It was a piercing siren, louder for me because I live right across from the community center hosting the speakers. At first I thought it was a particularly loud police car.
Instead, a message warned of a tsunami approaching the southern coast of Japan, a result of a 7.5 quake near Indonesia. I didn't understand everything they said in the warning, but I heard the word tsunami quite clearly.
So I turn on the TV and get online.
I'm a few miles away from the coast, so it would take a monster wave to actually send water to where I am, so I didn't go into panic mode.
We're basically under a tsunami advisory, meaning a small tsunami appears to be coming our way. The highest they're talking about any area getting in Japan is about two feet.
It's good to know the emergency alert system works, and while I can't pick up all the Japanese in the message, at least I know that siren is loud enough to wake me up.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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