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Thread ID: 107775 2010-03-01 18:54:00 Tsunami coming up the Avon Heathcote Estuary Christchurch Trev (427) PC World Chat
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862797 2010-03-01 18:54:00 Click Here (www.nzherald.co.nz)
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Trev (427)
862798 2010-03-01 18:59:00 Interesting. You could see how a small child may have been sucked under. Sweep (90)
862799 2010-03-01 19:08:00 Yes. See how the person taking the movie sort of lost there balance when the wave hit them.
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Trev (427)
862800 2010-03-01 19:20:00 Today is a slow news day apparently.
They mentioned a small boat being "swamped". That didn't mean "floated" when I was learning to speak. Why didn't they mention the thousands who avoided drowning by not being asleep on the mudflat when the little wave splashed in?
Given a teacup, it might have rated a storm warning but the NZ tsunami warnings sound like "wolf".
R2x1 (4628)
862801 2010-03-01 19:23:00 It is Christchurch any news is good news. prefect (6291)
862802 2010-03-01 19:29:00 I'd like to see Auckland break off from the rest of New Zealand and become another sovereign country.

Oh wait. They do that already as anything south of the Bombay Hills are unworthy of mention.
Sweep (90)
862803 2010-03-01 19:34:00 Interesting,

Its a shame the Tsunami didn't wipe that embarrassment of a city Auckland of our map. Just had a Canadian friend staying in CHCH for a month. He went to Auckland to see some distant relatives, he stayed 3 days and hated it, I warned him the place sucked lol
Battleneter2 (9361)
862804 2010-03-01 19:49:00 Auckers is made up with several cities. West Auckland is fine we just drink mega piss and own multiple cars. The comments above probably refer to North Shore (traffic a killer), CBD (I despise the place), South Auckland (Too scared to go there) and East Auckland (Rich immigrant ghetto ) prefect (6291)
862805 2010-03-01 19:51:00 Today is a slow news day apparently.
They mentioned a small boat being "swamped". That didn't mean "floated" when I was learning to speak. Why didn't they mention the thousands who avoided drowning by not being asleep on the mudflat when the little wave splashed in?
Given a teacup, it might have rated a storm warning but the NZ tsunami warnings sound like "wolf".

Agreed, but those people are gonna look kinda stupid if there is a decent 20 foot wave come through, actually kinda dead
Your damned if you do and your damned if you dont (To the tsunami warnings)
Gobe1 (6290)
862806 2010-03-01 20:03:00 We seem to have a surplus of warnings coupled with a shortage of moving water. People will tend to treat any real warning with the scorn due to the missed estimates they are accustomed to. Net result : - we could achieve the same result (but save a whole bunch of money) by forgetting the whole warning scheme.
The current scheme may be well intentioned, but it is pretty inept.
R2x1 (4628)
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