Another brutal reminder this morning of how quickly life can turn.

Thoughts and prayers are with the Chilean people and everyone visiting the area who were in harms's way when the quake(s) struck.

Best wishes to all in the tsunami warning and watch areas. We have at least one ETS member in Hawaii that I can recall.

This is expected to be the most significant tsunami event to affect Hawaii since 1964.

Will be interested to hear from those on the U.S. west coast. Oregon, for one, has done quite a bit in the past twenty years to increase tsunami awareness and plan for evacuations on its coast.

A friend of mine is currently visiting his home on the Big Island. The 6:00a warning sirens will be going off there very shortly.

How puny we are when the most violent geologic forces are unleashed.