The city of Malibu has started passing out tsunami safety brochures that contain the following warning:

NEVER GO TO THE BEACH TO WATCH FOR, OR SURF, A TSUNAMI WAVE!

When questioned about whether people need to be told they shouldn’t be trying to hang ten on a tsunami, Malibu’s emergency preparedness director stated that he thought it would be prudent to address all possibilities.

“Some people may feel that we are stating the obvious and some people may not,” Brad Davis said. “We want to encourage people to move away from the coast rather than towards it.”