This is an urgent bulletin for my three readers:

…A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND
HARBORS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…

…A TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND
HARBORS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…

BASED ON THE LATEST TELECONFERENCE…THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT
INCREASE IN MANY OF THE FORECAST TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. COASTAL AREAS NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION
WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A TSUNAMI INUNDATION BETWEEN 3.5 TO 7 FEET.
HIGHEST WAVE INUNDATION TO AROUND 7 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND PORT
SAN LUIS. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION…EXPECTED TSUNAMI
WAVE HEIGHTS 2 FEET TO AROUND 3 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SANTA
BARBARA TO LONG BEACH.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS…
PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD MOVE INLAND TO HIGHER
GROUND AND BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. TSUNAMIS OFTEN ARRIVE AS A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE
DANGEROUS FOR AS MUCH AS 10 HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF POINT
CONCEPTION. A TSUNAMI ADVISORY MEANS THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR NEAR
THE WATER AS WELL AS BOATS MOORED IN HARBORS IS IMMINENT OR
EXPECTED.

THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL WILL BEGIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THE
ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIMES LISTED BELOW:

PORT SAN LUIS HARBOR…AT 803 AM PST.
POINT CONCEPTION…….AT 757 AM PST
SANTA BARBARA HARBOR…AT 817 AM PST.
RINCON……………..AT 828 AM PST
SANTA MONICA HARBOR….AT 831 AM PST.
SAN PEDRO HARBOR…….AT 832 AM PST.

NEW INFORMATION…

THE LATEST EXPECTED TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHT AMPLITUDES…

MORRO BAY…………… 3.9 FT
PORT SAN LUIS HARBOR…. 7.1 FT
PISMO BEACH…………. 2.4 FT
SANTA MARIA…………. 3.3 FT
SANTA BARBARA……….. 1.6 FT
CARPINTERIA…………. 1.6 FT
VENTURA…………….. 2.9 FT
MALIBU……………… 1.2 FT
SANTA MONICA………… 2.8 FT
REDONDO BEACH……….. 2.1 FT
SAN PEDRO HARBOR…….. 1.3 FT
HUNTINGTON BEACH…….. 2.3 FT

THE TSUNAMI IS A RESULT OF A LARGE EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY
MAGNITUDE OF 8.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE THAT OCCURRED AT 945 PM PST
LAST EVENING. THE EARTHQUAKE LOCATION WAS JUST OFFSHORE OF JAPAN.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI WITH
SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS IMMINENT OR EXPECTED. WARNINGS
ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT WIDESPREAD…DANGEROUS COASTAL FLOODING
ACCOMPANIED BY POWERFUL CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AND MAY CONTINUE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. WARNINGS ALSO ALERT EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE ENTIRE TSUNAMI HAZARD
ZONE. APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY LOCAL OFFICIALS MAY INCLUDE
THE EVACUATION OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS AND REPOSITIONING OF SHIPS
TO DEEP WATERS WHEN THERE IS TIME TO SAFELY DO SO.

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

This notice is from Yahoo weather.

Video of the Japan Tsunami from Al Jazeera News:

To watch this on YouTube, click here.

Massive die offs are currently more common than you might think, as reported from this (hopefully) unrelated article.

Speculation of the causes range from global warming, the gulf oil spill and the CIA testing death rays.

Max BottomTime has posted exclusive, as it happened video:

To view this video on YouTube, click here.

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From the original LA Times article:

Authorities in Redondo Beach are investigating what killed millions of fish over the last day at King Harbor Marina.

Fish, including anchovies, sardines and mackerel were floating lifeless in Basins 1 and 2 of the north side of King Harbor Marina.

(Photo from the LA Times)

“There’s basically fish everywhere you go in the harbor,” said the harbor’s assistant manager, Jason McMullin, who added that there were reports that a red tide may have driven the fish into the harbor in massive numbers where they died because of limited oxygen.

Redondo Beach public works officials were dispatched to the harbor to investigate further but did not have immediate comment.

The fish were attracting huge flocks of seagulls and other birds.

Updated at 12:15 p.m.: Redondo Beach officials said initial assessments suggest oxygen depletion in the King Harbor basins caused the massive fish die-off.

City Manager Bill Workman said city officials with the help of marine experts would help determine if there was any environmental issue involved. Tests are now being performed on the water as officials begin removing the dead fish, which city officials estimated to be in the millions.

“There are no visible signs of any toxins that might have caused [the die-off] and our early assessment is that this was oxygen depletion,” Workman said. “This is similar to what we experienced five years ago but that was distinctly a red tide event but there’s no discoloration of the water, no associated foaming in the waves, Workman said. “There are no oil slicks or leaking of substances into the water.”

Workman noted that the harbor had been teeming in recent weeks with bait fish that even after their deaths “had no signs of degradation.”

— Andrew Blankstein