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Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:59 am
by Matt

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:52 am
by scott080379
yep, going surfing

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:44 am
by racfish
I wonder what this will do to the Springers and smelt runs. Will the fish head up river or will they scatter? Anyone have any idea?

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:55 am
by fishingboy
Either they will run up river as fast as they can or they will scatter. No one knows. A Tsunami WARNING is in effect from the Columbia river mouth south to central California coast line!

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:46 pm
by Marc Martyn
Wow! Cargo ships tossed around like bathtub toys and a gigantic whirlpool![scared] Unbelievable!

Did anyone notice anything on the coast or in the Sound? They had some extensive damage in Crescent City, CA.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:47 pm
by Fish_Bait111397
racfish wrote:I wonder what this will do to the Springers and smelt runs. Will the fish head up river or will they scatter? Anyone have any idea?
Always thinkin about the fish ! :cheers:

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:15 pm
by Coastfishin
Wasn't even noticable in Ocean Shores, a little farther north there was a 3' swell

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:41 pm
by kzoo
They reported 1/2 foot swells in the Puget Sound.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:18 pm
by natetreat
I saw some chop on Elliot bay from out the window, but it's been worse on a windy day. Heheh. That wouldve been kinda of neat to see it on the jetty at westport, a wave from all the way across the ocean. Any body get pictures from the coast?

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:25 pm
by Matt
natetreat wrote:I saw some chop on Elliot bay from out the window, but it's been worse on a windy day. Heheh. That wouldve been kinda of neat to see it on the jetty at westport, a wave from all the way across the ocean. Any body get pictures from the coast?
Takin pix is how that dude got swept away down in Cali. When someone tells you a tsunami is coming I would suggest NOT going down to the beach for a photo op, lol.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:32 pm
by natetreat
Yeaa, but when I woke up at 6 am, they said they expected 3 foot swell and were evacuating only ground floor rooms in hotels on the coast. So somebody had to be up higher taking pictures.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:33 am
by Marc Martyn
You know this seems far away. But......... the Pacific Northwest also sits on the Ring of Fire, just like Japan does. I listened to a geologist being interviewed today on the radio saying that the U.S. is not immune to such a large shift of the undersea plates. He also said that off the coast of Washington, it could happen and with the same intensity. Can you just imagine.:pale:

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:20 am
by Matt
I know Marc, I have seen science shows on TV about massive Tsunamis hitting the Washington coast and they fully expect it to happen, it is just a matter of when.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:37 am
by dicinu
i forgot which show I was watching but it was about the ring of fire quakes and tsunamis and the tsunamis where to stop in oklahoma it was a good show with alot of computer generated action on how this all is supposed to go down talking of end of the world. earthquakes supposed to drop all of the western seaboard in the ocean. to cause this massive Tsunami but starts with the biggest quake from san andres to which ever fault we have here in the pac NW. I will say the world is really changing from a sink hole to worse and worse earth quakes. floods and droughts. solar flares moon close to the earth. and the list goes on.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:56 am
by Marc Martyn
All I can say is that when I finish a tile job, I tell my customers that I will guarantee my work until 12/12/2012. After that, their on their own! LOL [laugh]

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:13 pm
by Matt
dicinu wrote:from san andres to which ever fault we have here in the pac NW

Juan de fuca fault I believe.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:48 pm
by dicinu
Marc Martyn wrote:All I can say is that when I finish a tile job, I tell my customers that I will guarantee my work until 12/12/2012. After that, their on their own! LOL [laugh]

lol


thanks Matt I believe you are correct I never really pay attention to the world ending. As when it does all I can say is I had a pretty good life 12/12/2012....

so many times we were supposed to end 9/9/1999 6/6/1996 y2k and which other ones are out there.

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:50 pm
by Marc Martyn
Matt wrote:
dicinu wrote:from san andres to which ever fault we have here in the pac NW

Juan de fuca fault I believe.
Yup. Now that you know this........sleep tight!:-"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_ ... _plate.png

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:53 pm
by Marc Martyn
Matt wrote:
dicinu wrote:from san andres to which ever fault we have here in the pac NW

Juan de fuca fault I believe.
Yup. Now that you know this........sleep tight!:-"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Plate

RE:Tsunami Advisory Issued for Washington Coast

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:59 pm
by Matt
"The last megathrust earthquake at the Cascadia subduction zone was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, estimated to have a moment magnitude of 8.7 to 9.2. Based on carbon dating of local tsunami deposits, it occurred around 1700. As reported in National Geographic on 8 December 2003, Japanese records indicate the quake caused a tsunami in Japan which occurred during the evening of Tuesday, 26 January 1700."

Its been 3000 years, we may be overdue....