Its March 11, 2011 and we thought we’d make a quick post in light of the fact that there was a giant Tsunami in Japan this morning (last night, really).
We were awakened at 5 am this morning by Mom in Toronto alerting us to the Tsunami. No one was sure how it would affect us here in San Diego, though it was certain it would hit here.
We got up and phoned our Captain for advice. He said that we would be at low tide when it was expected to hit and that it probably wouldn’t do any damage. We breathed a sigh of relief and decided to check all the dock lines and secure everything below deck just in case things got knocked around a bit.
As it turned out, there were several surges during the day. There were little eddies swirling around everywhere in the Marina and the channel between docks looked like a river. We could see a pretty strong current, which changed direction as the water came in and went out. This occurred several times throughout the day, with the biggest surge being around 3 feet high. At one point, the boat was pushed pretty far off the dock and getting off was a bit tricky. We both tried to pull it in a few feet, which is normally very easy to do, but we couldn’t move her an inch, the current was so strong!
All in all, it was pretty much a non-event. We wanted to let everyone know we survived intact!
I'm so glad you posted on your blog - the news has been airing the quake and the tsunamis all day. They also showed a marina in California that took a quite a hit. You've been on my mind all day so I'm relieved to hear that all is well.
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