I was yelling at the TV this morning when the news anchor starting implying that the impending peril had imploded when the first wave hadn't shown up within 20 mins of estimated arrival. Sorry, but what a dipsh!t.

Tsunami waves do not behave like normal waves. They are not surfable. They are not to be played with. And they are hard to track in deep water. And there can be a lot spaced across hours.

This is readily available info. Obviously, brains were not a requirement for his position.