A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNPR reports a Kelvin wave has pushed sea levels up along the West Coast, and scientists say El Niño is driving it and more are coming.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is file footage from the archive, not the actual wave, but look at this, the crests are coming in with all that white foam.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere comes the big one, spray everywhere. I'm sorry, I'm not watching.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this, it breaks into heavy white water. Great clip. Wrong wave, but great clip.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDillon Amaya of North Carolina State says the real one is not a wall of water, not a tsunami, and not a wave you can surf.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo nothing to film?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt moves five to six miles an hour, a brisk walk. La Jolla's tides ran up to seventeen inches above normal.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentViral Score: two, because the star of the clip jogs and nobody can see it. Dr. Byte, what gadget can?