THE NEXT WAVE IN TSUNAMI SCIENCE.

Last year’s earthquake and tsunami was a catastrophe for Japan — but a problem averted for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast, partly due to luck and partly due to the success of long-range tsunami tracking. Now researchers are working to bring that success closer to home.
If a similar ocean wave were to target the U.S. coastline in the future — and seismologists say that’s only a matter of time — the emergency response should be much improved, thanks to the lessons learned from last March’s super-tsunami.

Well, good.