A tsunami scare early Tuesday morning drove some residents to high ground after they received mixed messages from Skagway Police, the National Weather Service and the Haines Borough Police.
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska triggered the warning. Just after 12:30 a.m. cell phones dinged and glowed across Haines with a message from the National Weather Service: “Tsunami Danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland. Listen to local…