Tonga - volcano eruption
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@nta said in Tonga - volcano eruption:
People in quieter parts of Auckland saying they heard the boom. Woah.
Yeah all over NZ, is the pressure wave
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@machpants said in Tonga - volcano eruption:
Yeah all over NZ, is the pressure wave
Somebody posted up data from their barometer which was mental!
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It's trashed our local harbor
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@jc my cousin down in Invercargill said they heard it too.
I thought it was just thunder with that passing ex-cyclone.
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@taniwharugby Yeah it was very odd. It didn’t have by duration to speak of, just a loud thud that shook the house. I looked all around the house to see if something had fallen over, but nothing.
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Yep heard it in the bay. More of a feeling than a sound. Big, low, bang.
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@machpants a rather ironic part of that, is that the Marina would likely have had most of its boats back in when it happened, given the storm warning for huge swells days earlier, loads of boaties would have returned for, er, safe harbour...one of my clients in that very predicament (would have been better staying where they were) instead, thier boat now sits with its bum in the mud and nose breaching the surface!
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Not really the tone of the thread but
This eruption has resulted in some beautiful sunrises here
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@antipodean Holy shit. I'm surprised there haven't been more fatalities
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@canefan said in Tonga - volcano eruption:
@antipodean Holy shit. I'm surprised there haven't been more fatalities
I don't think they know about the toll on some of the islands, they're cut off. But looking at the videos that have appeared, it wasn't a huge wave/surge, thankfully. People were able to hold on, or easily get above, mostly. It wasn't carrying away houses, even if it was damaging them. So although the low lying Island got lots of damage, hopefully it looks like less fatalities. However environmental health going forward is a major problem, fresh water, sewerage, etc
PM reacts to Tonga eruption; Tutukaka marina evacuated after boats destroyed
