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Well the danger from a tsunami has passed, The massive earthquake in Chile did generate a tsunami, but it wasn’t as powerful or anywhere near as devastating as initial reports suggested.

The waves have been noticed in many areas including Hawaii but have caused no damage with waves rising about a meter.

The Tsunami warnings have been cancelled for all but Russia and japan.

The latest death toll from the disaster is reported to be 214 but will likely continue to rise for the next week or so while the authorities continue to sift through the rubble and debris looking for survivors.

It is too early to estimate the cost of the damage caused by this disaster. I will certainly be keeping everyone updated.

I can only hope that the world will support the people of Chile like they supported the people of Haiti in their recent disaster.

Shortly after a massive earthquake devastated the Chilean nation and killed at least 78 people in Chile Saturday, a tsunami has come ashore on the Robinson Crusoe island of the Latin American country, President Michelle Bachelet said.

The three-meter wave has hit the largest island in the Chilean Juan Fernandez archipelago, and was heading toward Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean where evacuations to higher ground were underway.

Toll in Chile quake rises to 76 and will likely rise higher.

The earthquake has caused widespread damage, thousands are injured and many are dead, Damage has been reported in Santiago, about 320 km north of the epicenter as well as disrupting telephone and power lines in some areas.

Several aftershocks, including one that measured 6.9 on the Richter scale have followed the quake.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning along the coast of Chile and Peru, and issued a tsunami watch for Colombia, Ecuador, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica, please see my previous post for details.

Lets hope all this kerfuffle amounts to nothing and it all passes as peacefully as possible.

I will be keeping you updated.

There has been a very widespread Tsunami alert issued after the 8.8 Magnitude earthquake in Chile.

Here are all the details I have as of 8:47Pm 27-2-10 AEST.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

• CHILE
• PERU
• ECUADOR
• COLOMBIA
• ANTARCTICA
• PANAMA
• COSTA RICA
• NICARAGUA
• PITCAIRN
• HONDURAS
• EL SALVADOR
• GUATEMALA
• FR. POLYNESIA
• MEXICO
• COOK ISLANDS
• KIRIBATI
• KERMADEC IS
• NIUE
• NEW ZEALAND
• TONGA
• AMERICAN SAMOA
• SAMOA
• JARVIS IS.
• WALLIS-FUTUNA
• TOKELAU
• FIJI
• AUSTRALIA
• HAWAII
• PALMYRA IS.
• TUVALU
• VANUATU
• HOWLAND-BAKER
• NEW CALEDONIA
• JOHNSTON IS.
• SOLOMON IS.
• NAURU
• MARSHALL IS.
• MIDWAY IS.
• KOSRAE
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA
• POHNPEI
• WAKE IS.
• CHUUK
• RUSSIA
• MARCUS IS.
• INDONESIA
• N. MARIANAS
• GUAM
• YAP
• BELAU
• JAPAN
• PHILIPPINES
• CHINESE TAIPEI

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

LAT – LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON – LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME – TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER – PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED
WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND
SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM
ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND
THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.

