Pollyana

Spent all night in the coordination cntre, and yes, we were concerned about them but nothing we can do, out of our jurisdiction. However the tsunami risk in the Pacific is well known and well planned for by the island nations, and there was a good few hours warning of its approach.

moneypenny20

So did anything happen? Did we have any big waves? Obviously not huge ones - I think I'd have heard but was there anything recorded?

iamthecreaturefromuranus

My closest monitoring station, Port Kembla, reported a 0.1m tsunami.
Two men in a row boat apparently reported it being "a bit choppy".

moneypenny20

What about the dog? And what happened to the third man...

DeadVim

Breaking News - Jessica Watson has just shat herself.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Dog swam for it.. third man fell overboard laughing at the giant waves.

moneypenny20

Did she Twitter that info?

moneypenny20

I'm disappointed. I was expecting some Orson Welles joke.

DeadVim

She actually used S*itter.

moneypenny20

Boom Boom!

Pollyana

From the Bureau - the following sea level gauges recorded these rises :

Norfolk Island 2300UTC 0.5M
Port Villa [Vanuatu] 0.4M
Lautoka [Fiji Islands] 0.2M
Apia [Samoa] 2018UTC 0.16M
Southport[Tasmania] 2230UTC 0.1M
Darlington[Tasmania] 2230UTC 0.1M
Port Kembla [NSW] 0045UTC 0.1M

and ABC -
Australian officials have recorded the first effects of a wide-ranging tsunami enerated by the Chile earthquake, reporting a rise in sea levels but no major waves.
Water levels rose by a few centimetres off Tasmania, with waves expected to increase in size over the next few hours.
Australian officials warned of possible rises of up to 40 centimetres and strong currents for several hours rolling up the east coast.
"At the moment we're really in the first few minutes of it," said Alasdair Hainsworth, the Bureau of Meteorology's acting assistant director of services.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...28/2832258.htm

DeadVim

Which is exactly the sound her chocolate logs made as they hit the pan.

Have I gone too far? It IS lunchtime ...

neil248

Hi Pollyanna,

I did read up on it and obviously plans are in place. I just had visions of people being swamped while British expats discussed a rough day at the beach.

I see you are in emergency management, so now understand your resons for posting. Are you in Queensland by any chance?

We live on the Gold Coast, much of which on the east side of the Pacific motorway is basically on a flood plain. The council maps of potential flooding make interesting reading and I wonder how many residents are aware that their properties are covered in blue.

Is there actually a serious risk of natural disaster from the sea to much of the new development on the Gold Goast.

DeadVim

I would improve Sanctuary Cove ... there is something about those perfectly placed trees that gets my goat.

neil248

Sanctuary Cove is a very strange place, we love the village theatre and it's a good place to eat but the artificial feel of the place is amazing, almost sinister with the security everywhere. We keep going back!