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Undersea volcanic eruption in Tonga - tsunami hits - US West Coast warned
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:42 am
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:42 am
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Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:43 am to udtiger
Yeah frick that. Give me the hurricanes.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:45 am to udtiger
A Tsunami is gonna travel across all that ocean to the west coast?
Surfs up in Aussie maybe
Surfs up in Aussie maybe
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:46 am to udtiger
A 6 inch high tsunami that sweeps out all the bums and litter is exactly what they need over there.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:47 am to udtiger
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:48 am to udtiger
This post was edited on 1/15/22 at 8:55 am
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:48 am to OysterPoBoy
Hope it doesn’t hit SF, that much shite in the streets may contaminate the Pacific.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:51 am to waiting4saturday
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Yeah frick that. Give me the hurricanes.
Only a tiny area along the coast is affected by tsunamis. Meanwhile hurricanes don’t stop at the low lying coast.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:52 am to SDVTiger
Shocks just reached us 45 minutes ago or so. It was freaky.
This post was edited on 1/15/22 at 8:56 am
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:55 am to udtiger
They should be fine though. They got dem vaccines
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:55 am to RogerTheShrubber
You can set the global warming clock back a couple of years now.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:56 am to udtiger
quote:dammmnnn Nuku that sucks!
said ash was falling over the capital, Nuku'alofa.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:56 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Shocks just reached us 45 minutes ago or so. It was freaky.
Grab your surf board and get after it baw.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:57 am to 24nights
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Grab your surf board and get after it baw.
And wetsuit.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:57 am to SDVTiger
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A Tsunami is gonna travel across all that ocean to the west coast?
It’s unlikely, but the eruption has caused swelling of water on Japanese coasts, and Japan is roughly 5,000 miles away from Tonga. California is only a few hundred miles further away from Tonga than Japan is.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:58 am to udtiger
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A Pacific Basin-wide Tsunami Advisory is in effect following a violent undersea volcanic eruption in the Tongas at 11:30pm ET Friday night. Go to https://Tsunami.gov and your local office at https://weather.gov or on twitter for tsunami forecasts and warnings.
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Chris Vagasky
@COweatherman
Some hourly statistics from this latest #HungaTongaHungaHaapai #HungaTonga #Volcano Eruption.
Peak hourly rate was 200,000 discharges between 0500 and 0600 UTC!
Just absolutely amazing.
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This is the most incredible #lightning loop that I have ever put together. #HongaTongaHungaHaapai #HungaTonga #Volcano eruption today with nearly 400k lightning events in just a few hours!
This post was edited on 1/15/22 at 8:59 am
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:58 am to 24nights
Waves aren't due until 8:00a. Couple hours away. we just heard the noise.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 8:59 am to udtiger
I imagine they get numb to tsunami warnings like we do tornado warnings in the South.
This post was edited on 1/15/22 at 9:01 am
Posted on 1/15/22 at 9:01 am to udtiger
NYT
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A four-foot tsunami wave was reported to have hit Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, on Saturday, sending people rushing to higher ground. Witnesses said ash had fallen from the sky, after an underwater volcano erupted earlier near the remote Pacific nation.
The volcano, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, is about 40 miles north of the Pacific archipelago’s main island, Tongatapu.
The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia reported the tsunami on Twitter. But communication with Tonga was disrupted, according to The Associated Press, so there were no immediate official reports of injuries or the extent of the damage.
The Tonga Meteorological Service issued a tsunami warning for the archipelago on Saturday evening. On their Facebook pages, the meteorological services for nearby Fiji and Samoa also issued tsunami warnings, advising people to stay away from low-lying coastal areas.
The National Tsunami Warning Center in the United States issued a tsunami advisory for the West Coast on Saturday morning Pacific time, including the Washington and Oregon coast, with National Weather Service in Portland already reporting one- to three-foot waves on Twitter in Newport, Ore., Long Beach, Wash., and Seaside, Ore. “First wave may not be the highest, so later waves my be larger,” the tweet said.
The volcano had been relatively inactive for several years, but it began erupting intermittently in December. By Jan. 3 the activity had decreased significantly, according to a report by the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 9:02 am to udtiger
Dammit. So much for my Tonga vacation next week.
Seriously….how the hell does that thing blowing up not produce a tsunami More than 4 ft?
Seriously….how the hell does that thing blowing up not produce a tsunami More than 4 ft?
This post was edited on 1/15/22 at 9:04 am
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