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Surf's Up!!!
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02-27-2010, 02:35 PM
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Crash Test Dummy
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Surf's Up!!!
Tsunami warning here.
It seems pretty serious this time. Lots of closure, evacuations, lines for gas and food. At leasted I'm prepared....truck is empty, but I got a 5 gallon gas can with approx. 3 gallons in it, half a bag of rice and 8 cans of spam. Figures this would happen on the day I was going to go to Costco. 
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02-27-2010, 02:38 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Couple of bags of Doritos and
a bottle of tequila, you'd be set! Good luck!  How far inland are you? They are saying it will mostly be a problem at bays and inlets?
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02-27-2010, 02:46 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Good Luck.
Stay on high ground, - - maybe second floor brothels and such . . . 
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02-27-2010, 02:47 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
I'm on safe ground. On Kauai, 95% of all houses are within 5 miles of the beach. Not so much with the other islands. Our interior is inhabitable. And although I am only 1 mile dirct line of sight to the beach, I am at 800 ft.
Tsunami? I ain't afraid of no stinking tsunami. Sure wish I had that bottle of Cuervo, though. I was serious about my supplies. I have enough lunch style foods to last a week-IF I was only eating it for lunch. But early reports from Marquesas are 6-7 waves. And they're saying that is good news. By the time it gets here, it will likely be smaller. But ya never know. A 6-7 foot surge would likely flood everyone on the coast and knock down some older structures, but it certainly won't be a Haiti. |
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02-27-2010, 02:49 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
I was working on a hotel in '92 last time we had a serious tsunami warning. Everyone was evacuated, Civil Defens was activated...and we got a 6 inch wave. I almost had to buy a new pair of socks.
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02-27-2010, 02:50 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Is it true your only allowed two cans of spam per visit right now
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02-27-2010, 02:51 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Back in '64 I believe, before they really knew a lot about tsunamis, they had a warning.
One school thought it would be cool to take kids to the beach to check out the "big waves". When the water receded preceding the surgew, the kids were out there catching fish that were flopping around on the reef. They all died. A big mofo hit and nearly wiped Hilo from the map. |
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02-27-2010, 02:54 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!Quote:
I've never known them to put those kind of limits on. And one thing that will NEVER be in short supply here, is Spam. |
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02-27-2010, 02:55 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!Quote:
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02-27-2010, 03:09 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
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02-27-2010, 03:22 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
You should know in about an hour.
Good luck Charlie. 
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02-27-2010, 03:25 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Man...it's such a beautiful day here. Perfect for the beach. All my work is caught up, it's 75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky and winds are about 1-3 mph. On the bright side, the beach may be a little closer to me by the end of the day!
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02-27-2010, 03:29 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!Quote:
and then closer.....
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02-27-2010, 03:31 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Big Island sirens are wailing....T minus 30 minutes to Judgement Day...
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02-27-2010, 03:33 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Ya know....if this turns out to be a wave of mass death and destruction, I'm probably going to feel bad about cracking wise through all this.
But that's what happens when I get bored. Probably a good thing I don't have any booze in the house right now. |
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02-27-2010, 03:34 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
We've been in a serious drought lately. Almost ZERO rain for the last two months. At least coastal lawns will get watered.
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02-27-2010, 03:36 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
I'd take a HUGE fish net and cable it between
a couple palm trees to see if ya catch a few. 
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02-27-2010, 03:39 PM
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Crash Test Dummy
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Now you're talkin!
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02-27-2010, 03:42 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Hospitals have canceled all elective surgeries. Guess I won't be getting that boob job today.
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02-27-2010, 03:46 PM
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Re: Surf's Up!!!
Probably have to have sushi for a couple days too.
Get some video!!! Be safe!!!
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