My sister is vacationing at a beach house in Peru. The authorities woke everyone in the area up and forced them to evacuate because of the tsunami warning in Peru. She grabbed her purse, made sure she had her passport, put her other stuff on top of a tall piece of furniture, and jumped into a vehicle to get to higher ground.
In the meantime, I had heard about the tsunami warning in Peru and called her. No answer. I flipped out. Finally I got a call from her saying that she was okay.

She said that they just hung out until the authorities said they could return to the beach. She said it was just a crazy and scary experience.