Big Earthquake near NZ might cause tsunamis/listen for SOS's
 

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"Radioman390" wrote in message
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If there was to be a tidal wave hitting in the region
it would have struck the nearest land mass 1 hour
ago (US time) As there has been no report of
tidal events from/in the area, the time window for
the same has now past.

Hi All,
I live in New Zealand and it has not caused any disruption at all.
Although it was a big quake it was very deep and some distance from here. It
has made our National TV news but has not ranked very high in the news.

--
Chris
"Radioman390" wrote in message
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Steve Quayle mentioned it last night and also mentioned something we in
the U.S. might be interested in. It had something to do with a study
that when there is a really big one THERE IS SOMETIMES ANOTHER LARGE ONE
180 DEGREES FROM IT -- STRAIGHT THROUGH THE EARTH. This would put it in
the general direction of the U.S. ? west coast?

Oh, this was PREDICTED THE DAY BEFORE by Stan Deyo. He predicted it in
the next 2 to 5 days and it came the next day! I think this may be
recorded on Steve's site http://www.stevequayle.com Seems it was about
an 8.1.

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Chris wrote:
Hi All,
I live in New Zealand and it has not caused any disruption at all.
Although it was a big quake it was very deep and some distance from here. It
has made our National TV news but has not ranked very high in the news.

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:26:53 -0500, "Eugene Beep-Beep"
wrote:

If there was to be a tidal wave hitting in the region
it would have struck the nearest land mass 1 hour
ago (US time) As there has been no report of
tidal events from/in the area, the time window for
the same has now past.

Unless the damage is bad enough that nothing is working in that region
or country. For example the Maldives highest point is 2 m (6 feet for
the metrically challenged) above sea level. That'd be a bad place to
get hit by a tsunami.

Tony

Like that old guy checking the oil level in the tail end of that
Waterworld movie said,OH,Thank God!
cuhulin

Chris wrote:

Hi All,
I live in New Zealand and it has not caused any disruption at all.
Although it was a big quake it was very deep and some distance from here. It
has made our National TV news but has not ranked very high in the news.

The report said it was a 'strike slip' fault which does not usually
cause large tsunamis.

Looks like you predicted it Tony.

http://english.people.com.cn/200412/...27_168731.html

I just hope that you don't predict an earthquake or a Tsunami hitting
Melbourne in the near future! (Fortunately our bay probably offers us some
protection from a Tsunami)

By the way would you care to guess next week's lotto results?

cheers Peter


"Tony VE6MVP" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:26:53 -0500, "Eugene Beep-Beep"
wrote:

If there was to be a tidal wave hitting in the region
it would have struck the nearest land mass 1 hour
ago (US time) As there has been no report of
tidal events from/in the area, the time window for
the same has now past.

Unless the damage is bad enough that nothing is working in that region
or country. For example the Maldives highest point is 2 m (6 feet for
the metrically challenged) above sea level. That'd be a bad place to
get hit by a tsunami.

Tony

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:36:31 +1100, "peter berrett"
wrote:

Trust me. I'm not proud of myself on this one. sigh

I have relatives in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Fortunately they
never even noticed. The Maldive clan was wondering why folks were
SMSing them asking if they were ok. As it was Boxing day they hadn't
gone anywhere yet. The power was fine. They hadn't phoned anyone
so hadn't noticed any problems there.

They did go out later and could see some damage to some of the
buildings and stores in Mali, capital city of the Maldives. But
nothing like the deaths and mass destruction that occurred on at least
one island in the Maldives and obviously elsewhere.

One person I know in Thailand said the water stopped 10 meters short
of their hous. shudder

It could've been much, much worse for them obviously. As it is for
many thousands of others who've lost family and houses.

And I'm not buying lottery tickets for a while.

Tony

Looks like you predicted it Tony.

http://english.people.com.cn/200412/...27_168731.html

I just hope that you don't predict an earthquake or a Tsunami hitting
Melbourne in the near future! (Fortunately our bay probably offers us some
protection from a Tsunami)

By the way would you care to guess next week's lotto results?

cheers Peter


"Tony VE6MVP" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:26:53 -0500, "Eugene Beep-Beep"
wrote:

If there was to be a tidal wave hitting in the region
it would have struck the nearest land mass 1 hour
ago (US time) As there has been no report of
tidal events from/in the area, the time window for
the same has now past.

Unless the damage is bad enough that nothing is working in that region
or country. For example the Maldives highest point is 2 m (6 feet for
the metrically challenged) above sea level. That'd be a bad place to
get hit by a tsunami.

Tony

Our media, in the USA, dropped the ball, on this event. I agree with
The Drudge Report, it's almost unforgivable, the lack of initial
coverage. Darren





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"D. Martin" wrote:

Our media, in the USA, dropped the ball, on this event. I agree with
The Drudge Report, it's almost unforgivable, the lack of initial
coverage. Darren

OK, so don't forgive them. Buy a shortwave radio. I can say that I certainly
heard a lot here even on AM radio.

