Despite a tsunami warning for the entire country, many Aucklanders were going about their usual Sunday morning activities, blissfully unaware of the danger.
North Shore people seemed unaware of the warning, sparked by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile last night.
Several boaties who were about to head out were alarmed at the prospect of a metre-high wave hitting the east coast and were reconsidering their day on the water.At Milford Beach two women who were about to set off on a walk along the coast to Takapuna were apparently unperturbed about the warning and did not change their plans.”I’ve got my flippers,” said one of the women.The tide in Auckland was very high shortly after daybreak and many houses on beaches and in the east coast bays were likely to feel the impact of a metre-high wave if it hits Auckland.
However it appears the warning had not reached many people and there were still boats being launched.On a bay north of Milford a man was fishing off a rocky outcrop.
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