Tsunami are long period waves.The crest can be kilometres long.This is why a 1 metre wave did so much damageOriginally Posted by TOTO
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Tsunami are long period waves.The crest can be kilometres long.This is why a 1 metre wave did so much damage
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Wankers. Cancelled it at the last second. The local Thornton beach unofficial harbour master was down there advising that it was travelling at EIGHT HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR!!!and we should LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY or there would be no insurance and he would take our registration number. So we stayed, lol.
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at waihi beach,
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They can propagate at close to that speed - depends on the depth of water and size of the event that initiated it. Of course, NZ has a fairly shallow continental shelf, so once it got close, it would slow down a lot as the wave "felt bottom".The local Thornton beach unofficial harbour master was down there advising that it was travelling at EIGHT HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR!!!
Check it out for yourself - google "tsunami speed" (although it's actually technically the velocity).
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Cyborg Biker
Tsunamis can travel over 600 mph in the open ocean. It can only take a few hours for a tsunami to travel across an entire ocean. A regular wave travels at 90 km/hr.
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The wave did not arrive because it heard that nobody would wave back at it...
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Dont know about Tsunamis, but we've just had a bit of a poo-nami here at work, fucking drain pipe in the bogs has split and there are turds everywhere...!!!
Grumpy Old Bastard
I heard it was because it was riding a Harley and didn't want to wave back...The wave did not arrive because it heard that nobody would wave back at it...
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If that is the case, it was probably delayed by all of the chrome polishing and tassle combing that had to be done. Don't want to show up looking scruffy...
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My friend and her boyfriend were driving down the road when the Earthquake hit. The hotel where they were staying has been completely destroyed - they only have the clothes they are wearing and their passports.
Current death toll is 5.
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It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
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Our eldest son and family are there - haven't heard from them yet so trying not to panic while we get more details.
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Wot? All two of em...? The Orion and that other one.... what was it? A Cessna?
I think he meant 800kmph. They travel at about 500mph in the open sea and slow down as approaching land, where they build up....Wankers. Cancelled it at the last second. The local Thornton beach unofficial harbour master was down there advising that it was travelling at EIGHT HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR!!!
Steve
Last I heard was a 1 metre wave was detected off Raoul Island and the alert was all on again at mid day ish.....
No update sounds like good news.
Tornado Alley
Should be someone available to contact at MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington....)
Fingers crossed for good news.......
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Well that was an exciting day. Dont ever underestimate the power of nature in these situations. When I went to work this morning they were evacuating homes at sea level all around here. We have many beaches. All of Omaha was emptied, Whangateau, Baddeleys, Campbells, Snells, Algies, Martins you name it they were moving people out. The roads were full of cars stopped on ridgelines above Omaha, quite a spectacle really. Our helicopters were put on standby by Civil Defense, so we followed things very closely.
I am so pleased that nothing came of the warnings, though Raoull Island has reported a 1 metre increase in the sea level, which may or may not result in some good waves at the beaches. We are still being advised to stay away from them. The weather has been settled if a bit windy most of the day, but we currently have a howling gale and driving rain (no thunder and lightening though bugger it). The reports were being received regularly, 40cm waves here, 90 cm waves there.
Easy to laugh about these things when it pans out to be not as bad as they could have been. I for one would like to take my hat off to everyone today that spent that time advising us what to do and working to attempt to keep us safe. Seems the planning has been worthwhile. I would far rather have to leave my home for a couple of hours than not be told and left to survive best I can. I live on a big hill, chances of me being affected personally nil, for all the others that live around here at sea level, I am yet to talk to anyone that is pissed off about having to leave.
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