FOR ALL AREAS – WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
——————————– ———— ————
CHILE TALCAHUANO 36.7S 73.1W 0729Z 27 FEB
VALPARAISO 33.0S 71.6W 0739Z 27 FEB
COQUIMBO 29.9S 71.3W 0801Z 27 FEB
CORRAL 39.8S 73.5W 0810Z 27 FEB
CALDERA 27.1S 70.8W 0821Z 27 FEB
ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 70.4W 0844Z 27 FEB
IQUIQUE 20.2S 70.1W 0911Z 27 FEB
ARICA 18.5S 70.3W 0929Z 27 FEB
GOLFO DE PENAS 47.1S 74.9W 0934Z 27 FEB
PUERTO MONTT 41.5S 73.0W 1052Z 27 FEB
EASTER IS. 27.1S 109.4W 1205Z 27 FEB
PUNTA ARENAS 53.2S 70.9W 1213Z 27 FEB
PUERTO WILLIAMS 54.8S 68.2W 1404Z 27 FEB
PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 72.0W 0936Z 27 FEB
SAN JUAN 15.3S 75.2W 0952Z 27 FEB
LA PUNTA 12.1S 77.2W 1045Z 27 FEB
PIMENTAL 6.9S 80.0W 1114Z 27 FEB
TALARA 4.6S 81.5W 1127Z 27 FEB
CHIMBOTE 9.0S 78.8W 1132Z 27 FEB
ECUADOR LA LIBERTAD 2.2S 81.2W 1202Z 27 FEB
ESMERELDAS 1.2N 79.8W 1234Z 27 FEB
BALTRA IS. 0.5S 90.3W 1313Z 27 FEB
COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 78.9W 1253Z 27 FEB
BAHIA SOLANO 6.3N 77.4W 1327Z 27 FEB
BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 77.2W 1340Z 27 FEB
ANTARCTICA THURSTON IS. 72.0S 100.0W 1312Z 27 FEB
CAPE ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 1650Z 27 FEB
PANAMA PUERTO PINA 7.4N 78.1W 1331Z 27 FEB
PUNTA MALA 7.5N 79.9W 1334Z 27 FEB
PUNTA BURICA 8.0N 82.8W 1340Z 27 FEB
BALBOA HTS. 9.0N 79.6W 1457Z 27 FEB
COSTA RICA CABO MATAPALO 8.4N 83.3W 1344Z 27 FEB
PUERTO QUEPOS 9.4N 84.2W 1417Z 27 FEB
CABO SAN ELENA 10.9N 86.0W 1452Z 27 FEB
NICARAGUA SAN JUAN DL SUR 11.2N 85.9W 1452Z 27 FEB
PUERTO SANDINO 12.2N 86.8W 1512Z 27 FEB
CORINTO 12.5N 87.2W 1520Z 27 FEB
PITCAIRN PITCAIRN IS. 25.1S 130.1W 1455Z 27 FEB
HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 87.6W 1520Z 27 FEB
EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 89.8W 1531Z 27 FEB
GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 91.2W 1539Z 27 FEB
FR. POLYNESIA RIKITEA 23.1S 135.0W 1542Z 27 FEB
HIVA OA 10.0S 139.0W 1723Z 27 FEB
PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 1748Z 27 FEB
MEXICO PUERTO MADERO 14.8N 92.5W 1552Z 27 FEB
ACAPULCO 16.9N 99.9W 1615Z 27 FEB
MANZANILLO 19.1N 104.3W 1709Z 27 FEB
SOCORRO 18.8N 111.0W 1719Z 27 FEB
CABO SAN LUCAS 22.8N 110.0W 1749Z 27 FEB
MAZATLAN 23.2N 106.4W 1753Z 27 FEB
PUNTA ABREOJOS 26.7N 113.6W 1856Z 27 FEB
ENSENADA 31.8N 116.8W 2016Z 27 FEB
COOK ISLANDS RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 1814Z 27 FEB
PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 1925Z 27 FEB
PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 1950Z 27 FEB
KIRIBATI FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 1836Z 27 FEB
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 1934Z 27 FEB
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 2028Z 27 FEB
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 2112Z 27 FEB
TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 2258Z 27 FEB
KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 1912Z 27 FEB
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 1918Z 27 FEB
NEW ZEALAND EAST CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1918Z 27 FEB
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1922Z 27 FEB
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 1952Z 27 FEB
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1954Z 27 FEB
WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1955Z 27 FEB
MILFORD SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 2005Z 27 FEB
NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2010Z 27 FEB
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2030Z 27 FEB
LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2040Z 27 FEB
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2056Z 27 FEB
NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2127Z 27 FEB
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 2129Z 27 FEB
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 2140Z 27 FEB
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 2219Z 27 FEB
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 1940Z 27 FEB
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 1951Z 27 FEB
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 2006Z 27 FEB
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 2026Z 27 FEB
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 2028Z 27 FEB
TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 2030Z 27 FEB
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 2104Z 27 FEB
AUSTRALIA HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2105Z 27 FEB
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 2146Z 27 FEB
BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 2310Z 27 FEB
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0101Z 28 FEB
CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0159Z 28 FEB
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0251Z 28 FEB
HAWAII HILO 19.7N 155.1W 2119Z 27 FEB
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 2152Z 27 FEB
NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 2158Z 27 FEB
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 2124Z 27 FEB
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 2125Z 27 FEB
VANUATU ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2137Z 27 FEB
ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2235Z 27 FEB
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 2154Z 27 FEB
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 2218Z 27 FEB
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 2245Z 27 FEB
SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2321Z 27 FEB
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0001Z 28 FEB
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0001Z 28 FEB
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0004Z 28 FEB
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0004Z 28 FEB
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0017Z 28 FEB
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0020Z 28 FEB
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 2331Z 27 FEB
MARSHALL IS. MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 2339Z 27 FEB
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0013Z 28 FEB
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0102Z 28 FEB
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0022Z 28 FEB
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0026Z 28 FEB
PAPUA NEW GUINE AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0036Z 28 FEB
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0038Z 28 FEB
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0102Z 28 FEB
PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0123Z 28 FEB
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0128Z 28 FEB
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0135Z 28 FEB
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0154Z 28 FEB
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0214Z 28 FEB
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0237Z 28 FEB
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0258Z 28 FEB
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0111Z 28 FEB
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0112Z 28 FEB
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0213Z 28 FEB
RUSSIA MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0236Z 28 FEB
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0302Z 28 FEB
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0333Z 28 FEB
URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0354Z 28 FEB
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0410Z 28 FEB
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0248Z 28 FEB
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0302Z 28 FEB
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0345Z 28 FEB
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0405Z 28 FEB
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0433Z 28 FEB
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0452Z 28 FEB
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0505Z 28 FEB
GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0512Z 28 FEB
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0303Z 28 FEB
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0311Z 28 FEB
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0352Z 28 FEB
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0413Z 28 FEB
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0435Z 28 FEB
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0453Z 28 FEB
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0509Z 28 FEB
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0557Z 28 FEB
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0610Z 28 FEB
PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0527Z 28 FEB
PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0559Z 28 FEB
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0604Z 28 FEB
CHINESE TAIPEI HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0626Z 28 FEB
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0626Z 28 FEB
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 0654Z 28 FEB
TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0655Z 28 FEB