What sort of coverage were you looking for, exactly?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Shortwave and AM radio are my primary sources for information. Both
venues had adequate coverage. The mainstream press, consisting of
newsprint and television, ignored this, at least initially. What do I
believe their professional obligation is? I think one of the largest
quakes in the last century is newsworthy. That's all. I expect them to
do their job. Darren





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"D. Martin" wrote:

Shortwave and AM radio are my primary sources for information. Both
venues had adequate coverage. The mainstream press, consisting of
newsprint and television, ignored this, at least initially. What do I
believe their professional obligation is? I think one of the largest
quakes in the last century is newsworthy. That's all. I expect them to
do their job. Darren

Let me now where you live. I'll contact your local paper and make sure they all
come in early and publish a special edition just for you. It'll be at your door
straight away next time.

That might work.

With regards to TV, they have to get people to the scene and begin reporting.
Sometimes not an easy thing to do when total hell has broken out.

I can detect that you are a dues paying member of the instant gratification age.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Radioman390 wrote:

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SOS?

I don't think SOS is used to often these days.

But by all means, keep listening.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

You sir, are particularly sinical. We, as a society, tout ourselves as
an advanced, and technology savvy people. I expect farmers to farm,
plumbers to plum, and reporters to report. I do my job, without excuse,
garnering no criticism. I admire responsibility. People are not
universally driven by a sense of duty, and we are the worse for that.
Darren





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"D. Martin" wrote:

You sir, are particularly sinical. We, as a society, tout ourselves as
an advanced, and technology savvy people. I expect farmers to farm,
plumbers to plum, and reporters to report. I do my job, without excuse,
garnering no criticism. I admire responsibility. People are not
universally driven by a sense of duty, and we are the worse for that.
Darren

Cynical? No, I was merely trying to be realistic.

Try it!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"D. Martin" wrote in message
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You sir, are particularly sinical. We, as a society, tout ourselves as
an advanced, and technology savvy people. I expect farmers to farm,
plumbers to plum, and reporters to report. I do my job, without excuse,
garnering no criticism. I admire responsibility. People are not
universally driven by a sense of duty, and we are the worse for that.

If disaster sites are remote, and local communications are compromised by
the disaster, there is no way to report until alternate transportation is
available. Some of the news organizations chartered helicopters and such,
and arrived as soon as it was physically possible. News organizations do not
customarily have bureaus on beaches.

I'll bet the sidebar story of how the news organizations got film and
reports so fast would amaze us all... and would be most worthy of praise,
not criticism by the ill-informed. As another poster said, you sound like a
proponent of instant gratification.

In article ,
D. Martin wrote:
Shortwave and AM radio are my primary sources for information. Both
venues had adequate coverage. The mainstream press, consisting of
newsprint and television, ignored this, at least initially. What do I
believe their professional obligation is? I think one of the largest
quakes in the last century is newsworthy. That's all. I expect them to
do their job. Darren

Interesting, My local paper, the Seattle Times, covered the earthquake
with a preliminary report in their Sunday edition. Since the quake
happened at about 1:00 UTC and the paper gets delivered about 13:00 UTC,
I was a bit surprised. Monday morning's paper has pictures on page 1,
and several pages of articles inside.

Then again, earthquakes are news in in the Pacific Northwest. There's a
subduction zone, just like the one at Sumatra, at the Pacific Coast which
gave the area a 9.0 back in the early 1700's. (The expected repeat is
simply refered to here as "The Big One"). And there's enough connection
to Alaska that the one there in the early 1960's is well remembered.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren





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"D. Martin" wrote:

This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren

It's all over TV. Perhaps the people you speak of lack simple comprehension
skills?

Maybe they need to turn off the sports channel?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"D. Martin" wrote:

This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren

As for the quake near New Zealand, nothing really happened, and no one was
apparently hurt.

You and your 'friends' really need to learn how to pay attention.

The first step is the hardest...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"D. Martin" wrote:

This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren

I'm available to hold your hand...

I charge $125 per hour plus expenses, portal to portal.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Mock me, friend. The coverage they are going to give this is the
classic revelling in carnage, after the fact. The pre-strike coverage is
what they avoided. Darren





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D. Martin wrote:

Shortwave and AM radio are my primary sources for information. Both
venues had adequate coverage. The mainstream press, consisting of
newsprint and television, ignored this, at least initially. What do I
believe their professional obligation is? I think one of the largest
quakes in the last century is newsworthy. That's all. I expect them to
do their job. Darren


You gotta give Dan Blather and CBS time to forge some documents to prove
that this was all Bush's doings.

In article ,
D. Martin wrote:
This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren

Study your geography. There were two quakes, one on the southeast of
Australia that was felt in Tasmania, and then another a couple of
days later on the other side of that continent.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

"D. Martin" wrote:

Mock me, friend.

Mock you?

I never mock a potential client who needs help.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Well, that is especially considerate of you "dx-guru". Darren





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Wrong the first one was between Tasmania and The Antarticenot on the main
land of Tasmania
"Mark Zenier" wrote in message
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In article ,
D. Martin wrote:
This post occurred here, in this group, Dec.24th. That's when I first
learned of the quake, and potential disaster. A previous poster
mentioned he had gotten wind of it on his shortwave. Today is the 27th.
People I've spoken with today hadn't heard of this event yet. Simply
because their primary delivery system of information is television. They
are not educating the people, as is their obligation. That's my only
contention. Darren

Study your geography. There were two quakes, one on the southeast of
Australia that was felt in Tasmania, and then another a couple of
days later on the other side of that continent.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident