A massive 8.8 earthquake hit central Chile early Saturday morning triggering a tsunami warning throughout the reaches of the Pacific ocean. After spending a bit of time on the computer watching the live results in Hawaii and Southern California I decided to head down to my local beach to check out the event. NOAA experts predicted that the tsunami would reach San Diego by 12:02 pm today. I sat down at a local reef in La Jolla for about an hour between 12:00 and 1:00pm. With the exception of an outgoing tide and a couple body boarders swapping out sloppy waist high crumblers, there was really not much to witness. The degree of severity of tsunamis are rather unpredictable. Reality is that until it actually hits there is no way to determine the degree of a tsunami. However, after the media latched onto it, this tsunami warning created quite a stir among social networks. As I write this blog entry, the tsunami is among the top ten trending topics on Twitter. Here are a few images shot this morning during the event...if one could call it that.

Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
This image in La Jolla was shot at about 12:10pm, time of tsunami impact.Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
Taken at approximately 12:45pm in La Jolla. Is this just the result of a negative low tide or an actual
tsunami?Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
Hey, why take any chances? Right???Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
The degree of the event is illustrated here as a rather laxed major network newsman, in a hoody mind you,
interviews a kid about a potential disaster.Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
Tsunami onlookers in La Jolla, California wait for the tidal wave.