It seems silly now, of course, but don’t tell me you weren’t at least a little freaked out by the possibility of a tsunami hitting the Keys after the earthquake in Haiti last Tuesday.
About half an hour after the earthquake, rumors were swirling about the possibilty of a tsunami barreling its way toward South Florida. Thoughts of the devastating seismic wave in Indonesia filled the heads and fueled the imaginations of many. One local mother (okay, it was me) contemplated putting life vests on all her children and sitting on the roof to wait for the powerful, mile-high wall of water to strike.
Since we seem to have a constant stream of people moving to and from Key West, I think it’s safe to assume I am not the only local person who sometimes feels like an idiot about what is and is not realistic in terms of natural disaster possibilities around here. So I asked the experts at the National Weather Service in Key West. I knew they’d come through for us on short notice. I’ve yet to meet a weather geek who doesn’t love to talk about his or her area of expertise.
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