The tsunami center has cancelled the warnings for Hawaii (so I just heard from fox news). I guess it's really nothing, now. Who knows with how many aftershocks might be generated from that 8.8 EQ.
-S Jeff Shultz wrote: > On 2/27/2010 3:36 PM, Scott Weeks wrote: >> ------------------------------- >> It wasn't anything. Stood on the cliff above Pipeline (famous surf >> spot) and couldn't tell if the water washing up the beach was normal >> winter surf or a tsunami. Other parts of the island may have seen >> more, though. Resonance is everything with these types of waves. >> >> Many cables land at Kahe on the west side of Oahu and Kawaihae on the >> Big Island, the opposite side of the islands from the direction of the >> wave. No calls from the NOC, so no trouble AFAIK... ;-) >> >> scott >> >> > > Last time I checked, Pipeline was on the north side of the island, was > it not? Activity coming from Chile would be on the east and southern sides. > > Nonetheless, based on television coverage it basically "sloshed" in and > out a lot without any real damage being done. Didn't even look like it > really got past the beaches from what I could see. >