# Tsunami Warning for SF Bay. But No Info on Web!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216 "2024-12-05T18:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/21 "2024-12-05T19:45:45Z")
I’m concerned that there’s still normal-looking traffic on Hwy 1. The point where I can see the highway is about 20 feet from the ocean and just a few feet above it. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/22 "2024-12-05T19:49:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Who is that idiot walking along the beach with a _surfboard?_ [“One wave…My whole life has been about this moment, Johnny. Come on, compadre. Come on!”](https://youtu.be/78s7DO5eehQ?si=YfjmE7-ox3vHrhgu) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/23 "2024-12-05T19:50:04Z")
The Pacifica Beach Livecam is currently not available. [Pacifica Beach Pier Live Cam new in California](https://livebeachcam.net/pacifica-beach-pier-live-cam-beautiful-amazing-stunning/) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/24 "2024-12-05T19:51:36Z")
Here’s [Half Moon Bay cams](https://livebeachcam.net/half-moon-bay-surf-cam-by-surfline-beautiful-amazing-stunning/) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/25 "2024-12-05T19:52:24Z")
Anyone think we will see on the Ocean Beach webcam any noticeable lowering and rising of the ocean level? I suppose if there is any movement we’ll all see it later looped again and again on the news. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/26 "2024-12-05T19:55:10Z")
I would predict there will be at least some visible effect. BTW, as I mentioned, I’m on a hill and on a very low-trafficked street. Right now there is an abnormally high amount of traffic outside. I think people are coming up here to shelter. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/27 "2024-12-05T19:56:15Z")
Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/28 "2024-12-05T19:57:10Z")
The sirens have still not sounded, which surprises me. They test them every month, but this seems like the exact situation in which they’d actually be needed. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/29 "2024-12-05T20:00:49Z")
As soon as I got the tsunami warning, I posted it on Facebook for any of my nearby friends who might not have gotten it. Then I too looked on Google and found squat. A friend texted me to turn on the TV. They had all kinds of information. So I guess local TV does have some use after all. > [@markn\_1](#): > > Here’s the info about the tsunami: > [https://www.tsunami.gov](https://www.tsunami.gov) Which now, at noon, says No Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/30 "2024-12-05T20:01:00Z")
There’s a rescue helicopter circling over the ocean, pretty high up. I guess they’re just keeping an eye on things. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/31 "2024-12-05T20:02:06Z")
The Tsunami Warning Center warning canceled the warning for the entire west coast about 3 minutes ago (per KGO TV news site). ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/32 "2024-12-05T20:02:27Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Then I too looked on Google and found squat. Google couldn’t push any related ads regarding tsumanis so they did not have anything to share. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/33 "2024-12-05T20:03:21Z")
What, they don’t have a backlog of emergency supply sellers and prepacked disaster “go” bags among their advertisers? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/34 "2024-12-05T20:11:34Z")
Just got a text (not an emergency message like the earlier ones): > Tsunami Warning canceled for coastal San Mateo County. No significant impacts or dangers from tsunami expected. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/35 "2024-12-05T20:37:37Z")
A [San Francisco Chronicle story](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/earthquake-northern-california-19962068.php) says > The only tsunami wave detected was off Marina Cove, and it was just 10 cm in height. No other tsunami waves have been detected at any offshore buoy sites. This was a strike-slip fault, as opposed to a subduction fault, so it’s less likely to cause tsunamis. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/36 "2024-12-05T20:40:57Z")
> [@markn\_1 (quoting the SF Chronicle)](#): > > The only tsunami wave detected was off Marina Cove, and it was just 10 cm in height. Don’t we have a current thread about things that are underwhelming? Glad y’all are safe. My mother’s in Laguna Beach, and they get this kind of scare every now and then. The price of life in Paradise, I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/37 "2024-12-05T20:49:14Z")
It’s odd. My wife got the earthquake alert but I did not. Both on Android, same carrier. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/38 "2024-12-06T04:00:42Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > A [San Francisco Chronicle story](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/earthquake-northern-california-19962068.php) says > > > The only tsunami wave detected was off Marina Cove, and it was just 10 cm in height. No other tsunami waves have been detected at any offshore buoy sites. This was a strike-slip fault, as opposed to a subduction fault, so it’s less likely to cause tsunamis. That was a couple of hours later, right? The point of the OP (and my post) was, at the beginning of the alert, when details of what is going on are most valuable and time is critical, where is one supposed to go to get the official dope? I found it on local TV only because someone else directed me there. It seems like the people who activated the alert should then start posting about it immediately, in a way that could be found by a google search. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/39 "2024-12-06T04:21:51Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The point of the OP (and my post) was, at the beginning of the alert, when details of what is going on are most valuable and time is critical, where is one supposed to go to get the official dope? I found it on local TV only because someone else directed me there. Yes. Thank you. I was fairly gobsmacked that the super-rare, super-loud cell phone shriek was not immediately, and I mean immediately, followed up with notification on TV, radio, and the web. That emergency alert should never be sent unless there is something that people need to absolutely know _right now._ Like a tsunami or a toxic spill. To have no info available after such an alert is unfathomable to me. Doesn’t matter if it’s quickly realized that everything is actually fine. You just sent out a major alert. You must explain what’s up even if you were wrong. Maybe _especiall_y if you were wrong. Some of the earlier posts seemed to suppose I was merely saying that I couldn’t find any info on the Tsunami so they helpfully posted links. The issue wasn’t that there was never any info, it was that there was no _immediate_ information. Nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216/40 "2024-12-06T04:30:08Z")
When I was in elementary school in San Diego 35 years ago, the school I went to was at sea level at the base of a hill three blocks away from the beach, so once or twice a year, in addition to fire and earthquake drills, we had a tsunami drill. The drill consisted of everyone forming a single-file line with the rest of their class and each class filing out onto the sidewalk and going two blocks uphill, to where we would presumably be high up enough to avoid the wave. In the event of an actual tsunami I hope they wouldn’t have made us wait until our turn was called on the megaphone before we were allowed to not have an ocean fall on top of us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-warning-for-sf-bay-but-no-info-on-web/1011216.md?page=3)