It’s a very good thing they were wrong.
Let’s hope scientists in general gain a sense of humility from this event: think CRU.
I would much prefer them to err on the side of caution. If they had said nothing is going to happen and then something devastating did occur, it would be a terrible situation.
hopefully over the next five or six hours there will be more of the same - little to no effect.
Those surfers in the water are idiots, tho. I wouldn’t trust the riptides. That surfer down now doesn’t look like he’s making much headway into swimming to shore now he’s off his board. Darwinian selection in process.