Tsu Tsu Tsunami

So I woke up this morning at 6.15, had a shower, and turned on the news, as is my routine. I just caught the 6.30 news which declared that the Tsunami warning for New Zealand had been cancelled. I'm sorry, did you just say Tsunami? Yes, the Tsunami that was supposed to hit New Zealand right about the time that I was watching that particular item.

So while most Kiwis were tucked peaefully in bed, civil-services were on alert. What I want to know is: how would we have been warned if the Tsunami had actually decided to travel down from the waters of Tonga and cross our fair shores. Do we have those big air-raid signals that you hear on war movies? Or would a fireman calmly knock on our door and tell us to head for the hills (conveniently we are actaullly situated on a hill, so maybe we would have been advised to stand on our roof).

What I also want to know is why weren't we woken up by panicked friends and relations on the other side of the world, as many of my colleagues were. Do you guys not watch the news?

Ah well, all was fine in the end. But I do find it kind of....not scary, more creepy, but not creepy like clowns are creepy, another type of creepy. We are used to earthquakes and floods in Wellington, and draughts, volcano actvity, and hurricanes in other regions. However I never really thought of a Tsunami; another natual disater to add to the list.

Comebacks

So Luke is actually posting again. It is a wee bit sciencey, so check it out if you like that sort of thing. Too hard on my poor brain, but I read it out of loyalty, and he writes well :)

Also, Costi (Michelle) has posted again, just before we gave her up for dead after her paragliding in Austria. Her Amsteram experiences also sound interesting, but for different reasons...