Tsunami Warning

[Jantar]

Any KBers still awake and living in low lying areas... Please turn on your radio right now.

A massive earthquake has occurred in the Pacific near Tonga and a tsunami warning is in place for New Zealand and Fiji.

[Big Dave]

CNN just advised they have downgraded the alert.

[Big Dave]

whilst the BBC says Gisborne is on alert!

[Jantar]

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center have now removed New Zealand from the alert.

[Jantar]

Here's the quake that caused it. http://www.geonet.org.nz/urz-drum.html
The quake will roll off the drum around 03:00 am tomorrow.

[Big Dave]

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center have now removed New Zealand from the alert.

And I was just waxing up too.
Hope the islands are OK.

[SwanTiger]

Freaky shit, although I doubt that it would of been anything catostrophic (sp). It would of been fortunate if Auckland City was wiped out and they had to rebuild it with less arseholes and better roading/traffic systems.

[WildBoarMouse]

That'd be great... the ride from the Waitakere's to the city would be so much easier without all those people clogging the roads!

[Lou Girardin]

I can't help wondering how many people in risk areas knew this. Did they all get warning calls last night?

[sels1]

I can't help wondering how many people in risk areas knew this. Did they all get warning calls last night?

Police and CD were on alert, they wouldnt have hit the sirens until there was more evidence of an actual tsunami approaching

[Postie]

Police and CD were on alert, they wouldnt have hit the sirens until there was more evidence of an actual tsunami approaching

haha, you mean once they see a fucking HUGE wave towering above their heads

[Maha]

My money is on Winja having something to do with this.......
This is his best yet........ isnt he bigger than Jesus?
And only someone like that could make this happen.....

[Finn]

Police and CD were on alert, they wouldnt have hit the sirens until there was more evidence of an actual tsunami approaching

Unfortunatly, we don't have a Civil Devense. It's more a Dad's army and would be totaly ineffective in a disaster. If NZ was hit by a major disaster we'd be history. Just look at EQC for example. Their office is in a tall building in Wellington on reclaimed land. Good one.

However, I think Labour will destroy NZ long before a natural disaster.

[SwanTiger]

The news is (or was) true and can be read about in more detail here:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10380224

I see that there is also an article questioning the response from Civil Defence. Am I mistaken in believing that not long ago an article was publicised emphasising the failure of C.D. in Auckland after one of their training exercises?

Newstalk ZB reported that several local district councils rang the station asking what they should be doing after the 3.30am quake off Tonga, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale.

A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand, Fiji and several other countries, but three hours after the quake there had still been no official word from Civil Defence.

WHY? because the fucking arseholes were still in bed with their electric blanket set on number 2. Try getting the arseholes out of bed for minor flooding around the district "Oh, um, hold on, oh, call the Fire Brigade!"

Instead, most C.D. officials would rather sit on $60,000 a year and look important.

In Auckland atleast.

[ManDownUnder]

Strange question I know but...

How's Tonga? Are those guys ok?