…and are in Hawaii or the western US, good heavens, get away from the beach.
Here’s the Tsunami Energy Map, from the Tsunami warning center.
That looks like a long, ugly red line running from San Diego all the way to the Aleutians…
And people think we’re crazy in the Midwest living around tornados.
UPDATE: The danger has apparently passed without major damage in Hawaii and up and down the West Coast.
Maybe a 3 foot surge at Coconut Island in Hilo Bay. It went on for some time though, a minute or two between surges.
I blame Bush. Why does he hate Chili? I thought Texans loved chili.
I called my brother in Hilo, Saturday morning; it was about 5:30 am his time. I say “Get up bro, tsunami comin’!” He says “No cuz’, I already wen investigate; no tsunami come ’till 11:00; call me back 10:30.”
I say “What about all those stinkin’ mutts you got, don’t you want to move them?” He says “No need…they float, they sweem.”
So I say, “Yeah, but how about your buds?” (He’s got a permit to grow for medicinal use) He says “No shit! Mama, get up and make some spam and eggs, we got to get the ‘sisters’ in da car!”
Frickin’ Kanaka’s.