Here is our local papers coverage post event.
If this ha been the real thing lives would have been lost.
Newport News-Times
Address:http://www.newportnewstimes.com/news/
well, you know....all those people along the shore can make an effort and buy a NOAA enabled radio....the thing would have popped off when the Tsunami warning went out...at nearly the same time the authorities received the warning...
Thank you Oceanperch. That is an excellent link. Some of those stories could be added to this thread.