{"id":1218785,"date":"2022-01-16T10:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218785"},"modified":"2022-01-16T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T15:05:08","slug":"surfers-try-fail-to-ride-tonga-tsunami-in-california-2-rescued-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surfers-try-fail-to-ride-tonga-tsunami-in-california-2-rescued-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfers Try, Fail to Ride Tonga Tsunami in California; 2 Rescued at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurfers-try-fail-to-ride-tonga-tsunami-in-california-2-rescued-at-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Surfing-tsunami-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The San Francisco Fire Department rescued two surfers Saturday who had defied warnings and dared to ride a small but deadly incoming tsunami wave generated by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha\u2019apai volcano in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1.14.2022:  (correction on date) Large volcanic eruption near Tonga (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha&#8217;apai volcano) today as seen from outer space. Shown on visible imagery using the Himawari satellite.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hiwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hiwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tsunami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tsunami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y18W7wvXl9\">pic.twitter.com\/Y18W7wvXl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWSHonolulu (@NWSHonolulu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSHonolulu\/status\/1482259099458932737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/15\/world\/asia\/tonga-volcano-tsunami.html\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/01\/15\/us\/tsunami-california-tonga\">underwater volcano erupted<\/a> on Saturday near the remote Pacific nation of <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/01\/15\/us\/tsunami-california-tonga\">Tonga<\/a>, triggering <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/01\/15\/us\/tsunami-california-tonga\">tsunami warnings<\/a> across the Pacific and for the <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/01\/15\/us\/tsunami-california-tonga\">West Coast<\/a> of the United States, and causing strong waves and currents in many coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A four-foot tsunami wave was reported to have hit Tonga\u2019s capital, Nuku\u2019alofa, sending people rushing to higher ground, and witnesses said ash had fallen from the sky. There were no immediate official reports on the extent of injuries or damages, but internet service in the country was disrupted, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/media-environment-and-nature-new-zealand-tonga-d434936e25079859df8261780976def8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to The Associated Press<\/a>, making it difficult to assess.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, officials urged residents of coastal areas in much of the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii to stay away from the coastline and move to higher ground. The National Weather Service in Portland, Ore., <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSPortland\/status\/1482339185315188745?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported possible one- to three-foot waves<\/a> in some areas of Oregon and Washington. \u201cFirst wave may not be the highest,\u201d and later waves may \u201cbe larger,\u201d the agency said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beaches were closed up and down the West Coast, and the tsunami arrived on Saturday morning. The damage was minimal, though some beaches and harbors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Tsunami-advisory-in-effect-for-the-California-16777952.php\">suffered<\/a> minor flooding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Tsunami causes flooding at the Santa Cruz Harbor in California <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bmd9VtmJov\">pic.twitter.com\/bmd9VtmJov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\/status\/1482430516251045891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though the surge was small \u2014 about one foot in many places \u2014 the conditions were rough, and proved too rough for two San Francisco surfers.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Los Angeles Times&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-15\/surfers-are-rescued-from-powerful-tsunami-currents\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Though most heeded the warnings, some surfers, anglers and beachgoers ignored them \u2014 prompting emergency rescues in dangerous waters from teams of fire department swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>At one popular beach in San Francisco, rescue swimmers braved churning waves and strong currents on Saturday afternoon to save two surfers who had challenged nature to a duel \u2014 and lost.<\/p>\n<p>Members of a San Francisco Fire Department patrol spotted a surfer about 300 yards off the coast waving his hands and calling for help about 3 p.m., said Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the department. Rescue swimmers swam out to help him, but the conditions were so bad that they determined it was safer to take him to a private sailboat nearby instead of carrying him back to dry land.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>One surfer was rescued in Ocean Beach after his surfboard snapped in half about 200 yards from the shoreline. The effort required the assistance of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, a rescue boat and San Francisco Fire Department rescue swimmers, Baxter said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They were not the only surfers to brave the conditions. One surfer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Tsunami-advisory-in-effect-for-the-California-16777952.php\">told<\/a> the&nbsp;<i>San&nbsp;Francisco Chronicle&nbsp;<\/i>that the waves were the \u201csome of the biggest of the year\u201d and that he did not want to miss the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><br \/><em>Photo: file<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco Fire Department rescued two surfers Saturday who had defied warnings and dared to ride a small but deadly incoming tsunami wave generated by the eruption of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}