Oh our modern age....

Watching local TV coverage of the wait for the tsunami.

Currently they are showing a feed from a TV station in Honolulu. That station was interviewing folks standing in line outside a convenience store. One tourist they talked to was from (I think) Holland. When they asked him how he found out about the tsunami warmning, he said a friend in South Africa had seen it on the news and phoned him!!!

Juist imagine the disbelief you'd have gotten even 20 years ago if you'd tried selling that as part of the plot of a story.

Lucky Coincidence

Minor item mentioned in passing during the coverage of the quake and the tsunami warning.

Seems that several of the coastal counties were getting ready for a tsunami drill later thos month. One sheriff even mentioned it along with a comment along the lines of "Well, I guess we can cancel that..."