Pray for them.
Her words:
What do you gather up to take with you in 2 hours time? Important papers, photo albums, food, water, some clothes, and off we go. On MSNBC they mention our town, Ewa Beach. Updates all the time, sirens went off at 6am, waves due to hit at 11 am and for hours there after. No one is taking a chance, be the waves 35 ft or 3 inches. Keep us in your prayers please. I am now sitting at Pearl Harbor hoping for the best.
Update:
At 3:30 Eastern time, The Weather Channel is predicting 1-3 foot waves at Oahu within the hour.
Another Update:
Apparently Suzan and Ken are on their way home... a little after 7 P.M. Eastern, major danger is gone.
12 comments:
GG,
Just checking in that you are safe from Tsuami and saw GB's note. I am thinking of you and Ken.
God Bless and take care.
Bo
GG,
Hope by the time you read this, all is well and the waves are past. God Bless and stay safe.
dj
GoldenGirl, Stay on high ground until they say it is safe. News reports say that the first wave has struck Hilo. Hope that you will be able to stay in your little corner of Paradise for a long time to come.
We may want to come visit again....
Praying for you and Ken and family.
Suzan and Ken stay high and dry. Don't get caught looking out. We are praying for you. If you need a place to hide come on. H&C
I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and concern for Ken and I.
Your prayers worked.
The path leaving Ewa Beach was three lanes wide. It looked like the movie Exodus, which is what it was.
We rarely get tsunamis here. Was the evacuation necessary, you bet.
The last one was in 1960 from, strangely another earthquake from Chili, they weren't prepared, the devastion was horrific. The death numbers in the dozens.
Over the years Hawaii and our Civil Defense has worked very hard to see that doesn't happen again.
They have it right, now. We have island wide sirens, we have all the bells and whistles to protect the people of this small state.
The radio and tv stations gave excellant coverage and current updates. They had asked all people that had boats in the harbors to take them out to sea to protect them. It was an amazing sight to see so many boats out to sea at the same time. They even sent several of our Navy vessels, you can't be too careful here.
We knew something was coming, we just didn't know exactly what or how bad. When this all started calls started coming in to the stations, our yearly influx of 12000 whales were no where to be seen. All was quiet with them.
Afterwards, they were seen all over the islands breeching, flapping, fluking and having a gay ole time again. Tell me animals don't know.
The sky had a different color with clouds that looked a little different. The planes were having to take off from a different direction from the airport.
Some saw the dark churning waters, and the receding waves, a short warning of an impending tsunami.
They really don't act like a wave, more like a river that has burst it's dam. The first wave of them may not be the biggest one, they come in 12-20 min. or so increments.
They had charted this one with 35' waves, 12 minutes apart, nothing to ignore. If they had come to shore at even 8', the damage would have been horrific.
The East coast stations had people stationed on Maui and The big Island, and they raved about how cool and clam the people are and how everything went so smoothly.
We may be the melting pot of America, and on the average the people here are very kind, gentle and giving. This is what the US is all about. I hope we never lose it.
Did we dodge a bullet this time, you bet.
This time I know your prayers worked.
Mahalo
Now the "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" begins.
Some reports I'm reading say Hawaiian agencies responsible for protecting the public in situations like yesterday may have over-reacted...
They apparently knew beforehand that waves would not exceed six feet, but chose to go the massive evacuation route anyway.
First, it seems to me in places like where Suzan lives, even a six foot surge would have been catastrophic.
Secondly, they knew an evacuation would take hours, so a decision had to be made early enough to get everyone moving. A too-late decision might have found thousands jammed in traffic when the surge hit.
This is another "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation, isn't it?
But certainly there will be those MUCH less likely to evacuate next time, skeptical of overly-cautious public servants "crying wolf".
We live in interesting times.
Golden Horse, so thankful you are OK. It's better to be safe than sorry.
C
Thank You C.
It was a harrowing day for sure. We started packing at 3am knowing the alarms were going to off at 6am.
They did the right thing with the evacuation. Knowing what we know now, it could have been bad.
The thing that saved us this particular time was, the earthquake was such a long one, that for some strange reason, it displaced the waves in a different pattern. They had 50' and water going into their country 1.2 miles.
It is nice to have the Pacific Tsunami Warning center right around the corner from us.
No need sayin'...
We're all glad you're safe. And your comment about "what to take?" is a valid one, GH.
We had a housefire some years back... thank God I caught it early and it was extinguished before it had burned the entire place down-
Damage was limited to the kitchen and bathroom. But it made us think the same thoughts...
What if we had lost all our pictures? What about the important documents?
We now keep both consolidated, and they can be grabbed and carried out in seconds.
The rest of it can be replaced when the insurance check comes.
GB
Thank you for the well wishes.
I am so glad your house fire was under control quickly.
As for the question, what to take?
After the irreplaceable photos and paperwork, the rest is just stuff.
It is good to have a plan, sometimes, you don't have much of a warning.
I'm sure some of you remember Jim Robinson. He lived next door to me on Berry Road and was in the class of '66. He sent me an email this morning telling me his mother passed away yesterday. Please keep Jim and his family in your prayers.
Ferdy
From the Daily Journal
Evelyn Robinson Kirk, 91, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010. She was a resident of Greenwood.
She was born April 12, 1918, in Indianapolis to Charles and Nannie (Moles) Lyons. She married James H. Robinson of Greenwood on Dec. 22, 1936. They were married 34 years until his death in 1970. She married Irvin Kirk in 1979. He passed away in 1991.
Evelyn was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 50 years and twice held the office of worthy matron. She also was a member of Whiteland United Methodist Church. She worked for Center Grove Community School Corp. for 25 years as a cook and then cafeteria manager, retiring in 1980.
Survivors include three daughters, Shirley (Melvin) Weddle, Phyllis Taylor and Judy (Max) Hilt, all of Greenwood; one son, James (Christina) Robinson Jr. of Titusville, Fla.; one stepdaughter, Judy (Ron) Lister of Edinburgh; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
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