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Where were you during the Missile Launch?

Many of us locals have had time to trade stories and log in our "book of life" where we were and what we were doing regarding the "false alarm" we all received on our cell phones on a recent Saturday morning regarding the "missile launch". Yes-it was probably painful and or stressful for a lot of people so I do not mean to be too light hearted with my experience but instead hope to illustrate what happens when you have no clue as to what was happening. As most of you know-I like to surf-maybe too much but that's the way it is… :) Saturday morning early was no exception. Surfline was reporting massive swell (40'-60') into Northwest shores and for those of you reading this and not familiar with our location-we live on the NORTHWEST shore. I checked the buoy report for buoy #51101 which gives us some indication of what's coming in at a NW direction and all results pointed to-get in the water! :) I paddled out before 7:00 am and much to my surprise no one was out-strange. My friends are usually there at the same time or before and...