Scouting for a tsunami
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 9:33AM  |
No, we weren't Quite That Stupid. Close but not Completely Crazy. Rather, we're all Whale Watching the day before.
From the day of the tsunami alert: Packing quickly and moving to higher ground. Leaving all doors open to let waves wash through our house. Will pick up pieces down the road, literally, after it all subsides. Not good/but we'll be safe. Over and out for today. Computer in potential path of waves.
Lois
Well THAT was an interesting exercise in assessing What Matters. Dogs and friends were safe with us perched on rocks above potentially sketchy/threatening shoreline surges. We woke up to early morning phone calls from concerned friends in CA and security. Our energetic/resourceful/thoughtful friends helped us collect and consolidate what we could before moving to higher ground.
GA was monitoring the buoys from CA and texting minute-to-minute updates, our only contact with news. Friends and family sent messages of concern. The water receded numerous times/very eerie ocean patterns/we thought for sure that the tsunami was imminent. Thankfully, it never materialized. We’re all taking a deep breath, appreciating that we will continue to enjoy this amazingly beautiful place for a little longer.
Several years ago I thought that nothing could be better, really, than our head-lamp-lit, folding-chair-Hibachi-style-BBQ’s on our bare lava lot that has become our home. So if everything was gone, nothing was really lost. We’d simply be back where we were/so enjoying the sea/the stars/the magic of sitting around a campfire with friends and family. Interesting reality check. Hey thank you/this realization was worth the work today.
Reader Comments (2)
Aloha Lois,
Do keep us posted on what is happening. I assume the resort is evacuating everyone to higher ground. It is exciting. It seems most of the drama may be on the Hilo side.
Hope all will be well with you and others.
Love, Susan
Thank you for keeping us updated. Happy to hear that you, Dave and guests are safe.
As i recall, a question last FP meeting was how do we keep our lives interesting or something like that...
I showed you my answer... Hang around with LOIS.
I'm sure your friends there with you at this time will agree. :)