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| Thread ID: 107744 | 2010-02-28 08:07:00 | Tsunami warning/alert. | martynz (5445) | PC World Chat |
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| 862495 | 2010-02-28 08:07:00 | Curious to know how others heard about it. A neighbour phoned me at 8.30am having just switched on the radio. Another neighbour had a phonecall from someone up the coast from Wgtn. But it would have been possible to spend the whole day not knowing, like my daughter in Auckland who hadn't switched on the radio or TV. Shouldn't there be a siren alert that signals "Switch on your radio"? Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 862496 | 2010-02-28 08:14:00 | I heard about it when a railfan group mentioned the TranzCoastal had been delayed. Funny how we hear about these things from places other than Civil Defence :rolleyes: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 862497 | 2010-02-28 08:22:00 | I heard about it on here/facebook. I turned on my laptop, loaded up PF1 and facebook. First thing I saw was a thread about the earthquake lol. | xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 862498 | 2010-02-28 08:36:00 | I was going to go to Bethells beach today for a swim and sink some woodies but canned it. So went to the boozer instead. First heard of it with convair 580s panicked posts and threads around midnight. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 862499 | 2010-02-28 09:12:00 | do the usual thing I do every morning. Turn tv on and then check the NZ Herald news site. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 862500 | 2010-02-28 09:15:00 | Shouldn't there be a siren alert that signals "Switch on your radio"?Martynz What use would a siren alert be to someone living in Taihape? |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 862501 | 2010-02-28 09:36:00 | It appears that Taihape residents have a perfect safety record in tsunamis, and also they have avoided waterfront strikes and party central problems. OSH will tell you amongst a lot of platitudes that safety depends on constant vigilance, it therefore behoves Taihape to install sirens on every street light. Both these sirens should be tested weekly to ensure their proud record is maintained. Remember, safety is no accident. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 862502 | 2010-02-28 10:07:00 | I picked up my iPhone and checked TVNZ news this morning, like I do every morning. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 862503 | 2010-02-28 10:21:00 | I think if there had been a real Tsunami then we would've been wiped out. I didn't even know about it till mid-day in Auckland till I fired up a news website. Pretty pathetic really on Civil Defenses part. You think they'd have one of those loud siren things going on over the city which would make you wonder what was going on and then investigate. Pretty soon you'd find out to stay away from the beaches etc. As it turned out I went to the beach in the afternoon anyway. Not as many people there as usual. I believe Japan etc have sirens along the coast, so where's NZs? You can't rely on TV or radio to get the word out. Not everyone watches these things 24/7 and radios are out-of date anyway. |
Orca (3098) | ||
| 862504 | 2010-02-28 10:28:00 | Radios are out of date? Should I expect then when I turn mine on to get news broadcasts from 1942? :-) |
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