Did you watch the Hawaiian tsunami yesterday? I must admit, it was exciting, the prospect of actually watching a significant tsunami event roll ashore live, but, of course, I was relieved the waves that eventually arrived were on the small side and not destructive. You can’t scoff at the National Weather Service: they repeatedly tried to tell the television folks, “We can’t really predict these things.” They did their job, warning folks. We all know it could’ve happened.

In Chile, the news is not so good.