[123116] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tsunami
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shon Elliott)
Sat Feb 27 19:09:37 2010
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:09:08 -0800
From: Shon Elliott <shon@unwiredbb.com>
To: Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B89AEC6.7000209@wvi.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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.
>