There are reports now being generated that a Tsunami has been generated by the earthquake in Chile,

There was massive damage and at least 1 dead from the earthquake,

This is a live streaming video of the area from ustream.

Streaming Vi

A Massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 has hit off the coast of chile, there are reports of massive damage and casualties early on, and there is a Tsunami alert issued by the relevant authorities for Chile, Peru and Equador.

More to come, After the Haiti disaster, I can only pray that these poor souls fare a little better!

I will keep you informed

Toyota Motor Corp. announced on Tuesday a recall of 8 models involving around 2.3 million vehicles due to faulty gas pedals.

The are also halting production at six North American plants beginning the week of Feb. 1, and have given no date on when production would restart.

The models recalled included the 2009-2010 RAV4, the 2009-2010 Corolla, the 2007-2010 Camry, the 2009-2010 Matrix, the 2005-2010 Avalon, the 2010 Highlander, the 2007-2010 Tundra and the 2008-2010 Sequoia.

Toyota has stated that they are unaware of any accidents or injuries due to the pedal problems associated with the recall, but could not rule them out completely.

Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said most workers were not expected to be laid off during the shutdown, instead moving on to training or assembly process improvements.

The auto company said the sales suspension wouldn’t affect Lexus or Scion vehicles. Toyota said the Prius, Tacoma, Sienna, Venza, Solara, Yaris, 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser and select Camry models, including all Camry hybrids, would remain for sale.

Early news reports have confirmed that Tiger Woods, the worlds highest paid sports star and the best golf player in history was injured in an car crash at approximately 2am and has been taken to Health Central Hospital for facial lacerations. His full condition report is not yet known. The Florida highway patrol is currently investigating the incident.

The crash has been reported to have been a low speed incident with no airbags deploying and no one else was injured in the accident.

Tiger was just leaving his 2.4 million dollar home in Isleworth near Orlando when his 2009 Cadillac Escalade struck a fire hydrant and a tree likely shattering some glass causing lacerations.

The golfing great is estimated to be make around $100 million a year in endorsements and prize money and has an impressive array of ststistics including number 1 in the world for Birdie average, par breakers, money leaders and scoring average. A ful list of his current and previous stats can be found at Tigerwood.com

More than 40  people have been killed in El Salvador over the last week following three days of torrential rains caused by Hurricane Ida.

