TSUNAMI ADVISORY 9/29/2009

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

Be careful and let other folks know if you know anyone who will be out on the water this evening.  20-65cm tsunami expected to hit California starting about 9:20 pm this evening. 

Federal experts have now issued a tsunami advisory for possible dangerous currents in coastal areas of California and Oregon following a magnitude-8 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says an advisory means that a tsunami capable of producing strong currents or waves dangerous to persons in or very near the water is imminent or expected.

The center says widespread inundation is not expected.

The initial wave arrivals will begin about 9 p.m. Tuesday and build toward the most hazardous period early Wednesday morning.

Warning center official Guy Urban says a tsunami of 12 inches to 26 inches has been measured since the earthquake. Urban says it would be dangerous to people swimming or on beaches near the water.

can you believe how fast those things travel? You can't fly a commercial jet from there to here that fast!

i live right on  the ocean, not sure if it was just paranoia but i swear laying there in bed the surf sounded harder than usual

soo cool how fast a wave can travel in deep water.

I believe the risk is much less or even non-existent out in open water.

The warnings were being broadcast during the MLPA meeting.

you're right abking- in open deep water there's zero risk..the waves are very long period, and go all the way to the bottom- so only when they get to shallow water are they usually noticed

I wonder if the albacore would be pushed closer to shore by the moving water.