On 27 Feb, 23:44, "jbm" wrote:
"Norman" wrote in message

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The latest warning for the tsunami generated by this morning's earthquake
off
Chile can be found at

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/message...fic.2010.02.27...

Watched it live from Hawaii on Sky news for an hour. The commentator assured
us that it had happened, but I was damned if I could tell which of the
regular breakers it was. All a bit of an anti-climax there, though I
understand Easter Island and New Zealand fared a bit worse.

I imagine it isn't wave height but the volume surging. I believe the
art of the science is far from developed.

On a more topic topic, several US states are having or have just had
tornado alarm drills. Getting ready for the season:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=sspm
http://www.tnema.org/