i did receive this mail from National hurricane center
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Tsunami Information Statement
01/15/2012 08:50 AM EST


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WECA43 PHEB 151350
TIBCAX

TSUNAMI STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1350 UTC SUN JAN 15 2012

THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO COUNTRIES WITHIN AND BORDERING THE
CARIBBEAN SEA...EXCEPT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1340Z 15 JAN 2012
COORDINATES - 60.7 SOUTH 56.7 WEST
LOCATION - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 6.7

EVALUATION

A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - THERE IS THE SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL OR REGIONAL
TSUNAMI THAT COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A
FEW HUNDRED KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PRODUCT ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Thanks for the info.

This info is pretty old. What is the latest? The notice went out 6 hours ago right?
Thanks

Eeek. Ummm...what should we be doing?

hi Amanda as soon i open my mail i just want to send info in case...
i was thinking as they said the warning is for hundred of kilometer away
for now there is no follow-up of the situation at 3:45 P.M. Northen time
Sylvain

Hi Brussel Sprout as they said in mail the warning is for hundred of kilometer of the epicenter i just want to send the info in case... for now at 3:45 P.M. eastern time ther are no follow-up of the situation from hurricane center...
Sylvain

So...as Roseanna Roseanna Dannah once said "nevermind..."

In this case, think of the geography. Why would Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands be exempt?

Methinks the warning was poorly worded.

I worry about Tsunami's as much as the New Ice Age!
I wish people would not post BS like this on the message board.
People around San Pedro will be driving around in their golfcarts wearing lifevest looking for high ground.

We are 10,000km away and the Shetland Islands have South America between us and them! Fact check before posting these type of alerts please!

The next time we have a quake here in SoCal I'll call you guys and send out a warning.

One can never be too prepared...

You mean...I can take mine off now?

Yeah I thought the Shtlands were in Scotland. But I wondered if the Scots had conquered something while I wasn't paying attention.

It never hurts to post info. Sometimes it is relative, sometimes not, but I thought everyone was always complaining that not enough info is dispersed here.

You just can't win.

It was so uncomfortable eating dinner with my life vest on!

Yeah no doubt Elbert. I wonder if Dr Brown is going to mind terribly that I parked on top of the main mound at Marcos Gonzales...

Well now I'm thoroughly chagrined (yes Amanda they are). I feel as if I have betrayed my Robertson roots. I must commit Scottish Sepuku...(I'll let you know what that is as soon as I figure that out myself...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands

The coordinates listed in the alert are for the South Shetland Islands.

Thanks Simon. Now that makes more sense. The islands are in the Antarctic and so possible action to the Caribbean sea makes a tad more sense.

Glad we have all learned something on a Sunday afternoon!

Lol! never mind....I'm so messed up right now I'm lmao

Bear, close your eyes, slug down a shot of tequila, spin around 3 times, click your heels, then you will be a tad closer to the south Shetland islands!

I read it on the internet, so I know it is true.

How the hell can there be a tsunami watch for Ewa Beach, my old hometown on Oahu, in the Pacific, with a huge continent between there and here. With a warning attached for the Caribbean... Someone please explain this to me!!! Unless its passing through the Panama Canal..

Glad the tsunami isn't coming anywhere close to Belize.

Warnings are important though. When the big quake hit Japan last year, they casually warned west coast US - but it hit harder than we expected.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-03-12/news/28682501_1_deadly-tsunami-harbors-docks

Cooper! Been there done that question ! Amanda and Simon got me straightened out after a pretty funny exchange on the Ambergris board..its the SOUTH Shetlands off Antarctica, which have at least a shot of causing a tsunami in the Caribbean basin if the quake were big enough, which this one was not....

I have been remanded to remedial geography class and a refresher in reading comprehension as a result of my gaffs...Amanda was also kind enough to offer one of her old family remedies to reorient and recalibrate myself but its a tad too early in the day to use...

Ok!! Does also whispering the phrase " There is no place like Nome* " each time I spin and click make the spell more effective?



*another geography lesson for another day!