Chile upgraded to 8.8 !!!

just like Sumatra, remember? They kept upgrading it every few hours. Oh, God.

Kate in AZ wrote:just like Sumatra, remember? They kept upgrading it every few hours. Oh, God.

That's really bad news for those poor people. We just went through this with Haiti and that quake was a 7.0. The people of Chile have just gone through heavy rains ans mudslides and now this huge quake.

Unbeievable that it took CNN one full hour to get it on the air. But they're on top of it now.

Lots of eqs in Ca after Chili. I have one kid in Japan and one at the beach in ore soI am waiting for the West Coast Ts center to clarify their position after the 4ft tsu. hit the Chili coast. I believe Hawaii is on alert but we have some hours before anything arrives. Aftershock just happened big but not clear at last look.

Unfortunately I took some melatonin so I would sleep and not worry about eqs. I almost did not catch it. Good night unless there is a stronger eq or west coast warning. My bag has been packed for a coupleof months.

Dona wrote:Lots of eqs in Ca after Chili. I have one kid in Japan and one at the beach in ore soI am waiting for the West Coast Ts center to clarify their position after the 4ft tsu. hit the Chili coast. I believe Hawaii is on alert but we have some hours before anything arrives. Aftershock just happened big but not clear at last look.

Unfortunately I took some melatonin so I would sleep and not worry about eqs. I almost did not catch it. Good night unless there is a stronger eq or west coast warning. My bag has been packed for a coupleof months.

There was a 3.4 quake in Hawaii today also.

where I have a condo w/my siblings....right on the beach.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/85636222.html

there will be bigger ones...........

Kate in AZ wrote:where I have a condo w/my siblings....right on the beach.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/85636222.html

I thought it was on the west side of Maui? Hilo side of the Big Island appears to be in the most danger but that's only historical data. Things change....

I just found out about it, and I'm starting at the top of the board and working down.

Peace and Starlight,
Joy

the condo is at Kihei on the beach- we are on the second floor. Hope nothing comes of this, but I've always felt uncomfortable with the location. It's on the west side, but there's serious southern exposure. Stay safe, Joy!

Tsunami waarning for entire Pacific Ocean with exception of west coast witch has an advisory...

There are now 22 eq's total so far with aftershocks in the 6 range. Karin in OR got symptoms for this yesterday. She sent me an email hoping it wasn't for the PNW>

Kate in AZ wrote:just like Sumatra, remember? They kept upgrading it every few hours. Oh, God.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/285_-35.php

25 eq's now. The totals just keep going up.....

did anyone else have the feeling that something like this was coming after the whale attack in Florida? seems like that has happened before, animals know...stay safe Joy! I was thinking of you when they gave the alert for your area.....Lady

Sheesh ... this really is like Armageddon! Haiti, Japan yesterday ... and now Chile. Bless those poor people that are trapped.

I store my water in those big plastic gallon+ vinegar bottles ... anyone know how to store them safely?

Take care all ... hope So. Cal. isnt next.

""anyone know how to store them safely?""

Where you can get at them after everything has colasped!

Looking at the old pictures of the 64 Alaska quake of the housing development no place would have been safe considering that the land that the houses were built on shifted rather badly.

I meant something like those Sparkletts crates - where to find em?

Joy in Hawai'i wrote:

Kate in AZ wrote:where I have a condo w/my siblings....right on the beach.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/85636222.html

I thought it was on the west side of Maui? Hilo side of the Big Island appears to be in the most danger but that's only historical data. Things change....

I just found out about it, and I'm starting at the top of the board and working down.

Peace and Starlight,
Joy

Hilo had huge damage in 1960 from that 9.5 quake in Chile (the largest ever recorded), with 61 fatalities. I remember it so well having lived in Waikiki at the time. When the pics of the bent parking meters came in, it really struck home how deadly and powerful those tsunamis can be but at least they now have a warning system which will surely save many lives.
My daughter has close friends who have 2 condos on the windward side of Oahu, they're in Sweden now so not much they can do about it anyway. I'm just glad daughter isn't there. She was at this time last year!
Hope you are safe there Joy. Report back with any news you get about the tsunami please.

An article at the link about the damage from that monster quake in 1960.

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1960.html

Hilo after the tsunami in 1960