For the second day in a row we were under a tsunami warning, this time from the quake in Chile (yesterday was from our own quake). It's hard to believe that energy from a quake in South America could reach Japan in such short time, but the predictions went that way.
The warnings started by loud speaker at 8:30 this morning and continued through out the day. "This is an emergency announcement..." Basically letting us know that we were under a tsunami warning, then as the day progressed that there were mandatory evacuations for anyone living at less than 30 feet above sea level. Which is half of Camp Lester where we live. Fortunately, that fabulous hilltop location where we live is far above the evacuation line. In fact, that fabulous hilltop location where we live is where people were evacuating to. So we ended up having an impromptu block party as people awaited the fate of the tsunami. It was predicted to hit around 3:00 this afternoon, but as the crowd grew on our hill, and people were passing the time eating ice cream or drinking margaritas (thanks, Kelly!) 3:00 came and went and nothing. It was very much like the whale watching tour we went on yesterday - scanning and scanning the water and nothing!
So tonight as we bed down we can be thankful that another natural disaster was averted.
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