Government officials have stated that the death toll was expected to rise as rescue teams moved into areas that have been cut off by mudslides, Humberto Centeno, the country’s interior minister, said on Sunday.

A separate low pressure system may have also contributed to the rain, forecasters said.

News of the deaths came as the storm gathered strength off the coast of the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan peninsula on Sunday

Weather forecasters in the US predicted the storm would head towards the US later this week, where the authorities have issued a hurricane watch for the US Gulf Coast.

“A hurricane watch is in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border. This watch does not include the city of New Orleans [Louisiana],” a statement from the US National Hurricane Centre said.

“A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area … generally within 36 hours.”

Forecasters declared Ida a hurricane on Thursday as it passed off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, bringing heavy rains and destroying homes.

The rains caused thousands of people to seek shelter out of the storm’s path.

The storm weakened into a tropical storm before reaching hurricane status again late on Saturday with sustained winds of near 145kph, US forecasters said.

Authorities said Ida could make landfall as early as Tuesday morning, although it was forecast to weaken by then. Officials and residents kept a close eye on the Category 2 hurricane as it approached, though there were no immediate plans for evacuations.

At 1 p.m. EST, Ida was located 510 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving northwest near 10 mph. The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows Ida brushing near Louisiana and Mississippi, then making landfall near Alabama before continuing across north Florida.

Yet many residents took the forecast in stride.

Here is a picture of the latest projected path.

Predicted Path Hurricane IDA

California tailback Jahvid Best suffered a concussion and was taken to the emergency room after he leapt into the air, flipped over a defender and lost consciousness after landing on the back of his head in the end zone.

Coach Jeff Tedford has confirmed that initial test have come back normal.
Best had movement in his extremities, spokesman Herb Benenson said. Benenson also stated that a preliminary evaluation showed Best had suffered concussion.

More tests will be completed before a final diagnosis willbe announced by the school. Tedford didn’t know whether Best would be kept in the hospital over night.
Best’s helmet came off on impact. He vaulted into the air over the Safety’s Cameron Collins on the 7-yard touchdown run.

Best’s jersey was removed and he was wearing an oxygen mask when carted out of the stadium. Benenson said Best was taken to an emergency room for observation and examination.
Best missed Tuesday and Wednesday’s practice sessions with a slight concussion sustained in the team’s 23-21 win at Arizona State last Saturday, but participated in full during Thursday’s workout. The concussion wasn’t diagnosed right away.

Here is a video i found of the incident, terrifying (or exciting) stuff!

There has been a nasty trojan floating around called daenol.

This virus modifies system processes in Windows XP or Vista and installs other malware parasites onto the infected computer. Normally Trojan.daonol spread via the following methods:

1. infected codec updates
2. unsolicited spam e-mails
3. or corrupt program files.

Once inside the system, Trojan.daonol trojan will install corrupt executable files and diverse malware causing noticeably slow computer speed. It may also damage system files and steal sensitive data.

The common symptons of this virus are as follows.

1. Strange task processes
2. Corrupt dll’s and Windows files
3. Annoying pop-up ads
4. Restarts at Windows start-up
5. Strange bandwidth use
6. And preventing access to the following sites :
   • CA
   • Comodo
   • EST (Nod32)
   • Kapersky
   • Mcafee
   • Microsoft
   • Panda
   • SuperAntiSpyware
   • Symantec
   • Webroot (spy sweeper)

It also prevents access to sites with the following strings in the url:

1. Adob
2. bleepingcomputer
3. clamav
4. daonolfix
5. mbam-cdn
6. mcafee
7. meikoemoes
8. prevx

It may disable access to system programs such as regedit.exe and cmd.exe.

It may also redirect searches from google, yahoo and live search engines and the results modified so the searcher is redirected to malicious websites.

This virus is also quite difficult to get rid of as it somehow bypasses the normal antivirus programs deletion systems and reinstalls somewhere else on your PC.
Removal can be be a tricky process but there are ways to remove it safely without reinstalling your operating system.

This is a complicated and technical process which can be found at bleepingcomputer

you can also finsd more information at Microsoft.com

The best way to avoid these sort of problems is to use up to date virus programs such as Kaspersky, Symantec or Trend Micro PCCillin

a good firewall and being careful of what websites you visit.