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The Man
10-28-2012, 05:19 AM
7.7 earthquake off Canada's coast... (http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=e03a6e895721fff1&source=pa&hl=en&gl=CA)


A tsunami Warning is now in effect which includes the coastal areas of British Columbia and Alaska from the north tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Cape Decision, Alaska (85 miles SE of Sitka). - Event details: Preliminary magnitude 7.1 (Mwp) earthquake / Lat: 52.863, Lon: -131.942 at 2012-10-28T03:04:11Z Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant widespread inundation is expected, or occurring. Warnings indicate that widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible and may continue for several hours after the initial wave arrival.

Estimated arrival times and wave heights:

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Langara Island, British Columbia 9:16 PM GMT-07 (13 minutes from now)
Sitka, Alaska 8:42 PM GMT-08 (39 minutes from now)


Map of tsunami travel times (http://fools-gold.org/aaron/tsunami.jpg)

Hope everyone in the area will be ok.

Laddy
10-28-2012, 07:09 AM
Be safe, everyone. :(

yukina
10-28-2012, 07:23 AM
Keep safe, everyone in the danger areas!

Jiro
10-28-2012, 10:06 AM
This is a bit exciting, but not in the good kind of way.

Unbreakable Will
10-28-2012, 03:08 PM
fuck... first Frankenstorm now this. fuck you Mother Nature.

Chris
10-28-2012, 03:38 PM
Hope everyone is safe. :heart:

~*~Celes~*~
10-28-2012, 05:03 PM
It makes me wonder if there's another disaster in place.

Madame Adequate
10-28-2012, 05:17 PM
fuck... first Frankenstorm now this. fuck you Mother Nature.

Mother Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing! Well I say hard cheese.