01-20-2022, 06:12 PM
there are buoys in the ocean that detect tsunamis
There are, but most are positioned for quakes that occur in South America, Japan, or Alaska. There’s nothing in the system between Tonga & here. Map of DART warning bouys:
https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/
nor was there a watch or warning issue to advise residents of potential danger along the shoreline.
I remember some years ago when a tsunami evacuation was ordered for Honolulu, in the afternoon on a workday. No tsunami occurred and people were up in arms about the inconvenience, and getting stuck in traffic jams preventing an orderly evacuation. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was raked through the coals for that call, and they’ve been more cautious about what type of warning they’ve issued ever since, especially because people are less likely to pay attention to their forecasts if they're wrong, again. Can you imagine the outcry on the news and social media if they called for an evacuation in the middle of the night, not based on their normal models, or buoy readings and almost nothing happened?
There are, but most are positioned for quakes that occur in South America, Japan, or Alaska. There’s nothing in the system between Tonga & here. Map of DART warning bouys:
https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/
nor was there a watch or warning issue to advise residents of potential danger along the shoreline.
I remember some years ago when a tsunami evacuation was ordered for Honolulu, in the afternoon on a workday. No tsunami occurred and people were up in arms about the inconvenience, and getting stuck in traffic jams preventing an orderly evacuation. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was raked through the coals for that call, and they’ve been more cautious about what type of warning they’ve issued ever since, especially because people are less likely to pay attention to their forecasts if they're wrong, again. Can you imagine the outcry on the news and social media if they called for an evacuation in the middle of the night, not based on their normal models, or buoy readings and almost nothing happened?