Hi all, I was up in Auckland (opposite end of the country) at the Coastbusters Sea Kayak Symposium while waves of 1-3 metres were forecast to hit home. Tsunami Rangers, Eric Soares and Jim Kakuk, who were guests at the event, were soon tired of the comments directed their way. Back home, there were three surges, one raising the water level 2.2 metres in one hour. Fortunatley that was at low tide. Home was well safe, on a cliff 30 metres above MHWS, but I was concerned about my boat shed, which my wife had said would have to look after itself when I called to warn her at 5am. The water stopped 30cm from the door, so no damage, but it was a wake up call to secure boats and not leave them on the floor. After seeing first-hand the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami I'm well aware that should nature have moved a little differently then it would have been more than "CNN Showbiz". Cheers JKA John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 06 2010 - 01:58:06 PST
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