[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Because it is the pacific ocean not the atlantic.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I was always told that but I guess I was wrong.

[dirtymac]

Wrong! America always used the term tidal wave, which is not an accurate description of what we now know is actually happening. The ‘hate America’ crowd decided to use the Japanese term tsunami as an alternative. However, the term tsunami means harbor wave, which in my estimation is even more inaccurate that tidal wave.