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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:05 PM
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Earthquake upgraded to 8.3. Tsunami generated.
120 miles off of American Samoa.

And now back to Polanski news...
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:06 PM
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1. already being discussed ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4082667


:hi:
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:07 PM
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2. Holy Crap! That's phoenomenal!!111!!!!12!!!
:wow:
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:07 PM
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3. Is it sacreligious to...
...pray with your fingers crossed?

I hope hawaii has nothing more than some awesome surfing.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:08 PM
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4. .
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:09 PM
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5. Already a 5.6 aftershock
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:12 PM
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6. OUCH.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:13 PM
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7. oh shit. best wishes for all those threatened
may they get out of harm's way.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:16 PM
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8. Report of 15 foot tidal wave in American Somoa by gov rep on MSNBC.
Edited on Tue Sep-29-09 02:19 PM by Subdivisions
No confirmation.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:18 PM
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9. I heard the guy from the Tsunami Warning Center say 3-4 meters. n/t
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:20 PM
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10. That's correct. n/t
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:46 PM
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14. Latest --
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

LOCATION LAT LO AMPL
------------------------ ----- ------ ------- -----------
APIA WEST SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 1832UTC 0.70M/2.3FT
PAGO PAGO AMER. SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 1825UTC 1.57M/5.1FT
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:27 PM
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11. Eni Faleomavaega is saying major damage in American Samoa
He is apparently a congressional delegate.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:33 PM
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12. They say New Zealand has been warned too - this is massive!
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58S4Q820090929
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:41 PM
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13. Info on tsunami travel times
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 02:47 PM
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15. Very interesting
I had no idea it took that long.
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