Any time you are on the beach and something pulls the plug and leaves the beach high and dry, that is definitely your clue to run like hell for the hills. According to CNN, there are now about fifty wave-sensing buoys scattered around the pacific rim, aka ring of fire. Unfortunately, not too many people carry their HD television sets with them when they walk on the playa. People in Hawaii had ample advanced warning apparently.The beaches looked pretty empty. Glad the tourists and hotels didn't get swept up. Brad Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>: > For Paddlewisers on the west coast of North America, any tsunamis generated > by the 8.8 earthquake near Santiago, Chile are predicted to strike between > about noon and 2:30pm depending upon how far north you are. However wave > heights are generally 1 or 2 meters or less. Nevertheless, it's probably not > a good time to be on the beach. And if the water goes waaaayyy out, run for > high ground. > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA > www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Feb 28 2010 - 13:44:36 PST
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