Tsunami warning - New Caledonia round 2

Just as we took a break from home-school we received a Tsunami alert from the local Gendarmarie (Police) to evacuate the anchorage. A report of another earth quake 7.8 in Vanuatu and a wave was under way. This really gets us uptight as we were just playing in Vanuatu for over a month and we are not too far away. We hope that our friends in Vanuatu are safe and hope to hear from them soon. We got a bit frustrated when we couldn't make out what the French coast guard was saying due to a loud hum on their radio. After repeated attempts by several boats to get information we think we heard it was safe to return to port. Upon our return we had the Gendarmarie waving us at the beach to return back out to sea. Just as we turned to head back out the VHF started the hum but I could finally make out what the Coast Guard was saying, "Tsunami warning has been lifted". We are now re-anchored and keeping our ears open to any info. Don't know any news about the devastation in Vanuatu as we wanted to get this email out to family asap so they don't panic. Please send any info you can about what happened.

Love,
Michele