Obama warns Americans to heed tsunami warnings -- World Falling To Pieces?

[Sea Beach]

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. is preparing for a tsunami that could reach American shores and he wants people in Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam to follow the instructions of local authorities.

 

The U.S. "will be there" if Chile asks for rescue and recovery help after a powerful earthquake struck the South American nation, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

 

He also warned people in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the West Coast to heed the instructions of local authorities about evacuations and other measures in advance of a tsunami moving across the Pacific Ocean.

 

"We can't control nature, but we can and must be prepared for disaster when it strikes," he said in a statement at the White House.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning - its highest alert - for Hawaii. The first waves were expected to arrive in Hawaii late afternoon EST. A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area.

 

The Navy was moving more than a half dozen vessels Saturday to try to avoid damage from the tsunami.

 

A frigate, three destroyers and two smaller vessels were being sent out of Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in a cruiser out of the base at San Diego in California, said Lt. Myers Vasquez, a Navy spokesman in the Pentagon. The ships are safer out on the sea than if they were tied to piers where they could be banged around by the waves, meaning damage to the vessels as well as the piers, he said.

 

Before he spoke, Obama had a 20-minute conference call with staff and Cabinet members who updated him on conditions in Chile and on the tsunami. Participants included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

 

"The United States stands ready to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts and we have resources that are positioned to deploy should the Chilean government ask for our help," Obama said. Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, said her government has not asked for assistance from other countries.

 

Clinton planned to leave Sunday for a previously scheduled trip to the region. Her itinerary included more than a day in Chile, but it was unclear Saturday whether she would stick to it.

 

The U.S. Embassy in Chile was working to learn the whereabouts of U.S. citizens in Chile, both diplomatic employees and other Americans who may have been living there or visiting, State Department spokeswoman Megan Mattson said.

 

There were no reports of U.S. casualties, and the U.S. military said it had no reports that any of its forces had been affected either on land or at sea.

 

The State Department advises Americans seeking information on family and friends in Chile to contact the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 1-888-407-4747.

 

There are 118 embassy employees in Chile. It was unclear how many Americans there are throughout Chile, but an estimated 1,000 live in and near Concepcion, which is Chile's second-largest city and only 70 miles from the earthquake's epicenter.

 

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Earthquake in Haiti 3 weeks ago,Chile and Japan gets hit with an 8.8 earthquake in one day and now now a tsunami is threatning every nation around the Pacific Ocean - roughly a quarter of the globe. Is the world falling to pieces? Global warming perhaps?

[St Louis Car 09]

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. is preparing for a tsunami that could reach American shores and he wants people in Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam to follow the instructions of local authorities.

 

The U.S. "will be there" if Chile asks for rescue and recovery help after a powerful earthquake struck the South American nation, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

 

He also warned people in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the West Coast to heed the instructions of local authorities about evacuations and other measures in advance of a tsunami moving across the Pacific Ocean.

 

"We can't control nature, but we can and must be prepared for disaster when it strikes," he said in a statement at the White House.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning - its highest alert - for Hawaii. The first waves were expected to arrive in Hawaii late afternoon EST. A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area.

 

The Navy was moving more than a half dozen vessels Saturday to try to avoid damage from the tsunami.

 

A frigate, three destroyers and two smaller vessels were being sent out of Hawaii's Pearl Harbor in a cruiser out of the base at San Diego in California, said Lt. Myers Vasquez, a Navy spokesman in the Pentagon. The ships are safer out on the sea than if they were tied to piers where they could be banged around by the waves, meaning damage to the vessels as well as the piers, he said.

 

Before he spoke, Obama had a 20-minute conference call with staff and Cabinet members who updated him on conditions in Chile and on the tsunami. Participants included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

 

"The United States stands ready to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts and we have resources that are positioned to deploy should the Chilean government ask for our help," Obama said. Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, said her government has not asked for assistance from other countries.

 

Clinton planned to leave Sunday for a previously scheduled trip to the region. Her itinerary included more than a day in Chile, but it was unclear Saturday whether she would stick to it.

 

The U.S. Embassy in Chile was working to learn the whereabouts of U.S. citizens in Chile, both diplomatic employees and other Americans who may have been living there or visiting, State Department spokeswoman Megan Mattson said.

 

There were no reports of U.S. casualties, and the U.S. military said it had no reports that any of its forces had been affected either on land or at sea.

 

The State Department advises Americans seeking information on family and friends in Chile to contact the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 1-888-407-4747.

 

There are 118 embassy employees in Chile. It was unclear how many Americans there are throughout Chile, but an estimated 1,000 live in and near Concepcion, which is Chile's second-largest city and only 70 miles from the earthquake's epicenter.

 

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Earthquake in Haiti 3 weeks ago,Chile and Japan gets hit with an 8.8 earthquake in one day and now now a tsunami is threatning every nation around the Pacific Ocean - roughly a quarter of the globe. Is the world falling to pieces? Global warming perhaps?

Also there was another earthquake in argentina at 6.9 magnitude that happened today as well.:confused:

[EE Broadway Local]

Plus, don't forget all the snow in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore this winter and places like Phoenix and Las Vegas had a cooler winter than usual.

[metsfan]

The shockwaves from one strong quake can put the stress points on other fault lines past the breaking point. Also, all the ones around the pacific are involving the pacific plate. The ground here on earth isn't as solid & hard as you think.

 

- A

[MTARegional Bus]

Plus, don't forget all the snow in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore this winter and places like Phoenix and Las Vegas had a cooler winter than usual.

 

 

Looks like mother nature is having her time of the mouth if you know what I mean.

[Shortline Bus]

Looks like mother nature is having her time of the mouth if you know what I mean.

 

 

From Haiti-Chile and all of the other quakes these last few weeks not to mention the endless winter here in Mid Atantic/Northeast US, this is a period of 2010, in which i never forget as long as i live if we get to next year.:confused:

[Messino]

This is total B.S. If there was going to be a tsunami it would have happenned withint the first earthquake. ITs not going to happen after 10+ hours and even days later. This guy is a babbling monkey. a 1 term president.

[metsfan]

You gotta remember that the shockwave takes time to travel across the pacific, a good 24 hours or so. Even if the wave travels at 600 mph, how many miles is it from chile to new zealand? Would take like 10 hours or something, plus it's opposing the earth's rotation, so even longer.

 

This winter's weather, and the earthquakes, are NOT related in any way. Meteorological events and geological events are connected in 2 areas, volcanoes, and floods. There is a loose correlation between climate and earthquakes involving sediment buildup on the seabed in subduction zone areas, but haiti's fault zones is not one of those, and neither is japan's. Chile does have a subduction fault, but it's more related to a mid oceanic rift (tectonic spreading area) than the sediments. The sediments would make the plate slide under more easily, lessening the frequency and severity of quakes, but it would lead to more volcanic activity, hence why the andes mountains are highly volcanic.

 

People need to realize that one short term trend does not equal a long term trend and vice versa. Global warming is not a minute to minute all over effect, it's an in general over time cumulative effect. Of course there can still be snow in winter, of course it can still be cold in winter, global warming isn't the end of winter, it's the beginning of a larger mechanism that will eventually lead into an ice age if other factors such as massive volcanism doesn't mess up the cycle.

 

What does an engine do before blowing up, it acts weird, the climate is acting weird.

 

- A