MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 354 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2010
GMZ530-271045- 354 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2010
...A EARTHQUAKE GENERATED SLOSH IS BEING DETECTED ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...
A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE WITH MAGNITUDE 8.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED NEAR CONCEPCION CHILE. VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE GROUND HAVE ONSET A SLOSH WITHIN THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN. TIDAL GAUGES ARE INDICATING RAPID RISE AND FALLS AROUND ONE HALF FOOT...WHICH MAY BE CAUSING MOORED VESSELS TO SWAY SUDDENLY. THIS SUDDEN WAVE ACTION WILL BE NOTICED ONLY IN SHALLOW SHORE LINE AREAS AND IN PASSES AND NOT IN MID-LAKE WATERS.