Not the best day for a swim at the beach! - Page 3

p38arover · #21 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Leave me alone Dobbo,thats Ronalds area you are straying into

Andrew

Fixed - before I saw Dobbo's post.

Chucaro · #22 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 06:43 AM

There are not guide lines about what to do for people that live on the 3.6 mt Australian Datum

Are the people at risk in Hervey Bay now? What they have to do? Evacuate?
This warning is only use tocreate panic or confusion in the way that is issed.
Bugger if I know what I have to do now living 300 yards for the beach

windsock · #23 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 06:44 AM

Some of the latest from www.stuff.co.nz...

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9.23am: Gisborne residents have had a quick change of heart about returning home this morning, when seas levels dropped suddenly - signalling a tsunami was imminent.
A witness said the water went "a long, long way out", dropping below low tide levels, even though it was around high tide.
Civil Defence had now blocked off all roads to the beaches.
There were still "idiots" been seen heading to the beach with surfboards on their cars, the witness said.
Civil Defence volunteers and emergency service personnel had been door knocking at beachfront homes in the city and small settlements along the East Coast advising people of the warning and recommending they move inland or to higher ground.
At that stage many people had already been contacted by relatives, neighbours and friends who had already heard of the warning in some cases on overseas media.
Most residents, by now familiar with the procedure after several alerts over the past two years, moved to higher ground automatically, "just in case".
Many boat owners, including Eastland Port, put vessels out to sea.
By 8am when the wave was due to arrive, hill tops in and around Gisborne were chocabloc with people and cars. On Kaiti Hill overlooking the city and port, a few people could also be seen on the city beachfront below, waiting to watch for a wave.

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10.17am: Marsden Point oil refinery has suspended all operations pending further information on the severity of the tsunami.

Production controller Ted Rye said all operations at the country's only oil refinery had been put on hold.

"We’ve just had a report from a trader fishing boat out at the Hen and Chick islands, about 10 kilometers off the coast, and they have noticed quite a significant surge."

A small ship which had been discharging its oil at the port this morning had also been stopped, Mr Rye said.
10.07am: Civil Defence Minister John Carter is appealling to Kiwis to take today's warnings seriously, and stay away from beaches all day.
10.02am: Gauges are reporting a tsunami of about half a metre at the Chatham Islands, and 20cm at East Cape, Civil Defence emergency management has reported.
Changes in water level - seen as a precursor to a tsunami - have been seen is Gisborne, and gauges show changes in the Hawke's Bay and at Castlepoint, on the Wairarapa coast.
Initial surges were likely to be smaller than those to follow, Civil Defence warned. It was expected that the greatest wave heights could occur between six and 12 hours after the initial arrivals.
9.56am: Today's dragonboat racing event on Wellington Harbour has also been cancelled due to the tsunami alert and at the request of police and Civil Defence.
Wellington civil-defence Controller Mike Mendonca says it is better to take a cautious approach.
"Our advice for everyone is to stay away from beaches and low-lying coastal areas until further notice - when the all-clear is given," he said.
9.46am: Wispering Sands Beachfront Motel owner Peter Martin had been watching the sea in Gisborne and said there had been a noticeable drop in the water level.

"The water went out a wee bit and when the water dropped the water came out of the river water … the water's looking quite dirty," he said.

"I think now the … sea level's starting to come back in," he said.

There had been a voluntary evacuation notice issued but locals were pretty relaxed.

"I don't think people have gone as crazy as they have the past two times," he said.

Bearman · #24 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 07:03 AM

Is everyone aware of the tsunami warning for eastern Australia for coastal areas. Check your bureau of meteorology site for information relevant to your area. This is from a 8.8 magnitude earthquake yesterday in Chile (across the Pacific from us). Some areas of Qld,Nsw and Vic are in the warning areas.

sschmez · #25 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 07:11 AM

Yep,

Thread here already

Stevo

Chucaro · #26 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 07:12 AM

Yes mate, but they do not tell us what to do!

Why create a panic if they do not tell the population near the coast what they have to do?
As far as I know they do not evacuate people in Hervey Bay which is very low.

windsock · #27 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Bearman

Is everyone aware of the tsunami warning for eastern Australia for coastal areas. Check your bureau of meteorology site for information relevant to your area. This is from a 8.8 magnitude earthquake yesterday in Chile (across the Pacific from us). Some areas of Qld,Nsw and Vic are in the warning areas.

Yep, see "Not the best day for a swim at the beach" thread.

DOH! Already a reply

windsock · #28 (**permalink**) 28th February 2010, 07:24 AM

From the GeoNet Tsunami page. "De-tided" water levels. Note the one metre wave scale on the right hand side.,

Click refresh to update the data.

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