Tsunami to hit Hawaii at 4:00 EST/1:00 PST now expected to be over 8 feet

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More info here - http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake.hawaii/index.html?hpt=T1

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=2

In other news, a mosquito might bite me later today.

The Pacific Tsuanmi Warning Center said experts were possibly expecting 3 to 5 or 6 feet tsunami waves in Hawaii, depending on the location.”

Seriously, am I missing something? This would barely make a surfer leave his warm bed. Now, these are what I would call Tsunamis.

A tsunami wave of eight feet is way different than a beach wave of eight feet.  Normal waves of eight feet have enough volume to traverse the beach.  A tsunami wave of the same hight can travel inland for some distance because of the pressure of the huge volume of water.  That being said, I think the danger has passed.

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