4:00am

At exactly 4am on Friday morning the home phone rang. The caller ID said Newport Beach. In a daze I asked Tucker what to do. He said to answer it. I pushed talk. The recorded message said something like this: "This is an emergency. A tsunami alert has been issued for the Newport Beach area. Expected land fall at approxamatly 8:45am. [heart races.] No evacuations have been issued at this time. [feeeewww.] Coastal beaches are closed until further notice. Stay off the beaches! [noted.] " So much for falling back to sleep.

Luckily.... the city of Newport was able to test out their tsunami warning operations incase a real coastal threat occurs. Not so luckily.... have you seen the images of the tsunami serge in Japan? We are screwed.