Rogue Wave

Acknowledgements

I'd like to thank Dr. Chip McCreery and Dr. Stuart Weinstein at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for listening to my wild stories and showing me around the facility. Thanks also to Delores Clark of NOAA for assisting in setting up the tour.

Much appreciation to Dr. David Kriebel, professor of ocean engineering at the Naval Academy, for information about the effects of tsunamis on structures.

Thanks to Ray Lovell at Hawaii Civil Defense for talking to me about HCD response procedures in emergencies.

Thanks to my good friend, Dr. Erik Van Eaton, for his medical expertise.

It's great to have a brother who was an Air Force pilot, and I'd like to thank him-retired Lt. Col. Martin Westerfield-for his help with all things military and airborne.

Finally, thanks to my wife, Randi, for going on this journey with me.

Any errors in science, organizations, or geography, whether intentional or not, are mine alone. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.