02-27-2010, 02:47 PM
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#81
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm
So what is happening? Wonder if any crazy surfers are gonna try to hit this biatch!
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Tsunamis come in like a wall, don't they? Not like a normal, surfable, wave.
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02-27-2010, 02:47 PM
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#82
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arloiginla
it's coming and is going to be huge.
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Oh?
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02-27-2010, 02:49 PM
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#83
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Tsunamis come in like a wall, don't they? Not like a normal, surfable, wave.
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Not to mention it will have rocks and debris in the wave picked up from the ocean floor. Not something you want to be in at all.
And Hilo Bay has started to drain again.
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02-27-2010, 02:49 PM
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#84
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Water is really moving in this feed...
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/...nav=menu55_1_1
Was going towards the left side... now switched to the right and going faster. Not sure if it's tidal or whatever.
edit: slowed down again.
edit again: and now the flow has reversed back
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Last edited by BlackArcher101; 02-27-2010 at 02:54 PM.
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02-27-2010, 02:57 PM
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#85
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Oh?
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I'm watching KHNL Hawaii news. They're talking about water levels receding, how it's late, etc. etc.
There's something coming.
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02-27-2010, 02:58 PM
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#86
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Wow the water's really draining out of Hilo Bay right now
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02-27-2010, 02:58 PM
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#87
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First Line Centre
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The water is reaaly moving out atm.
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02-27-2010, 02:59 PM
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#88
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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02-27-2010, 02:59 PM
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#89
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Wow the water's really draining out of Hilo Bay right now
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wow, sure is
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02-27-2010, 02:59 PM
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#90
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Holy crap Hilo Bay is draining.
edit: beaten to it
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02-27-2010, 03:00 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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Some strange changes in the tide, that's for sure. Sucking out fast, then coming back in, then going out fast again.
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02-27-2010, 03:01 PM
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#92
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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3 dead, 10 missing after large wave hits San Fernandez island.
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02-27-2010, 03:03 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
3 dead, 10 missing after large wave hits San Fernandez island.
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Post your source when you have news like this.
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02-27-2010, 03:04 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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The best science and technology in the world still can only guess at what time and how big the tsunami is. They predicted an hour ago.
Just goes to show how much more powerful creation is than science, andhow far we stil have to go as a society in terms of technology.
Although granted the technology is light-years better than it was 40 years ago when tsunamis hit without warning and killed tons of people.
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02-27-2010, 03:05 PM
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#95
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Post your source when you have news like this.
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CNN ticker
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02-27-2010, 03:06 PM
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Retired
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pacific Ocean
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Scientist just mentioned on CNN damage reported in Ventura, California although I live across the beach and haven't seen anything threatening - though Ventura beach is on a different angle
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02-27-2010, 03:09 PM
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#97
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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02-27-2010, 03:10 PM
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#98
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by photon
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130 feet. Yeah, that would be insane. One of the largest waves ever, if it were actually that tall, I'd think? There'd be nothing left of the island.
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02-27-2010, 03:14 PM
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#99
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arloiginla
The best science and technology in the world still can only guess at what time and how big the tsunami is. They predicted an hour ago.
Just goes to show how much more powerful creation is than science, andhow far we stil have to go as a society in terms of technology.
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There's a lot more factors than just "how powerful creation is".. If we could have a lot more information about them we'd have better models, but since since no one knows in advance where and when they'll happen, that's very difficult.. unless you spend 100's of billions of dollars to blanket the earth with sensors to gather data.
Limited by computing power and time as well, the more accurate a model is the more complex it is and more computing power it would require. They may have better models for more accurate predictions, but if it takes 3 days on a super computer to compute, that's not very useful
A better model would require topography of every square inch of the ocean bottom (again costly).
A lot of the limitations aren't limitations in science per say, more limitations in resources.
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02-27-2010, 03:18 PM
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#100
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southern California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by socalwingfan
Scientist just mentioned on CNN damage reported in Ventura, California although I live across the beach and haven't seen anything threatening - though Ventura beach is on a different angle
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Its a south facing beach, right?
We did get a pretty good storm cell about an hour ago, so I wonder how they can determine stormy waters from tsunami waters.
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