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8.8 Earthquake hits Chile, tsunami warning for Hawaii Saturday afternoon

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[quote='BusNative;166619;8]Out at the Santa Monica cliff now.... Water is very flat, so we should be able to see a wave coming in from the ocean.... A bunch of others waiting to see also[/quote]


I'm imagining a big party like the people on the rooftops in Independence Day.
 
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T-minus 15 minutes or so before the first wave is supposed to come ashore on the Big Island.

EDIT: Sirens are sounding again...I'm assuming they're the 30-minute-warning sirens, so the first wave must be about a half hour or from Oahu.
 
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Latest projections from NOAA:

CURRENT RANGE OF FORECAST INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL TIME AND MAXIMUM
WAVE AMPLITUDES MEASURED FROM CREST TO TROUGH.

........HILO........1105AM HST.. 2.1-2.5 METERS
........HONOLULU....1137AM HST.. 0.5-0.7 METERS
........KAHULUI.... 1126AM HST.. 1.1-3.0 METERS
........NAWILIWILI..1142AM HST.. 0.9-1.4 METERS
........HALEIWA................. 0.5-1.1 METERS
........KAWAIHAE................ 0.6-1.6 METERS
 
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A couple of the lighter moments from today:

- Had to run up to the store to grab a few things and the cashier lines were obviously full. So, the store manager opens up the register at the photo counter to help with the situation, and sure enough, a lady cuts right to the front of the line, demanding service for pictures.

- Almost everyone in the line I was in was buying some form of liquor.

- Overheard a guy and a girl discussing "the wrap-around" effect. I tried not to laugh too loud.

- The only bad traffic situation that I heard about was people driving up to a lookout point called Tantalus. CNN was trying to make it sound like it was people heading to higher ground, but it was idiots trying to get a better view. The police had to shut down the road due to minor accidents.

- Speaking of idiots, guess you saw one of the surfers heading out for the "big wave." A tsunami is more of a surge than a clean, breaking wave, and the water underneath the surface gets very turbulent. Some of those guys are lucky that the situation didn't change in a short period of time.

- Thanks to all of the BPer's who expressed their concern.
 
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Well, a whole lot for nothing (fortunately). Most action was quick tidal surges, where it was like the tide going completely low and then completely high in a matter of a few minutes vice hours. Most of these surges were no more than a meter or two. The biggest variation I heard was Barber's Point (IIRC), where their surge was about six feet.

Drinking a six pack of Sierra Nevada ale to wash down a loco-moco (white rice with a hamburger patty, gravy, and a fried egg on top). Danger averted. :biggrin:
 
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