もう眠っていた夜中の12時頃、スマホからけたたましい警報音が鳴り響き、地震警報かと思って画面を見たら津波警報だった。しかも50cmくらいと書かれているから「なぁ～んだ」と再び寝た。ところがその後警報音が3回も4回もスマホとタブレットの両方からも鳴るので安眠妨害も甚だしい。電源をオフにしてようやく朝まで邪魔されずに眠った。朝になってニュースを見ると、トンガで海底火山が爆発して津波が発生し、日本でも漁船が何隻も沈没したらしい。思ったよりも大ごとだったんだと納得。
Around 12 o’clock in the middle of the night when I was already asleep, a loud warning sound was heard from my smartphone, and when I looked at the screen thinking it was an earthquake warning, it was a tsunami warning. It says about 50 cm, so I went to bed again. However, after that, the alarm sounds three or four times from both the smartphone and the tablet, so it is extremely disturbing to sleep. I turned off the power and finally slept undisturbed until morning. Looking at the news in the morning, it seems that a submarine volcano exploded in Tonga and a tsunami occurred, and many fishing boats sank in Japan as well. I was convinced that it was a bigger deal than I expected.
午前中に七里ヶ浜まで行く用事があって、念のため山のコースを通って行ったのですが、さすがに今日はサーファーは一人も海に入っていなかった。
I had to go to Shitirigaham in the morning, so I went through the mountain course just in case, but when I saw the sea on the way, no surfer was in the sea today.
家に戻ってニュース映像をみたら、トンガでは結構大きな津波が押し寄せていたし、被害は不明だとか。住民に被害がないことを祈るしかありません。
When I returned home and watched the news footage, it was said that a fairly large tsunami was flooding in Tonga and the damage was unknown. I have no choice but to pray that the inhabitants will not be damaged.
ご存知の方も多いかもしれませんが Floodmaps というサイトがあって、そこを見ると自分の家が何メートルの津波で水没するのかを見ることができます。用心のために見ておくのも良いと思います。
As many of you may know, there is a site called Floodmaps, where you can see how many meters of a tsunami will submerge your home. I think it’s a good idea to take a look as a precaution.