Alaska 8.0 Earthquake...Tsunami Alert

ninebeanrows · 23-01-2018 10:53am #1

Just breaking now....Tsunami Alert issues....

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42786107

More to follow....

ninebeanrows · 23-01-2018 10:55am

USGS quoting 8.2 MAG

8.2
278km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
2018-01-23 09:31:40 (UTC)

silverharp · 23-01-2018 10:55am

time to bring in the roads Ted...

Jawgap · 23-01-2018 10:58am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPfQ9c6IpTA

dan1895 · 23-01-2018 11:06am

Jawgap wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPfQ9c6IpTA

I've had this stuck in my head since the start of the thread.

Pac1Man · 23-01-2018 11:13am

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

yermandan · 23-01-2018 11:18am

Pac1Man wrote: »

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

hahahahha

thesandeman · 23-01-2018 11:20am

Pac1Man wrote: »

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

Probably some dude in Hawaii.

Noveight · 23-01-2018 11:28am

Pac1Man wrote: »

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

A certain ethnic minority no doubt. They don’t even pay taxes!

Hector Bellend · 23-01-2018 11:47am

nice bit of an aul tsunami

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 12:02pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

USGS quoting 8.2 MAG

8.2 is pretty fcuking huge, no?

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 12:04pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

Agreed. We don't want to cause any rifts here.

zell12 · 23-01-2018 12:10pm

We have to wait another hour before Donald Trump awakes and tweets

Canis Lupus · 23-01-2018 12:13pm

bnt · 23-01-2018 12:13pm

Here's a map with estimated tsunami travel times:

Around now we should see the first impacts on populated areas such as Anchorage and Juneau. The Anchorage Daily News doesn't have any impact reports yet.

Hector Savage · 23-01-2018 12:18pm

bnt wrote: »

Here's a map with estimated tsunami travel times:

Around now we should see the first impacts on populated areas such as Anchorage and Juneau. The Anchorage Daily News doesn't have any impact reports yet.

So when will it be arriving on the old sod ?

silverharp · 23-01-2018 12:18pm

https://twitter.com/BillKarins/status/955747863140675585

donegaLroad · 23-01-2018 12:19pm

Id say Fukushima will be evacuating

sbsquarepants · 23-01-2018 12:23pm

Would that not just be a wave? A tsunami would barely register until it hit shallow water and was forced upwards, no?

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 12:33pm

bnt wrote: »

Here's a map with estimated tsunami travel times:

Around now we should see the first impacts on populated areas such as Anchorage and Juneau. The Anchorage Daily News doesn't have any impact reports yet.

What's "DART" and "tide gage"?
I take it tide gage/gauge are buoys/sensors that measure tidal rises?

Say my name · 23-01-2018 12:33pm

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42786107

Did he say sergeant "Beaver"?

zell12 · 23-01-2018 12:34pm

Say my name wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42786107
Did he say sergeant "Beaver"?

Yes! "Hello Kodiak, Eh Sergeant Beaver here"

BillyBobBS · 23-01-2018 12:37pm

I see the Dart is going to be effected. Bad news for you commuters. If only you could afford a car.

The_Valeyard · 23-01-2018 12:49pm

What are the chances of this actually doing damage?

GBX · 23-01-2018 12:51pm

Will the lads out filming Deadliest Catch notice it if out at sea?

Beasty · 23-01-2018 1:04pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

Let's wait for more news before speculating who is at fault.

It's always a butterfly

Canis Lupus · 23-01-2018 1:08pm

GBX wrote: »

Will the lads out filming Deadliest Catch notice it if out at sea?

No

DanMurphy · 23-01-2018 1:18pm

Hope someone wrecks that auld Richter Machine yoke so this never happens again!

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 2:04pm

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I see the Dart is going to be effected. Bad news for you commuters. If only you could afford a car.

Yeah, I'd say the 7 figure a year suits getting on at Sutton or Killiney and alighting at the IFSC can't afford a Skoda like you.

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 2:06pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

What are the chances of this actually doing damage?

The Alaska warning seemed pretty serious.

BillyBobBS · 23-01-2018 2:06pm

Chrongen wrote: »

Yeah, I'd say the 7 figure a year suits getting on at Sutton and alighting at the IFSC can't afford a Skoda like you.

Great comeback.

BillyBobBS · 23-01-2018 2:08pm

Chrongen wrote: »

The Alaska warning seemed pretty serious.

Over hyped nonsense like every second story on the news these days.

Mr. Incognito · 23-01-2018 2:14pm

Reading this I really fear for society.

This appears by all accounts to be a fairly serious earthquake.

Now I enjoy a good joke as much as the next man but my immediate concern was to contact my family in Seattle and inform them and to get them to higher ground.

They are on the way in the middle of the night but they have said that the alert has been cancelled locally.

