Earthquake in New Zealand

dar512 · 07-15-2009, 09:48 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8151530.stm

Any Dwellers there?

Shawnee123 · 07-15-2009, 10:10 AM

My ex sis-in-law lives in Napier, but that's on the North Island. Scared me for a sec.

glatt · 07-15-2009, 02:19 PM

Interesting. The fiords there are very deep. I imagine a tsunami would just be a minor low wave in deep water like that. But I wonder.

Aliantha · 07-15-2009, 05:08 PM

Most Kiwi's don't have too far to go to reach higher ground. I'm glad it was unneccessary though. That area isn't highly populated either which is another plus.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2009, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Interesting. The fiords there are very deep. I imagine a tsunami would just be a minor low wave in deep water like that. But I wonder.

Yes, until it reaches the end of the bay/fiord and climbs hundreds of feet up the hill/mountain, like the 1964 Good Friday Quake in Alaska.

ZenGum · 07-16-2009, 03:46 AM

We had one Kiwi poster - el Bandito, I think - but he posted about serious chest pains and we made him go to the doctor, and we haven't heard back.

There was a tsunami alert for South eastern Australia but it has been cancelled.

Aliantha · 07-16-2009, 05:51 PM

He might have thought we were a bunch of do-gooders.

07-15-2009, 09:48 AM	#1
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07-15-2009, 10:10 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My ex sis-in-law lives in Napier, but that's on the North Island. Scared me for a sec. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-15-2009, 05:08 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Most Kiwi's don't have too far to go to reach higher ground. I'm glad it was unneccessary though. That area isn't highly populated either which is another plus. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-16-2009, 03:46 AM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	We had one Kiwi poster - el Bandito, I think - but he posted about serious chest pains and we made him go to the doctor, and we haven't heard back. There was a tsunami alert for South eastern Australia but it has been cancelled. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-16-2009, 05:51 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	He might have thought we were a bunch of do-gooders. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-15-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Interesting. The fiords there are very deep. I imagine a tsunami would just be a minor low wave in deep water like that. But I wonder.

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