What Time Is It In Hawaii

What Time Is It In Hawaii

What Time Is It In Hawaii : Evacuation warnings in Hawaii in the coastal areas at risk at 6 am local time on Saturday, (11 East) and the region prepared for what federal officials say can be dangerous – but probably not disastrous – that the tsunami hit the islands in the wake of an earthquake in Chile.
And the sirens went off, local TV stations told viewers that the news alarms and warning, not an evacuation notice to residents.

The tsunami and was expected to arrive in Hawaii at 11:20 am, or 4:20 pm Eastern Time.

R. Brian Shiro, geophysicist at the NOAA Tsunami Warning in the Pacific Ocean in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, said that computer models show that the impact will be greatest in areas such as Hilo Bay on the island of Hawaii and Kahului Harbor on Maui.

In those areas, the tsunami can be up to six to 10 feet, said Mr. Shiro. In any other place in Hawaii, the waves are likely to be only between two to three feet.

Officials have warned that all coastal areas in Hawaii could be affected by the wave can reach to all parts of the islands as it passes in the region.

Should “take urgent action to protect life and property” in the Pacific Warning Center said a tsunami in the bulletin. “All the beaches are at risk regardless of the direction they face.”

Indeed, some boat owners boats were moving away from the coast, to avoid damage when the waves arrive. And will be closed beaches and areas of a predetermined evacuation in some coastal areas will be cleared.

Tourists, saying in modern hotels and high-altitude resorts will be safe, said Mr. Shiro, as long as they are above the third floor. Any person in the coastal areas and should listen to the guidance provided by local authorities.

“Get off the coast line,” John Cummings, Oahu, “said civil defense spokesman, told Reuters. “We are closing all the beaches and telling people to get the region.”

The buses will be patrolling the beaches and take people to the parks in the voluntary process is expected to last five hours, and Reuters reported, adding that more than one hour before the sirens sounded, and lines of cars have gone several blocks of gas stations in Honolulu.

After all, you must pass this event in Hawaii without a large scale, catastrophic damage or loss of life, and predicted Mr. Shiro.

“We take very seriously,” said Mr. Shiro. “But this is not a great one.”

But especially in certain areas of the port groups, and he warned that the population of the region should take this warning seriously.

“In the ports, it can be very dangerous,” he said.

A tsunami is essentially a wave. But it will look like in the sea-level rise, or more, such as floods, he said. But it happens very quickly. Initial wave will come in and follow the waves will, probably, or even 20 minutes later, according to the pattern can continue for several hours.

“The waves are so big that the observer seems to be a very big wave,” he said.

The last time there was a warning of the tsunami, the Pacific and the wide, where it is now, was in 1964, “said Mr. Shiro.

There were warnings last regional in Hawaii, such as in 1964, which passed without any impact of the tsunami at all. But historically the tsunami caused massive damage and loss of life in Hawaii, and most recently in 1975, when two people were killed in a single event, “said Mr. Shiro.

“Until now, models, and based on the information we have, in Hawaii, and most of the shores of the experience of two to three feet, which is not great,” he said. “But still, you should avoid swimming or surfing.”

Charles E. performance contributed reporting from Kauai in Hawaii.