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Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by kccoder »

adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

I'm seeing lots of boats exiting the harbor, presumably to enter the ocean where any tsunami effects will be lessened?

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#32

Post by topher515 »

kccoder wrote: post #31
adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

I'm seeing lots of boats exiting the harbor, presumably to enter the ocean where any tsunami effects will be lessened?

From the link in other threads: https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2024/12/05/so1aq0/1/WEAK...

* Boat operators,

     * Where time and conditions permit, move your boat out to
       sea to a depth of at least 180 feet.

     * If at sea avoid entering shallow water, harbors,
       marinas, bays, and inlets to avoid floating and
       submerged debris and strong currents.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#33

Post by quietthrow »

Interesting observation: I am in a circumstance where I am transitioning from an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy) to a iPhone. I observed that android phone alerted me about an earthquake and that I should be ready to feel tremors. To my surprise as I was pondering how this system works - especially wrt to latency - where it alerts me head of time, I then fell small tremors in 2 or 3 seconds after the alert. The tremors were very small and I would not have noticed it if it weren’t for the alert. ~10 (may 15 minutes) later, the IPhone gave a tsunami warning which I take it was due to the earthquake.

What I was surprised by is how behind the iPhone was. I expected iPhone to be on par with android in terms of safety alerts.

Anybody know if there is a way to get the early alerts on iPhone like I did on the android phone?

In general my impression of Android is that it’s quite ‘leaky’ and apps can abuse it quite easily and iPhone is more secure. Would love to hear thoughts on this or point me to resources that address this question.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#34

Post by stickfigure »

duxup wrote: post #22
adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

I have had lunch there, can confirm. Though I think the best food in the harbor is at Noyo Harbor Inn. The Wharf was pretty good for an old-school seafood restaurant.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#35

Post by choppaface »

duxup wrote: post #22
adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

There are a handful of good restaurants (e.g. Sea Pal Cove) and a nice off-leash beach beach there despite it being a very sleepy corner of the small city.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#36

Post by adastra22 »

kccoder wrote: post #31
adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

I'm seeing lots of boats exiting the harbor, presumably to enter the ocean where any tsunami effects will be lessened?

Presumably, but this is near the focal point of the earthquake, and surge should have arrived 8 minutes ago as I write this. No indication of any water level change. I think this was a false positive.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#37

Post by saltcured »

mrnaught wrote: post #5
epicureanideal wrote: post #2

Any idea how far it would reach, what cities would actually be affected?

Google maps has this neat map : https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4392216,-123.0674806,6z/data...

The boundaries on this look very odd to me. I wonder what kind of model and terrain resolution they use for this forecast.

It seems very odd how some quite low lying shore areas in the SF Bay are excluded while other areas are painted over very high elevations including the SF peninsula and Oakland/Berkeley hills.

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

#39

Post by jjulius »

stickfigure wrote: post #34
duxup wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

I have had lunch there, can confirm. Though I think the best food in the harbor is at Noyo Harbor Inn. The Wharf was pretty good for an old-school seafood restaurant.

Likewise. Stopped in on a whim, and was pleasantly surprised. Delightful little area in that harbor, and the food was better than expected. I appreciate the surprise nostalgia from this webcam. :)
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