Saturday, February 27, 2010

The Tsunami in Hawaii...

You can watch live feed:
1. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904&nav=menu55_1_1
2. http://www.khon2.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=3299&navCatId=4
3. http://www.kitv.com/video/22691778/index.html

Update

1:38 West Coast - water is pulling out really fast in Hilo Bay.
1:40 - Water rushing in, but no big wave.
1:48 - Water rushing back out again.
1:58 - Hilo Bay the water had been rushing in and out, but NOW it is just crazy how fast and how much it's rushing out. This could be the big one coming right now.
2:05 - Coming back in again, but not the big one. It's going in and out, getting more pronounced each time. Now it's going back out again, each time you can see the white water rushing out faster.
2:06 - Forgot to mention, they chose to avoid the same evacuation problems in Waikiki, by having people stay off the beach/streets, and stay in their hotel, presumably above the 3rd floor. Not many places in the world have them, but in Hawaii, they are completely blanketed with huge siren alarms. When they blow, it can be really freaky.
2:19 - Still going on with in and out rushing water. Some guy was wading around in the water in Waikiki, in front of the beach wall...crazy guy. Now, Oahu is seeing widespread rapid water changes, includng the rushing waters of the Ala Wai Canal; that's weird to see the Ala Wai moving so fast.
2:54 - Looks like that the 4~6' waves were about it, the largest and most dramatic was in Hilo Bay. On O'ahu, it looks to have only been about 2' high, and on Kauai, it's about a foot.
2:58 - Big whoops! Waters receding rapidly once again in Hilo Bay. Might be going on for a long time.
3:12 - Officially, Hilo was 2.8', Kahului was 3.2', Barbers Point was 0.6'. I'm hoping they post a time-lapse of Hilo Bay to show the big changes. Different parts of the islands had exposed reefs below low tide, and other areas were barely affected.

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