Tsunami Alert for Entire Caribbean after Earthquake

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Apparently, the people running the marina here in Samana did not get the memo. They still have the bay closed for marine traffic. Hopefully they will lift it but if you have plans to come here today, you may want to call beforehand.
 
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I'm surprised they didn't send text messages to warn everyone who could be affected, but maybe they didn't want to start an even more dangerous stampede of people fleeing.
 
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drstock said:
I'm surprised they didn't send text messages to warn everyone who could be affected, but maybe they didn't want to start an even more dangerous stampede of people fleeing.
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Yes, I agree. I am registered with the US Embassy STEP and have received nothing.
 
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drstock said:
I'm surprised they didn't send text messages to warn everyone who could be affected, but maybe they didn't want to start an even more dangerous stampede of people fleeing.
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I don’t think the DR has a national alert system. Facebook and other media platforms seems to be the preferred way. Info travels at light speed on WhatsApp. I’d be more concerned about a tsunami of Haitians flooding over the DR border when the current intervention ends. Given the laid back attitude they have to the threat of death on their highways, I’d be surprised if they stampeded if they heard reports of a tsunami. Once they see it, that’s a different story.
 
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The alert for the DR was in effect for about 10 minutes and was removed from further alerts in the 2nd warning notice issued by the PTWC. The PTWC has a mailing list you can sign up for that will give you warning much faster than relying an embassy or third party sending you a warning. Time is your friend when fleeing an incoming tsunami.
 
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Ecoman1949 said:
I don’t think the DR has a national alert system. Facebook and other media platforms seems to be the preferred way. Info travels at light speed on WhatsApp. I’d be more concerned about a tsunami of Haitians flooding over the DR border when the current intervention ends. Given the laid back attitude they have to the threat of death on their highways, I’d be surprised if they stampeded if they heard reports of a tsunami. Once they see it, that’s a different story.
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Silly. If there had been a Tsunami, they would have flocked to the North Coast with their Cell Phone to shoot videos.
 
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if there suddenly is an abnormally low tide don’t go look, run for higher ground. Big waves coming.
 
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The earthquake was way to the south of us. Only the south coast was in any possible danger. It would have never hit the north coast.
 
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Ecoman1949 said:
I don’t think the DR has a national alert system. Facebook and other media platforms seems to be the preferred way. Info travels at light speed on WhatsApp. I’d be more concerned about a tsunami of Haitians flooding over the DR border when the current intervention ends. Given the laid back attitude they have to the threat of death on their highways, I’d be surprised if they stampeded if they heard reports of a tsunami. Once they see it, that’s a different story.
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When they are expecting major flooding, they send out text messages to all.
 
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cavok said:
The earthquake was way to the south of us. Only the south coast was in any possible danger. It would have never hit the north coast.
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Sorry - I seem to be disagreeing with you on a couple of matters today. Nothing personal!

The map in this article shows the fault line passing just to the north of the DR with the red part being the danger.

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Meteorology issues tsunami warning for the coasts of the Dominican Republic after earthquake in the Caribbean

<p>The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) issued a tsunami warning for the Dominican Republic’s coasts on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. after the 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean, with an epicenter in northern Honduras. More details coming soon…</p>
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Ecoman1949 said:
I don’t think the DR has a national alert system. Facebook and other media platforms seems to be the preferred way. Info travels at light speed on WhatsApp. I’d be more concerned about a tsunami of Haitians flooding over the DR border when the current intervention ends. Given the laid back attitude they have to the threat of death on their highways, I’d be surprised if they stampeded if they heard reports of a tsunami. Once they see it, that’s a different story.
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I think there is one, when there is a hurricane you get texts on all cellphones
 
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drstock said:
Sorry - I seem to be disagreeing with you on a couple of matters today. Nothing personal!

The map in this article shows the fault line passing just to the north of the DR with the red part being the danger.

dominicantoday.com

Meteorology issues tsunami warning for the coasts of the Dominican Republic after earthquake in the Caribbean

<p>The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) issued a tsunami warning for the Dominican Republic’s coasts on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. after the 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean, with an epicenter in northern Honduras. More details coming soon…</p>
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There's something wrong with that map. How could a tsunami jump across all of Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras and turn around and hit the southwestern coasts of those countries and El Salvador? How could it go hundreds of miles inland in Colombia as shown?

In the end, I don't think any tsunami waves of any size were reported anywhere? There wasn't even a ripple here in Cabarete.
 
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