Tsunami!!!

[Wood§tok]

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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

Queensland

 

Transmitters serving the coastal area east coast are REQUESTED TO USE THE

STANDARD EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNAL BEFORE BROADCASTING THIS MESSAGE

 

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

QUEENSLAND TSUNAMI WARNING

Issued at 8:57am on Monday the 2nd of April 2007

 

For people in coastal areas of Queensland.

 

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

 

TSUNAMI BULLETIN

 

TSUNAMI THREAT TO EASTERN AUSTRALIA and Willis and Barrier Reef

Islands, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii

has detected an undersea earthquake near Solomon Islands and has issued a

Tsunami Bulletin.

 

The earthquake has also been detected by Geoscience Australia.

 

FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.

 

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 

ORIGIN TIME - 6:40 am EST 02 APR 2007

COORDINATES - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST

LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAGNITUDE - 8.1

 

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

HONIARA 15CM ZERO-TO-PEAK OBSERVED AT 7:31 am EST

 

EVALUATION

 

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE

BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND

COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

 

FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS

AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT

OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL

CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE

ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

 

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES

 

 

MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME

BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

 

Based on the magnitude and location of the earthquake,

tsunami could start affecting these locations at the following local

time:

 

Cooktown from 0931am 02/04/2007

Cairns from 0949am

Brisbane 1033am

Gladstone 1139am

Mackay 1144am

 

This bulletin is also available through TV and Radio

broadcasts and the Bureau's website at

www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/

 

Dangerous waves and currents may affect beaches, harbours and rivers for several

hours from the time of impact and low- lying coastal areas could be flooded.

 

The waves can be separated in time by between ten to sixty minutes and the first

wave of the series may not be the largest.

 

The Queensland State Emergency Service advises that people should stay away from

low lying coastal areas.

 

This warning will be updated by this morning.

 

This warning is also available through TV and Radio broadcasts; the Bureau's

website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 218

 

The Bureau of Meteorology and Emergency Management Queensland would appreciate

this warning being broadcast regularly.

[irokin]

 

 

RUNNNNNN!!!!

[Jono]

some beaches were closed in sydney.

[JiP]

Makes you think ey. Could happen anywhere.

[philba]

Just looked at the Bureau of Meteorology website and the warning has been cancelled

[Des]

It was on the radio all morning, I wanted music dammit not jibberish about a 2 metre wave.

[Wood§tok]

apparently water levels rose 10cms on bondi. thats a crapload of water when you think about it.

 

cheers.

[10ROLLA]

if or when it happens, the life of nearly all rolla's will be shortened by so much, from all the salt water, will rust them out in no time

[7shades]

I live right on the beach up here... I got all excited for nothin... like when an unfeasibly hot girl flirting with you turns out to be a hooker.

 

I want my money back.