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ellisonz

(27,706 posts)
40. Nothing wrong with a sense of humor about it...
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:06 PM
Oct 2012

...furthermore, from what I can find the people you are referencing were grossly irresponsible and approached the ocean despite knowing that a tsunami was imminent. Only one person on the West Coast appears to have died: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/dustin-weber-tsunami-dead_n_835236.html - Feel bad for his family, but his death was a result of his own folly.

New Hampshire??? regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #1
Strange. n/t GP6971 Oct 2012 #3
Nothing from the Federal Tsunami Center happyslug Oct 2012 #4
I believe there is a Fort Point in California. The NH reference may be a typo/mistake. onenote Oct 2012 #7
I was thinking that, too... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #12
Sounds like Romney Geography Cobalt Violet Oct 2012 #9
Must be a mistake Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author cheriemedium59 Oct 2012 #2
Um, how do you manage to pin tectonic plates that far out moving dballance Oct 2012 #5
Here is a very good explanation of why we should expect more earthquakes PaulaFarrell Oct 2012 #30
According to this, there was a quake, but no tsunami warning. Bette Noir Oct 2012 #6
Tsunami warning from www.tsunami.gov bananas Oct 2012 #10
I don't mind Alaska being taken out deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #8
Hey now. Arctic Dave Oct 2012 #11
what a terrible thing to say. Asshole olddad56 Oct 2012 #15
... pacalo Oct 2012 #16
This is highly unusual behaviour for an American, let alone a Dem. Kurovski Oct 2012 #18
Don't mind kardonb Oct 2012 #19
U.S. EAST coast? WTF? 0rganism Oct 2012 #14
I used to live across the harbor from Westport, wa. Kurovski Oct 2012 #17
Luckily the region the quake struct in is very sparesly populated and... Locut0s Oct 2012 #20
Bite me. Thousands of people live in the West Coast tsunami zone Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #38
CBC News Alerts ‏@CBCAlerts Tofino residents being evacuated in wake of tsunami warning after 7.7 qu Hissyspit Oct 2012 #21
Michael van Poppel ‏@mpoppel Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: A tsunami has been generated that could Hissyspit Oct 2012 #22
10:44PM PDT THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON. bananas Oct 2012 #23
tsunami sirens going off in Honolulu!!! bananas Oct 2012 #24
Here's a taste of my facebook feed: ellisonz Oct 2012 #27
LOL those are funny. Hope everyone is safe though. I suspect that... Locut0s Oct 2012 #29
Yeah I think this one is less scary than the Japan quake... ellisonz Oct 2012 #31
5 dead in CA from the tsunami you reference Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #39
Nothing wrong with a sense of humor about it... ellisonz Oct 2012 #40
CNN now reporting on the situation Kurovski Oct 2012 #25
Average wave height .3ft Fearless Oct 2012 #26
Is that as measured in the open ocean? Locut0s Oct 2012 #28
No, the measurment given on google for British Columbia Fearless Oct 2012 #32
I don't see a measurement there. Also they are forecastin a wave height of 3 to 7 feet for Hawaii... Locut0s Oct 2012 #33
Hawaii stations are talking 6-7 foot in certain places (Hilo wink wink) ellisonz Oct 2012 #35
Live stream link for Hawaii, below Tx4obama Oct 2012 #34
New Hampshire bucolic_frolic Oct 2012 #36
US East Coast AND West Coast! mainer Oct 2012 #37
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