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Hawaii spared as tsunami causes no serious impact
Quick Hit:
Hawaii avoided serious damage overnight Wednesday after tsunami waves from a massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia reached the islands. Evacuation orders were lifted as officials confirmed no major impact.
Key Details:
- The earthquake struck near Russia’s far eastern coast Tuesday night, triggering widespread tsunami alerts from Japan to the U.S. West Coast.
- In Hawaii, wave heights reached up to 1.8 meters (nearly 6 feet), preceded by early evacuations, blaring sirens, and brief airport closures.
- Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency reported no major damage, and by evening, the threat level was downgraded, though beaches remained potentially hazardous for swimmers and boaters.
Diving Deeper:
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific overnight Wednesday, but Hawaii ultimately avoided significant damage. According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, while initial waves reached the islands around 8 p.m. local time Tuesday, the threat of a large-scale tsunami was ruled out “based on all available data.”
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency confirmed that evacuation orders were lifted shortly after the first waves arrived. “There were no reports of major damage,” the agency stated.
Early wave measurements showed tsunami activity reaching around 3 feet at Hanalei and roughly 4 feet at Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore. Later readings peaked near 5.7 feet. Though not catastrophic, the waves still posed risks to swimmers and boaters. The agency emphasized continued caution for anyone near the shoreline.
The massive quake struck early Wednesday in Russia, unleashing tsunami waves as high as 13 feet on the country’s eastern coast and leading to building damage and regional evacuations. Japan also issued widespread alerts for its eastern coastline.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said tsunami waves nearing 2 meters were observed at Midway Atoll and that National Guard assets—including Black Hawk helicopters and high-water vehicles—were placed on standby. “Please do not put yourself in harm’s way,” Green urged residents during a briefing.
Wednesday’s alert set off widespread public reaction. Tsunami sirens echoed across Honolulu as coastal areas were cleared during evening rush hour. Schools canceled all after-school programs, airports paused operations, and lines at gas stations stretched for blocks.
Similar alerts rippled across the U.S. mainland. In San Francisco, local emergency management officials worked with public safety agencies to monitor potential evacuations. Beaches in Huntington Beach, California, were cleared by lifeguards and police, while Crescent City activated its tsunami sirens to warn nearby residents.
As of early Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami threat to Hawaii and surrounding areas had significantly diminished. Still, local officials urged ongoing vigilance due to unpredictable ocean conditions.
Censorship Industrial Complex
Pro-freedom group warns Liberal bill could secretly cut off Canadians’ internet access
From LifeSiteNews
“The minister could order this dissident’s internet and phone services be cut off and require that decision remain secret”
Free speech advocates have warned that the Liberals’ cybersecurity bill would allow them to block any individual’s internet access by secret order.
During an October 30 Public Safety committee meeting in the House of Commons, Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) counsel Josh Dehaas called for Liberals to rewrite Bill C-8, which would allow the government to secretly cut off Canadians access to the internet to mediate “any threat” to the telecommunications system.
“It is dangerous to civil liberties to allow the minister the power to cut off individual Canadians without proper due process and keep that secret,” Dehaas testified.
“Consider for example a protestor who the minister believes ‘may’ engage in a distributed denial of service attack, which is a common form of civil disobedience employed by political activists,” he warned.
“The minister could order this dissident’s internet and phone services be cut off and require that decision remain secret,” Dehaas continued, adding that the legislation does not require the government to obtain a warrant.
In response, Liberal MP Marianne Dandurand claimed that the legislation is aimed to protect the government form cyberattacks, not to limit freedom of speech. However, Dehaas pointed out that the vague phrasing of the legislation allows Liberals to censor Canadians to counter “any threat” to the telecommunications system.
Bill C-8, which is now in its second reading in the House of Commons, was introduced in June by Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and contains a provision in which the federal government could stop “any specified person” from accessing the internet.
The federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney claims that the bill is a way to stop “unprecedented cyber-threats.”
The bill, as written, claims that the government would need the power to cut someone off from the internet, as it could be “necessary to do so to secure the Canadian telecommunications system against any threat, including that of interference, manipulation, disruption, or degradation.”
Many Canadians, including Conservative MPs and freedom groups, have condemned the legislation, along with several other new Liberal bills which aim to censor internet content as well as go after people’s ability to speak their minds.
“Experts and civil society have warned that the legislation would confer ministerial powers that could be used to deliberately or inadvertently compromise the security of encryption standards within telecommunications networks that people, governments, and businesses across Canada rely upon, every day,” the Canadian Civil Liberties Association wrote in a recent press release.
Similarly, Canada’s own intelligence commissioner has warned that the bill, if passed as is, could potentially be unconstitutional, as it would allow for warrantless seizure of a person’s sensitive information.
Daily Caller
Nigeria Would Welcome US Intervention In Massacre Of Christians By Islamic Terror Groups
From the Daily Caller News Foundation
Nigeria said Sunday the country would welcome American intervention against Islamic extremist groups behind the massacre and persecution of Christians in the African nation.
Daniel Bwala, advisor to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, told Reuters Sunday the country would welcome U.S. intervention to combat Islamic terrorists persecuting and massacring Christians within its borders, as long as Nigeria’s sovereignty was respected. President Donald Trump threatened Saturday on Truth Social to deploy U.S. forces in Nigeria if the nation did not do enough to stop Islamic terrorist organizations like Boko Haram.
“We welcome U.S. assistance as long as it recognizes our territorial integrity,” the advisor told Reuters.
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Trump also threatened in his post to cut off aid to the nation in response to massacres of Christians. Open Doors, which tracks Christian persecutions worldwide, estimates that 3,100 Nigerian Christians have been killed so far in 2025, making up a large portion of the estimated 4,476 Christians murdered worldwide this year alone.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, “guns-a-blazing,” to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump said on Saturday. “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action.”
Boko Haram is the most prominent Islamic terrorist organization in the nation, being responsible for a years-long campaign of targeted attacks against Christians, especially in the northern region of the country.
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