Thread: Tsunami warning for Tassie

Warning for Vic as well..... no surf fishing fellas
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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

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TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 2 FOR PARTS OF VICTORIA
Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre [JATWC] at
09:08 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

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TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:

Tsunami warning for the marine environment for parts of VICTORIA.

Threatened areas extend from Lakes Entrance to Gabo Island including Gabo
Island, Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota and Point Hicks.

Possibility of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND SOME LOCALISED
OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE for several hours from 10:15 pm [EST]
Wednesday.

Although major evacuations are not required, people are advised to get out of
the water and move away from the immediate water's edge.

Next update will be issued by 10:08 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

For latest and further information call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300 878 6264] or visit
Home Page - Bureau of Meteorology

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DETAILS:

A threat of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
LOCALISED OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE exists for parts of VICTORIA
from Lakes Entrance to Gabo Island including Gabo Island, Lakes Entrance,
Mallacoota and Point Hicks.

Tsunami effects are expected at the following locations from these times:

Mallacoota after 9:30 pm [EST] Wednesday
Lakes Entrance after 10:15 pm [EST] Wednesday

COMMUNITY RESPONSE ADVICE FROM THE VICTORIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE

- While major evacuations in these areas are not required, people are advised
to get out of the water and move away from the immediate water's edge of
harbours, coastal estuaries, rock platforms and beaches.

- Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to
shore. Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront.

- Vessels already at sea should stay offshore in deep water until further
advised.

- Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of
dangerous, localised flooding of the immediate foreshore.

- Check that your neighbours have received this advice.

CAUTION:
Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first
wave not necessarily being the largest.

Low-level effects may be observed in neighbouring coastal areas. People are
advised to take care.

TSUNAMI SOURCE:
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 [Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E ]
occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009 near OFF W. COAST OF S.
ISLAND, N.Z..

Sea level observations have confirmed a tsunami has been generated.

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The earthquake of magnitude 7.9 [Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E ]
occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009.

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The NEXT UPDATE will be issued by 10:08 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

FOR LATEST AND FURTHER INFORMATION:
Call 1300 TSUNAMI [1300 878 6264] or visit Home Page - Bureau of Meteorology

FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE:
Call the VICTORIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE on 132 500

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EST = Eastern Standard Time
CST = Central Standard Time = EST - 30 minutes
WST = Western Standard Time = EST - 2 hours

NSW got it too, this Early Warning Network thing is pretty nifty

X2

Stay safe anyone in those area's.....can't brush these things off any more as they are no longer a myth

Originally Posted by longing4alandy

NSW got it too, this Early Warning Network thing is pretty nifty

I never got anything...or was it location specific?

Are you singed up for the Early Warning Network EWN - The Early Warning Network
If so you should have received an SMS then a few minutes later an email.
Its the first such warning i have received so far.

Lease place flotation devices on your Landys so that when you are swamped they will float West to us.
Seriously hope all goes well. All of East Coast as high as Nth NSW, Vic, Part of SA, Tassie, Lord Howe, Norfolk Islands, NZ etc are on Tsunami alert. Hopefully nothing will come of it, but better to be ready.

Originally Posted by longing4alandy

Are you singed up for the Early Warning Network EWN - The Early Warning Network
If so you should have received an SMS then a few minutes later an email.
Its the first such warning i have received so far.

no I haven't I didn't know about that I thought they signed you up automatically...have signed up now thank you

Any word on how it went?

I am assuming that the lack of information is a good thing!