Another Massive Earthquake

[kantuckyII]

Hmmmmmm Israel has been reborn and the Jews are settling in the Promise Land again..and now we see this every day it seems like...Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Best to be ready for 'the shout!'

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:7-8

Maranatha!

[kantuckyII]

Oh, I just checked this..5 of the worse 11 earthquakes in the last 110 years have occurred in the last 5 years!

[seofan_via_dublin]

So was this an attempt to inform people of the possible natural disaster to hit Hawaii,
and the steps the Hawaiian gov't have taken to prevent population damage.

or

Was it a way of getting yet another religous topic in the chat forum, where we all know they're not supposed to be.

Because if it was the first option, maybe you should include a link to the content of the actual story.

[seofan_via_dublin]

Nevermind, we know which it was.

I'll take care of righting the ship for you.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/quake_tsunami

EWA BEACH, Hawaii – A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast as well as hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top.
Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the coast.
The first waves in Hawaii are expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) at Hilo. Most Pacific Rim nations however did not order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.
Unlike other tsunamis in recent years, emergency officials along the Pacific have hours to prepare and possibly evacuate residents.
"We've got a lot of things going for us," said Charles McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states. "We have a reasonable lead time.
"We should be able to alert everyone in harm's way to move out of the evacuation zones," he said.
In Hawaii, boats and people near the coast were being evacuated. Hilo International Airport, located along the coast, was closed. In Honolulu, residents lined up at supermarkets to stock up on water, canned food and batteries. Cars lined up 15 long at several gas stations.
"These are dangerous, dangerous events," said John Cummings, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Management Department.
In Tonga, where nine people died in a Sept. 29 tsunami, police and defense forces began evacuating people from low-lying coastal areas as they warned residents that tsunami waves about three feet (one meter) high could wash ashore within three hours.
"I can hear the church bells ringing to alert the people," National Disaster Office deputy director Mali'u Takai said. "We will move up to 50,000 people to the interior and away from the coasts."
Waves 6 feet (1.8 meter) above normal hit near Concepcion, Chile shortly after the quake.
On the island of Robinson Crusoe, a huge wave from the tsunami covered half the village of San Juan Batista and three people were missing, said Ivan de la Maza, the superintendent of Chile's principal mainland port, Valparaiso.
A helicopter and a Navy frigate were enroute to the island to assist in the search, he said.
A tsunami warning — the highest alert level — was also in effect for Guam, American Samoa, Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands. An advisory — the lowest level — has been extended to include Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.
British Columbia is hosting the Winter Olympic Games, but provincial officials said the venues are not under threat.
The White House is keeping close watch on the Chilean quake, which has raised the possibility of a tsunami striking Hawaii. Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs said the U.S. stands ready to help the Chilean people "in this hour of need."
American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sunia activated emergency services and called on residents of shoreline villages to move to higher ground. Police in Samoa issued a nationwide alert to begin coastal evacuations. The tsunami is expected to reach the islands Saturday morning.
In French Polynesia, tsunami waves up to 6 feet (2 meters) high swept ashore, but no damage was immediately reported.
Meanwhile, disaster management officials in Fiji said they have been warned to expect waves of as high as 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) to hit the northern and eastern islands of the archipelago and the nearby Tonga islands.
A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands. Tsunami Center officials said they did not expect the advisory would be upgraded to a warning.
Waves were likely to hit Asian, Australian and New Zealand shores within 24 hours of Saturday's quake. A tsunami wave can travel at up to 600 mph, said Jenifer Rhoades, tsunami program manager at the National Weather Service in Washington, DC.
The sirens in Hawaii will also be sounded again three hours prior to the estimated arrival time.
McCreery said he didn't know how big the waves will be, but expected them to be the largest to hit Hawaii since 1964.
"If you're in an evacuation zone, police or civil defense volunteers would instruct you to evacuate, or instructions will come out over the radio and TV," said Shelly Ichishita, spokeswoman for the state's civil defense.
If coastal areas are evacuated, visitors in Waikiki would be moved to higher floors in their hotels, rather than moved out of the tourist district, which could cause gridlock.
Some Pacific nations in the warning area were heavily damaged by a tsunami last year.
On Sept. 29, a tsunami spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa and nine in Tonga. Scientists later said that wave was 46 feet (14 meters) high.
Past South American earthquakes have had deadly effects across the Pacific.
A tsunami after a magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines.
That tsunami was about 3.3 to 13 feet (one to four meters) in height, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted earthquake experts as saying the tsunami would likely be tens of centimeters (inches) high and reach Japan in about 22 hours.
A tsunami of 28 centimeters (11 inches) was recorded after a magnitude-8.4 earthquake near Chile in 2001.
The Meteorological Agency said it was still investigating the likelihood of a tsunami in Japan and did not issue a formal coastal warning.
Australia, meanwhile, was put on a tsunami watch.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning Saturday night for a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Any potential wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it said.
New Zealand officials warned that "non-destructive" tsunami waves of less than three feet could hit the entire east coast of the country's two main islands and its Chatham Islands territory, some 300 miles east of New Zealand.
The Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology issued a low-level alert saying people should await further notice of a possible tsunami. It did not recommend evacuations.
Seismologist Fumihiko Imamura, of Japan's Tohoku University, told NHK that residents near ocean shores should not underestimate the power of a tsunami even though they may be generated by quakes on the other side of the ocean.
"There is the possibility that it could reach Japan without losing its strength," he said.

