Tsunami alerts have already been canceled in Alaska & Oregon, as well as BC. They are still waiting in Hawaii.
No, I didn't feel anything here, hundreds of miles to the southwest - the news never even got to me & I went off to bed. Here is more on the local story from the Vancouver Sun (click).
I hope the people in BC are breathing a sigh of relief and can laugh a little about things. The tsunami warnings have now been dropped in Hawaii.
Scott Simon is talking about preparing for Hurricane Sandy but I am not going to belittle anyone's efforts to be prepared there and will post something on that thread in just a moment but . . . Here is Scott Simon on Twitter this morning:
Scott Simon @nprscottsimon
Huuuge line of storm shoppers at @WholeFoods. Sold out of fennel! Already descended into savagery!
it's getting scary every time i keep reading about places that don't get these large quakes or that the last one they felt was something like 1940's.
eta: i haven't even bothered to run to the store to see what madness has befallen them! though i do need to go out and get some items at the hardware store that is next to our grocery store. i'd imagine both will be crowded. :/