"Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)

[Tom Zurinskas]

I guess "tidal wave" is out and "tsunami" is in.  What or who made this official?

Does anyone pronounce the "t" in tsunami?  m-w.com does not pronounce it.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:36:57 -0400
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> Subject: "Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)
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> SILVER TSUNAMI-12,700 Google hits
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> This is all over this week's news. Did the Pew Center coin this in
> 2001 (before the tsunami of a few years ago)?
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> (GOOGLE NEWS)
> The Real Beginning of the End of the 20th Century, or, Batten Down ...
> Reason Online, CA - 2 hours ago
> Social Security, which referred to the looming crisis as a "silver
> tsunami," is facing enormous financial pressures from the generation
> born in the ...
> First boomer files for Social Security Earthtimes
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> (GOOGLE NEWS)
> Boomers and Seniors Connect with Technology
> KREN CW 27 TV, NV - Oct 10, 2007
> After all, the Pew Center refers to the coming "Silver Tsunami" of
> boomers and recent retirees familiar with technology and the Internet.
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> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
> RESOUR> Pew Report: wired seniors Group:
> comp.internet.net-happenings ... and finances online Email is the #1
> draw for seniors Hobbies Money Health
> News Weather Browsing for fun Evolving from timid to savvy Wired seniors stand
> apart from their disinterested peers A silver tsunami Methodology About the Pew
> Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp? ...
> Sep 10 2001 by net-happenings moderator
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