[noreply66]

Oh, I just checked this..5 of the worse 11 earthquakes in the last 110 years have occurred in the last 5 years!

When taling about worst are you saying highest reading or number of dead?

[kantuckyII]

seofan_via_dublin, there's no ban on religion talk here. Good night, how many times in a month do we see prayer request?

It is what it is...it's something to think about and consider

[seofan_via_dublin]

It is, but at least try to post a comment that pertains to you thread title.

It was the first post of the thread, and you had nothing to say about the actual impact of a tsunami on Hawaii,
or the 8.8 earthquake in Chile that caused the possible tsunami to strike.

I know the wind blows hard down in the weeds, but at least try to put it on target.

[kantuckyII]

Well, I actually did have something typed up that was more specific but I ran out of space in the title header and changed it. I apologize that I wasn't more clear.

However, having said that, there are more than one talking points one could discuss here in this thread:

Such as, strong earthquakes in modern history

Which countries have suffered the most earthquakes and which have suffered the most from it

What state in the US has the most earthquake prone area (it ain't the one many think)

Earthquake prevention architecture and how it's saved lives in Chile, despite being 500 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti!

Tidal Waves and possible waves from this one..or..as they now call them, Tsunami

Marvel at the sudden frequency of these large earthquakes, despite being in divers (different) places

Possible Biblical implications


and...finally, if you wish, you may argue if that is your thang...

[my2cents]

Hmmmmmm Israel has been reborn and the Jews are settling in the Promise Land again..and now we see this every day it seems like...Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Best to be ready for 'the shout!'

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:7-8

Maranatha!

Stupid is as stupid does, mama says.

[my2cents]

Hmmmmmm Israel has been reborn and the Jews are settling in the Promise Land again..and now we see this every day it seems like...Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Best to be ready for 'the shout!'

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:7-8

Maranatha!

6 to 12 inch waves hit Hawaii? Where's your Moses now!

[kantuckyII]

It was still a massive earthquake. The bullet was dodged on the Tsunami

[caglewis]

Government-funded research studies tend to get ridiculed as wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of tax money. Likewise predictions and precautions are ridiculed if they are even minimally inaccurate, but called "delinquent" if not issued sufficiently soon or strongly enough.
We have gained so much knowledge from research studies spawned as a result of previous natural events. Chile residents suffered less than Haiti, because of better earthquake-proof government-enforced construction and building codes. Yes, God sent the earthquake, but He also gave us the power to study and analyze all natural events, and predict and protect ourselves against them. Why is belief in science and research defined as "anti-God"?

[kantuckyII]

You got me Cagle. I think that we can think of the earth like a zoo. We know now that if we give the animals something to do, something to work their minds and such, they thrive. Something like, trying to figure out how to get their food out of a container and such.

Our zoo is the planet and universe I think

Ps...did God send an earthquake? that kinda reasoning is way over my head

[caglewis]

"Way over your head"? Aren't you fond of claiming that all natural disasters are proof of God's retribution and punishment for sinners - like Katrina was aimed at New Orleans for having a "Gay Parade" and all non Christians "deserve" bad stuff for their unbelief?

[kantuckyII]

Nope, you got me mixed up with someone else

[my2cents]

WOW! Didn't you start this post with some ranting and raving about Jews and god?

[Charley Hustle]

700+dead

[kantuckyII]

WOW! Didn't you start this post with some ranting and raving about Jews and god?

What I can't figure out with you is if it's a problem of perception or pathological lying?

[my2cents]

Hmmmmmm Israel has been reborn and the Jews are settling in the Promise Land again..and now we see this every day it seems like...Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Best to be ready for 'the shout!'

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:7-8
Maranatha!

Really, you think I have a problem!

[noreply66]

WOW! Didn't you start this post with some ranting and raving about Jews and god?

What I can't figure out with you is if it's a problem of perception or pathological lying?

did someone say something-----