last night before i went to bed, i heard there a tsunami advisory and there will be an update around 1230am. so i woke up around 1am and found out it was no a tsunami warning. i started watching the news and websites to find out more about it and to plan my action.
my buddies B (Brian Mashburn, who wrote the Novus Swell intro song) and Denise are here for a vacation from Cali and staying in Waikiki, so i started talking to them to see if they are ok.
they were staying on the 2nd floor and when they requested a higher floor room, the hotel offer them a hall way on a higher floor... yes, a HALL WAY! i decided to go get them so they can stay with me.
i was really disappointed by the hotel they were staying. don't want to mention the place but even if all the rooms were booked (which i highly doubt since tourism is still down here in Hawaii), they own so many other hotels! i knew they could've offered B and Denise a room elsewhere.
B and Denise got to go food and supply shopping with me at 330am! aaaaaahhhhh... Hawaii vacation!
the place was pretty empty. it was making us think that we were over reacting, but better safe than sorry, right?
Got gas in my car and back to my place which is on a hill. that's when my cell started to blow up! all the kids are up for the contest and just finding out about the tsunami. i'm glad kids are comfortable calling me and texting me asking me about everything.
all the kids and their families got out of their houses way before the predicted tsunami time! thanks you all for calling me and texting me, it was a big relief to know you are all ok!
so we just chilled and waited. when 6am tsunami siren went off, everyone in Hawaii was in rush to get food, water and gas! let me just say Twitter was the best source to get the most current news all day! I knew which stores are out of water and which gas stations are out of gas right when they ran out.
we waited, waited, and waited... little after 11am, tsunami hits Big Island! luckily super small tsunami! by the time the tsunami hit Oahu, it was more like ripples. ha ha.
I was stoked that they were nothing big and nobody got hurt BUT at the same time, i was hoping for more action... nothing crazy but maybe something more than a ripple.
the tsunami warning was still in effect and we knew lot of the roads were closed so we just waited some more.
B even ended up taking an exam for one of his classes on my computer while we were waiting.
yes, we were that bored... taking an exam while vacationing in Hawaii. ha ha.
Took B and Denise back to their hotel in the afternoon and it was really weird to see everyone out and about like nothing ever happened.
Stopped by Kewalos and it was nothing ever happened too. only weird part was that only 2 people out surfing.
i just want to say i was very impressed with Hawaii Civil Defense and Hawaii Media people. they were really on top of everything. yes, the tsunami was small and uneventful but they predicted little after 11am and it came right when they said it will.
i'm also stoked everyone took the warning seriously. i know lot of people were doubting anything will come but they all listened and waited out on higher grounds. even if the tsunami was bigger, i think no one would've got hurt.
i think the mother nature is trying to tell us something. we need to start treating her better! seems like she's mad and telling us all that by showing us she can take us out in seconds if she really wants to.
i want to thank everyone who called and texted me offering me to stay with them if i needed a place to go. it meant a lot to me!
so it was a long day of just waiting. like i said, i'm glad nothing happened. hope everyone had a good day spending time with their families!
Kaz
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