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1 minute ago, staboner said:

thats a big ass earthquake

I think the USGS upgraded it now to 8.8 which…yeah. 
so Kauai projected to possibly get hit first and Hilo last? 

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10 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

Hawaii HEBs must be a zoo right now. Especially the toilet paper aisle.

The low lying grocery stores are being told to empty. People still walked in like it’s no big deal. This is the Target attached to Ala Moana. I was down there today at B&N reading amd whatnot. Seeing people not have an appropriate fear for Mother Nature and the power of water is frustrating at best. I at least got on the A bus before it filled as O know it empties up on Pearl Ridge. Some of these people need to just walk north at the very least to higher ground.

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Powerful quake in Russia's Far East causes tsunami, Japan and Hawaii order evacuations -

Reuters Link

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July 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres (13 feet), damaging buildings and prompting warnings and evacuations that stretched across the Pacific Ocean.

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"Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors," Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app.

A tsunami with a height of 3-4 metres (10-13 feet) was recorded in parts of Kamchatka, said Sergei Lebedev, regional minister for emergency situations, urging people to move away from the shoreline.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was shallow at a depth of 19.3 km (12 miles), and was centred 119 km (74 miles) east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city of 165,000. It revised the magnitude up from 8.0 earlier, and reported a strong aftershock of magnitude 6.9 soon after.

The Japan Weather Agency upgraded its warning, saying it expected tsunami waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) to reach large coastal areas starting around 0100 GMT. Public broadcaster NHK said evacuation orders had been issued by the government for some areas.

"Please evacuate quickly. If you can, move quickly to higher ground and away from the coast," a NHK newscaster said.

Factory workers and residents in Japan's northern Hokkaido evacuated to a hill overlooking the ocean, footage from broadcaster TBS showed.

The U.S. Tsunami Warning System also issued a warning of "hazardous tsunami waves" within the next three hours.

Waves reaching more than 3 metres were possible along some coasts of Russia and Ecuador, while waves of 1-3 metres were possible in Japan, Hawaii, Chile and the Solomon Islands, it said. Smaller waves were possible along coastlines across much of the Pacific, including the U.S. West Coast.

Hawaii ordered evacuations from some coastal areas. "Take Action! Destructive tsunami waves expected," the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management said on X.

The Hawaii warning urged residents of low-lying areas to either move to higher ground or to the fourth floor of a building.

Several people sought medical assistance following the quake, Oleg Melnikov, regional health minister, told Russia’s TASS state news agency.

"Unfortunately, there are some people injured during the seismic event. Some were hurt while running outside, and one patient jumped out of a window. A woman was also injured inside the new airport terminal,” Melnikov said.

“All patients are currently in satisfactory condition, and no serious injuries have been reported so far.”

The Russian Academy of Sciences said it was the strongest quake to hit the region since 1952.

Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Telegram that the port in the Sakhalin town of Severo-Kurilsk and a fish processing plant there were partially flooded by a tsunami. The population has been evacuated.

However, due to certain characteristics of the epicentre, the shaking intensity was not as high ... as one might expect from such a magnitude," said Danila Chebrov, director of the Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service, on Telegram.

“Aftershocks are currently ongoing ... Their intensity will remain fairly high. However, stronger tremors are not expected in the near future. The situation is under control.”

Kamchatka and Russia's Far East sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geologically active region that is prone to major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Net - Out Hawaii posters need to stop messing around and GTFO if you're in a low lying area.

Russia is saying "Nothing to see here." 

Forgive me if I am skeptical of the Russian reporting on Telegram.

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Posted
31 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Fwiw, that's 3 hours from now.

Judging by how fast this bus is going in this traffic I could probably just walk up to The Punchbowl instead, but we’ll see if it starts to thin out well before the first wave hits.

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Posted (edited)
49 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

 

thank god. Thought I had to make a light night TP run. 

Reminds me of some gal who posted on our old local car message board when Katrina hit and told us the story how  she was at her boyfriends parents house discussing how they might need to take action if Katrina followed the Mississippi river up the country and hit MN/ND. she was serious too 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

That BBC link said waves of 30 meters hitting Japan...I'm pretty sure she means centimeters.

This is what I see on that link. 

Tsunami waves of between 30cm and 40cm have hit parts of northern Japan so far, with authorities warning of larger, subsequent waves.

 

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My folks are in Kauai. They were headed to a boat excursion but it was cancelled and they all evacuated back to the hotel in Poipu. They’re safely in their 5th floor room. Said they were moving guests from the first three floors up higher.

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2 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Yeah, the text said that, but the lady on the live coverage misspoke. 

So now we are making fun of the illiterate? Damn.... 

Oh well. 

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

My folks are in Kauai. They were headed to a boat excursion but it was cancelled and they all evacuated back to the hotel in Poipu. They’re safely in their 5th floor room. Said they were moving guests from the first three floors up higher.

So you will be posting pictures of the devastation at what time? 

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7 minutes ago, Orale said:

Parked a couple hundred feet up high near the H3 on ramp with a nice view of Kaneohe Bay and a full SUV of supplies. 

Traffic is minimal and very orderly on this side of the island with police directing things. Tsunami sirens going off every so often. 

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Solid humble brag if thats your white Benz. 

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Just now, Orale said:

A family in front of me. I'm a humble Honda man. 

Glad you got up there. Traffic is still dense here. I feel like I am high up enough right now, but again a wave can do immense damage as you well know. After reading the book The Wave several years ago I will never take the amazing Pacific ocean that I love, lightly.

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1 minute ago, UpperWestside said:

Glad you got up there. Traffic is still dense here. I feel like I am high up enough right now, but again a wave can do immense damage as you well know. After reading the book The Wave several years ago I will never take the amazing Pacific ocean that I love, lightly.

I would be up high with @Orale, have a hibachi going, a cooler ready. Once a disaster hits ain't shit you can do but be out of the way, if possible. Rebuild comes tomorrow. Just get safe. 

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Just now, InkaUtexas said:

I would be up high with @Orale, have a hibachi going, a cooler ready. Once a disaster hits ain't shit you can do but be out of the way, if possible. Rebuild comes tomorrow. Just get safe. 

Absolutely. Things are just things. You don’t get a 2nd chance with destructive forces of nature like this. We passed by where I live just now. I’m on the 3rd floor there (really four with an upstairs), but I’m staying on the bus to get higher. With Schofield helping to get people higher I think we should be okay. 

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Traffic near Pearl Harbor has thinned out. I think by seven I should be up on the ridge.

39 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

holy fuck, y'all stay safe.  And keep an eye out for Rocko.  Those old Corvettes don't float. 

 

23 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

I have seen that episode of River Monsters. 

Best two posts in here. I’m still laughing.

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