be a tsunami today in Hawaii around 4:15 pm EST. It will probably be the most televised event ever, given the advance warning. It looks like everybody will have enough time to get out of harms way of the expected 8-foot tsunami. I'm sure there will be a lot of damage, but hopefully no deaths. So tune in for the spectacle...I'm sure every channel on the dial will be covering it.

Jrob78 · 02-27-10, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people put in harms way by the earthquake in Chile. 8.8 on the Richter scale is just huge. Since we had a small earthquake here in southern Indiana last Summer (a 5.4), I try to remind myself that an 8.8 is 2,500 times stronger. I simply can not wrap my head around that.

However terrible, like a train wreck, it is still an exciting event, especially because there should be a tsunami today in Hawaii around 4:15 pm EST. It will probably be the most televised event ever, given the advance warning. It looks like everybody will have enough time to get out of harms way of the expected 8-foot tsunami. I'm sure there will be a lot of damage, but hopefully no deaths. So tune in for the spectacle...I'm sure every channel on the dial will be covering it.

Thank God they know this ones coming and gave plenty of warning. I first heard about it yesterday afternoon. Hopefully eveyone will get out of harms way.

Bassboss · 02-27-10, 03:49 PM

Ya, thank God for the warning!! It'll give the folk in HI. some time to get safe. All the same it should be exciting, I'll be watching!

BassinNC · 02-28-10, 12:29 AM

First I've herd of it. did it hit yet?

1/4 stick · 02-28-10, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BassinNC

First I've herd of it. did it hit yet?

Yeah, turned out not to be much, thank goodness. Unfortunatly when such great alarm is taken for one and nothing much happens, people tend to ignore the next warning.

BassinNC · 02-28-10, 11:49 AM

Well thank God it wasn't bad.

Jrob78 · 02-28-10, 12:06 PM

Thankfully the tsunami didn't wreak havoc, however the earthquake did do a lot of damage in Chile.

Abbeysdad · 03-01-10, 12:43 PM

It sure seems like nature is on a rampage... more and more natural disasters of a magnitude not seen before in our lifetimes.

I can't even imagine being trapped in a collapsed building, let alone for several days or a week! How does one keep from losing all hope and/or going crazy?...Or to not have food and water or a warm, dry place to sleep.

In Chille, they called out the Army to deal with looting - In the face of such a disaster, is going into a collapsed grocery store for food and water really looting? A flat screen TV - yes, a jug of water and a couple cans of food - not so much.

02-27-10, 02:12 PM	#1
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Tsunami - watch it live!!! My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people put in harms way by the earthquake in Chile. 8.8 on the Richter scale is just huge. Since we had a small earthquake here in southern Indiana last Summer (a 5.4), I try to remind myself that an 8.8 is 2,500 times stronger. I simply can not wrap my head around that. However terrible, like a train wreck, it is still an exciting event, especially because there should be a tsunami today in Hawaii around 4:15 pm EST. It will probably be the most televised event ever, given the advance warning. It looks like everybody will have enough time to get out of harms way of the expected 8-foot tsunami. I'm sure there will be a lot of damage, but hopefully no deaths. So tune in for the spectacle...I'm sure every channel on the dial will be covering it. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

02-27-10, 03:49 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Ya, thank God for the warning!! It'll give the folk in HI. some time to get safe. All the same it should be exciting, I'll be watching! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

02-28-10, 12:29 AM	#4
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	First I've herd of it. did it hit yet? __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

02-28-10, 11:49 AM	#6
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	Well thank God it wasn't bad. __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

03-01-10, 12:43 PM	#8
Abbeysdad BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central NY - Finger Lakes Posts: 1,307	It sure seems like nature is on a rampage... more and more natural disasters of a magnitude not seen before in our lifetimes. I can't even imagine being trapped in a collapsed building, let alone for several days or a week! How does one keep from losing all hope and/or going crazy?...Or to not have food and water or a warm, dry place to sleep. In Chille, they called out the Army to deal with looting - In the face of such a disaster, is going into a collapsed grocery store for food and water really looting? A flat screen TV - yes, a jug of water and a couple cans of food - not so much. __________________ Fish now, work later

02-28-10, 12:06 PM	#7
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Thankfully the tsunami didn't wreak havoc, however the earthquake did do a lot of damage in Chile.

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