Tsunami Warning--UPDATE

Originally saw this on AR15.com.

Magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile.

Tsunami Advisory 

Statement as of 12:03 PM PST on February 27, 2010

... A tsunami advisory is in effect which includes the coastal areas of California - Oregon - Washington - British Columbia and Alaska from the California-Mexico border to Attu Alaska... 

Persons in tsunami advisory areas should move out of the water... off the beach and out of harbors and marinas.

Tsunami advisories mean that a tsunami capable of producing strong currents or waves dangerous to persons in or very near water is imminent of expected. Significant widespread inundation is not expected for areas in an advisory. Tsunamis are a series of waves potentially dangerous several hours after initial arrival time. Estimated times of initial wave arrival for selected sites in the advisory are provided below.

La Jolla-CA 1202 PST Feb 27 

Yakutat-AK 1619 akst Feb 27

Santa Barbara-CA 1231 PST Feb 27 

Kodiak-AK 1628 akst Feb 27

San Francisco-CA 1326 PST Feb 27 

Sand Pt.-AK 1629 akst Feb 27

Crescent City-CA 1346 PST Feb 27

 Juneau-AK 1635 akst Feb 27

Charleston-or 1402 PST Feb 27 

Dutch Harbor-AK 1638 akst Feb 27

Seaside-or 1446 PST Feb 27 

Seward-AK 1639 akst Feb 27

Westport-WA 1457 PST Feb 27 

Adak-AK 1642 akst Feb 27

Neah Bay-WA 1507 PST Feb 27 

Valdez-AK 1657 akst Feb 27

Tofino-BC 1515 PST Feb 27 

Cordova-AK 1706 akst Feb 27

Langara-BC 1551 PST Feb 27 

Cold Bay-AK 1709 akst Feb 27

Sitka-AK 1529 akst Feb 27 

Shemya-AK 1721 akst Feb 27

Ketchikan-AK 1549 akst Feb 27 

Homer-AK 1739 akst Feb 27

for arrival times at additional locations see wcatwc.Arh.NOAA.Gov

Sure hope "The other DW" gets out OK...



EDIT:  The random order of locations/time of arrival of possible tsunami is in the original NOAA Alert, please don't blame me.


UPDATE:  MSNBC--I know--has a piece on the updated tsunami warning system, that includes an example and discussion of the computerized propagation chart.  Cool, if it weren't for the fact that 150+ people in Chile are dead, and Hawaii is evacuating "up to" 100,000.  Note that the good news, if you can call it that, is that a tsunami actually moves relatively slowly, so you have time to evacuate.  If you have even 20 minutes of warning you can usually reach high enough ground you'll be safe.