Picture it: You're on the beach watching your boyfriend catch some big breaks off Dunes Beach in Half Moon Bay. Darkness is falling. You lose sight of him as the waves start getting bigger, and then you see his surfboard wash ashore with the leg strap broken (but not, as pictured, with any bite marks taken out of it -- photo for illustrative purposes only. more ›

At the risk of sounding like an alarmist -- oh hush, yous -- a tsunami warning has been issued for the California and Oregon coasts. We're not buying it. But still, check it. more ›