Is Cali in danger of a tsunami? Just heard an advisory went out

[peggygirl]

for S. Cali because of the earthquake in Japan. I only caught the tail end of the statement. Can anyone fill us in?

[hobbit709]

1. If you hear the sirens, head for the hills.

[Jamastiene]

7. Even if you don't hear the sirens, watch the animals. They'll go inland.

They somehow instinctively know about these things.

[timeforpeace]

44. What if they're inside the house?

[JTFrog]

2. 8.8 Earthquake in Chile. Hawaii on severe tsunami alert and Ca, Or, Wa just a warning so far. n/t

More info in this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4285641&mesg_id=4285641

And here is link to tsunami advisory for SoCal: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/02/tsunami-advisory.html

[Donnachaidh]

3. Chile is getting nailed repeatedly with aftershocks.

Firefox has an addon that allows you to see alerts - Chile hasn't really stopped shaking yet.

[ThomWV]

4. I don't think its possible unless they moved Chile

The waves will be moving up the coast, not into it.

[madokie]

5. Hell I moved some chilli this morning

:rofl:

[Lasher]

6. Ha ha haaaaaa, good one!

:D

[ThomWV]

8. Remember that monster natural gas explosion in Mexico City about 30 years ago?

There was an explosion in the sewer system of Mexico City years and years ago. As I recall hundreds of people were killed. It was really a tragedy. That said I always imagined that somewhere in the city, just at the moment of the explosion, some poor guy was sitting on the throne and to this day blames himself for all that damage, death, and destruction.

[madokie]

42. I remember that

[pleah]

9. Chili hit 8.8 mag earthquake...

#Chile Massive 8.8 #Earthquake #Tsunami #Warnings Issued For Entire #Pacific http://bit.ly/cpWqJp

copied wrong link. Sorry.

[Jamastiene]

10. Here is the latest wave map by the hours

It is from here:
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php

[ThomWV]

11. Is that +4 hours for eastern time?

On Edit: That time on the map must be screwed up.

[caraher]

28. Those are tsunami travel times

Add the local time for the Chilean earthquake to these values to get when the tsunami wave would arrive at a given location.

e.g. if the Chilean earthquake was at 2 AM in your time zone and it takes 15 hours to get there by the map, it would arrive at 5 PM local time

[Jamastiene]

30. No, it is the number of hours after the tsunami was generated in Chile's earthquake.

So, basically, it is the number of hours after the tsunami started. It gives you a rough estimate of when the tsunami will hit each area.

[ThomWV]

33. Look at the lower left corner - there is an origination time - that is what I was talking about

[laughingliberal]

32. Cool! Thanks for posting. nt

[MineralMan]

12. Just a usage note:

Nobody in California EVER says "Cali" when referring to the state. Ever.

[Dogmudgeon]

13. Not "Frisco", especially

And the first A in "Nevada" is pronounced like the A in "Laddie", not the A in "Father".

Also, "SHICK-ah-go", not "CHICK-ah-go".

But on the East Coast, "Fluffya"* is fine for where I live.

--d!
* "Fluffya" = Philadelphia.

[MineralMan]

14. I guess that I'll call Maryland "Mary" from now on when I refer to

it. Ohio could be "O Hi!" and New Mexico would just be "Newm." Texas, on the other hand, must still be Texas. They'll kick your ass if you say it wrong.

[PCIntern]

31. A Goode-ism here in Fluffia...

I'll never forget...he was on a national news program: "As the mayor of Fluffia..."

[DavidDvorkin]

18. When I lived in Indiana, I never heard anyone call Indianaplis "Indy"

The people I knew from that city called it "Naptown".

But no one refers to the Naptown 500.

Outsiders like to use what they think are the in-group nicknames, unaware that members of the in-group are cringing. That's the way it goes.

[MineralMan]

21. A young relative of my wife's kept talking about how she was

going to move to "Cali." She was quite surprised when I told her that calling it "Cali" would mark her as a new arrival. "All my friends call it "Cali," she countered. I reminded her that all her friends lived in Minnesota, which I now call "Minnie." I live here now. Maybe I can start a trend.

[Cetacea]

38. +1

True, that.

[saltpoint]

15. Cali is one of our best DUers. I hope the tsunami strikes well clear of

Cali's house.

We're rootin' for ya, Cali!

[MineralMan]

23. Er, uh...Cali lives in Vermont.

Not much chance of the tsunami striking there.

[saltpoint]

24. Unless it is a REALLY BIG tsunami.

[MineralMan]

26. Yah. But in that case, we're pretty much all screwed.

[saltpoint]

27. Agreed. Probably best that we all slash our throats with a machete,

and soon.

[11 Bravo]

16. I see the unrec crew is getting an early start.

Is there anything sadder than that group of ignorant, malevolent, little trolls?

[timtom]

25. I just rec'd, bringing the total to +1

How long will it stay that way?

[Joe the Revelator]

35. Sure there is, a person who has bad info about current events

Seems to me this thread was made to be unrecced.

[11 Bravo]

43. The thread was posed as a fucking question.

I'll bet one so superior as yourself is dreadfully lonely, (no one else being fit to breathe the same rarefied air, and all).

[Bluebear]

17. Even that wouldn't shut her up.

O8)

[DainBramaged]

22. How rude

[Brickbat]

19. No, she'll just tear it a new one, and rightly so.

[kestrel91316]

20. I heard we are not highly susceptible to dangerous tsunamis in SoCal

because our shore drops off so steeply at the coast. Apparently tsunamis get biggest with shallow water that goes WAY out. Like FL and the easern seaboard. We just have a steep drop to the briny deep.

[mulsh]

29. Bay Area TV weather folk are advising people to avoid the

coast and bay shore areas today. This is the first time I have ever heard "new" organizations advising this.

My guess is they just forgot to add the clause "tourists from land locked areas, as usual, are exempt from this warning.

I remember in 1963, after the Alaska quake TV news showing people out at Ocean Beach walking way out past the tide line. Back then they were calling it a tidal wave.

[Blue_In_AK]

41. Not to quibble, but the Alaska quake was 1964,

and there was severe tsunami damage as far south as California.

From Wiki...

Twelve people were killed by the tsunami in Crescent City, California, while four children were killed on the Oregon Coast at Beverly Beach State Park.<5> Other towns along the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Hawaii were damaged. Minor damage to boats reached as far south as Los Angeles.

Since the entire Earth vibrated as a result of the quake, minor effects were felt worldwide: several fishing boats were sunk in Louisiana and water sloshed in wells in Africa.<6>

[Beaverhausen]

34. I heard waves will be relatively smaller here- 2.6 feet (Malibu)

[Throd]

36. Please don't call it "Cali"

[Codeine]

39. Thank you.

Like nails on a fucking chalkboard, that one.

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. Thank LL Cool J "Going back to Cali"

"I'm going back to Cali, Cali, Cali
I'm going back to Cali.. hmm, I don't think so
I'm going back to Cali, Cali, Cali
I'm going back to Cali.. I don't think so"

[taught_me_patience]

37. Doesn't look like a direct hit

so the wave will probably be small. I live on the third story in an apartment in Long Beach, so I'm totally safe. I'll keep an eye on water levels.