The scary thing is that if was an 8.0 and this hits land, it will be in the middle of the night and with no warning in most cases. The potentional for loss of life is huge.

People have become so desensitised to violence and war, and tragic events that unless its them or someone close to them its something to be scoffed at, ignoring, fine. But there's another level of callousness to actually taking an event like this and making it the butt of a joke.

Maybe I'm getting too old. Maybe I'm uncool. But I genuinely fear when this sort of event becomes the butt of idiotic fr ted jokes.

If you are going to make it funny at least link something intelligent.

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 2:22pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Reading this I really fear for society.

This appears by all accounts to be a fairly serious earthquake.

Now I enjoy a good joke as much as the next man but my immediate concern was to contact my family in Seattle and inform them and to get them to higher ground.

They are on the way in the middle of the night but they have said that the alert has been cancelled locally.

The scary thing is that if was an 8.0 and this hits land, it will be in the middle of the night and with no warning in most cases. The potentional for loss of life is huge.

People have become so desensitised to violence and war, and tragic events that unless its them or someone close to them its something to be scoffed at, ignoring, fine. But there's another level of callousness to actually taking an event like this and making it the butt of a joke.

Maybe I'm getting too old. Maybe I'm uncool. But I genuinely fear when this sort of event becomes the butt of idiotic fr ted jokes.

If you are going to make it funny at least link something intelligent.

You said the alert was cancelled....so what's the worry?

Klinkhammer · 23-01-2018 2:23pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Reading this I really fear for society.

This appears by all accounts to be a fairly serious earthquake.

Now I enjoy a good joke as much as the next man but my immediate concern was to contact my family in Seattle and inform them and to get them to higher ground.

No one cares if it's not going to effect them. I suspect you wouldn't either if you didn't have family near it

sbsquarepants · 23-01-2018 2:26pm

Looks like a false alarm in any case. No sign of any tsunami so far, warnings are being downgraded.

WoollyRedHat · 23-01-2018 3:34pm

What's with America and their false alarms lately. Can't even trust the meteorologists now!

Mr. Incognito · 23-01-2018 3:54pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's with America and their false alarms lately. Can't even trust the meteorologists now!

I like when someone critices science.

I like it even more when they cant even get the name of the scientists right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismology

23-01-2018 4:06pm

Not all earthquakes in the ocean cause tsunamis so it's better to be safe than sorry.

Though why a weatherman would tweet about a tall wave in the sea is beyond me. Tsunamis are only just detectable out that far so it was a stupid thing to put out.

rgodard80a · 23-01-2018 4:06pm

Chrongen wrote: »

Yeah, I'd say the 7 figure a year suits getting on at Sutton or Killiney and alighting at the IFSC can't afford a Skoda like you.

Ah but if they could afford an electric car they could use the Dart line.

GLaDOS · 23-01-2018 4:08pm

There was a very real risk of a serious Tsunami. Better to be safe than sorry.

valoren · 23-01-2018 4:12pm

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Over hyped nonsense like every second story on the news these days.

If there's an earthquake and then a tsunami alert it should be taken very seriously.

iamwhoiam · 23-01-2018 4:12pm

I have family in that area . I am quite sure they would rather be safe than sorry.

The_Kew_Tour · 23-01-2018 4:14pm

they can't take a chance. can totally understand the warnings.

the ones from 2004 one would be happy to have had a warning I bet

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 4:37pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's with America and their false alarms lately. Can't even trust the meteorologists now!

Gotta keep the people afraid at all times. Terror, Y2K bug, Anthrax, SARS, Swineflu, birdflu, manflu, Ebola, Tsunami, Large Hadron Collider, The Russians, The Koreans, The Iranians, blah, blah.

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 4:40pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's with America and their false alarms lately. Can't even trust the meteorologists now!

:pac:

One of the ocean sensors did show a rise of 32 feet in fairness

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 4:42pm

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Over hyped nonsense like every second story on the news these days.

You take the bogus threat of Sharia Law and a Caliphate quite seriously don't you :pac:

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 4:45pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I have family in that area . I am quite sure they would rather be safe than sorry.

Most of Seattle is kinda high up anyway, isn't it. It's all hills.

iamwhoiam · 23-01-2018 4:54pm

Chrongen wrote: »

Most of Seattle is kinda high up anyway, isn't it. It's all hills.

I didnt mention Seattle ? My family are not in Seattle ! They are on the west coast of Canada

Ipso · 23-01-2018 6:29pm

Can I come out from under my desk now?

Chrongen · 23-01-2018 6:59pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I didnt mention Seattle ? My family are not in Seattle ! They are on the west coast of Canada

That was Mr Icognito. Your family are probably more in danger of grizzly bears.

Alaska 8.0 Earthquake...Tsunami Alert

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