Massive earthquake hits Chile

[Teki187]

(what morons, trying to surf a tsunami)

Sorry but that made me chuckle

 

[bmi92]

Snip

Good luck mate.

Does anyone know how big the tsunamis are going to be in all the places with warnings?

 

[Garp]

Sorry but that made me chuckle

I can picture the TV news interview now. "It's totally bogus dude, the police man, they're clearing us off the beaches. The waves, man, they're going to be soooo intense but the police won't let us stay." Sadly they really do talk like that.

 

[kwerk]

The tsunami hitting Hawaii has the potential to be awesome. Should be a spectacular event.

Hour and 10 mins to go!

Live feed:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hitsunami

 

[Garp]

Hour and 10 mins to go!

Live feed:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hitsunami

Yay, our lovely KHON local news channel... talking heads not really saying much, repeatedly.

 

[Orcish-Horde]

We do know it will be multiple waves inbound though, will hit the Big Island (Hawai'i) sometime around 11:05, hitting island after island over the next 30 minutes or so.

500mph.

Is that UK time? If it hits at 500mph it would scrap a good part of the island clean, I would think that the presure of the wave pushing agianst the island will slow it down out at sea. Hopefully it will only hit at about 30 or so mph.

 

[Radiation]

I didn't think the waves could travel so far!

 

[Garp]

Is that UK time? If it hits at 500mph it would scrap a good part of the island clean, I would think that the presure of the wave pushing agianst the island will slow it down out at sea. Hopefully it will only hit at about 30 or so mph.

No, sorry that's local time (Hawaii Standard Time). Tsunami is about to hit in the next 10-20 minutes, guess that's 9pm UK time.

 

[Fuzz]

Local time I.e NOW (1 min to go)

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

Is that UK time? If it hits at 500mph it would scrap a good part of the island clean, I would think that the presure of the wave pushing agianst the island will slow it down out at sea. Hopefully it will only hit at about 30 or so mph.

the way it works is that the front of the wave as it hits the coastline gradually it slows down but the back end of the wave still travels at the same speed which is now greater than the speed the of the front part. So this difference in speed in the wave forces it to gain height .

i think thats whats causing the waves to gain height when they hit the shores and their decrease in speed

 

[kibblerok]

why are sky news saying 21:19? contradicting the on screen display on the hawaii feed

 

[Ceryndrion]

*snip*

Watching the live feeds, hope it passes smoothly and without too much damage.. *fingers crossed for ye*

 

[Fuzz]

Reports of water receding in the bay :/

 

[Longbow]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hawaii-tsunami

 

[SixTwoSix]

watching the live feed with morbid curiosity

 

[bmi92]

Watching the live feed, they were expecting it at 11:04 local time, its about 11:15 now. Nothing as of yet, they were mentioning discolouration in the water so that's the first signs of action.

 

[Vita]

BBC News, first waves seem to be comming in.

 

[stiv121]

I still wouldnt help them...

 

[kibblerok]

BBC News, first waves seem to be comming in.

they just look like normal waves

 

[Fenris]

Nothing yet on the live feed.