After the incipient blue tsunami — updated 10/22/20

First of all, I want to distinguish the difference between a tidal wave and a tsunami. A mighty wave suddenly crashes on the beach; there’s a great deal of destruction on and around the beach; then it pretty much washes back into the sea and disappears. A tsunami, on the other hand, builds slowly out at sea, generating vast energy. Then it washes ashore with almost silent ferocity, taking everything in its path with it. The destruction of a tsunami is more widespread, absorbing everything in its path, and traveling well inland. And on its return back to the sea, it…