Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> not something that happens all often   
      
   Actually earthquakes happen quite often except few are the magnitude of the on   
   last Friday that had the potential of generating a tsunami.  October 27th,   
   2012 at 8:50 PM 7.7 near Haida Gwaii generated a far reaching tsunami warning   
   but like the latest Alaska one was along an underwater slip-slide fault and   
   thus no major tsunami was generated.  The offshore faults are all part of ye   
   olde Pacific Ring of Fire.   
      
    NB> Are you saying that the warning wasn't given out properly for   
    NB> this one...?   
      
   The only reason I heard about it was because I left the radio on and was   
   rudely awakened by it broadcasting the tsunami sirens located in Tofino (west   
   side of Vancouver Island) on the hourly news.  I don't often leave the radio   
   on so it was just dumb luck that I got an advanced warning.  For the record   
   Port Alberni also had their tsunami siren(s) blaring and it was reported that   
   most people in that area moved to higher ground in an orderly fashion by all   
   the accounts I heard.  In the greater Ladysmith area no such siren went off   
   and after talking to the neighbours none of them went to higher ground even   
   though we were originally reported to be in the danger zone.  Nobody I've   
   talked to is aware of any historical tsunami striking this part of the island   
   (east side).   
      
    NB> IIRC, this one was only a 7.2....?   
      
   Last I heard they agreed on 7.9 and was initially posted as an 8.2.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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