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Thu, 26 July 2012 20:42

artisticrainey
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Tuesday, April 17th, approximately 600 miles north of Samoa; 3:30 AM (2:30 AM April 18th on Tracy Island)

Deep within the Central Pacific Basin, there was a rumbling and a shaking. It increased with every passing second, causing ridges to break up and troughs to either drop or fill with falling rocks. All marine life had fled the area long before, instinctively sensing the danger that was coming. None were there on the spot to observe the tremors or the shifting tectonic plates that were thought to be stable.

However, in Brisbane, Australia, a geographic research station's alarms went off. The night crew came instantly alert. "Looks like a big one," shouted one man.

"Where?" his supervisor asked, rushing into the main area from his office.

"Central Pacific Basin. It appears to be right in the middle of the Phoenix Trough."

"What?? That can't be! Check again."

"Confirmed," said a woman, manning another block of machines recording the event. "Approximately 600 miles north of Samoa. It's registering 7.8 on the Richter."

"My God," breathed the supervisor. "We've got to warn the inhabited islands. They've got a tsunami heading their way. Get on it, stat!"

They got on the radios, the wireless, every piece of communications equipment they could use to contact the islands. As each one was informed, one of the workers put a colored pin in the map at that location. Slowly the pins covered them -- American Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, and Fiji to the South; the islands of Polynesia, the Cook Islands, and Tonga to the Southeast; Melanesia and the Solomon Islands to the West...

"Sir, the seaquake has subsided, but the warning buoys are starting to go off."

"How bad?"

The man who spoke straightened up and turned. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. His face was pale as he spoke.

"It looks like it will sweep over Samoa and Wallis and Futuna to the South, and head straight into the Fiji basin. The Cook Island to the East and the easternmost islands of Melanesia to the west will also be hit hard."

The supervisor leaned heavily on the desk behind him, shaking his head. "Send out a general call for rescue teams immediately. And that includes International Rescue. We're going to need all the help we can get!"

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