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Tsunami Report
14 years ago
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"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
"Si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere."
("If I have said anything in jest, do not turn it into a serious thing.") -Plautus
This entry was originally intended to congratulate my brother on his marriage last Saturday untill this mess happened. Anyway, here's the review:
10 Mar. 2011. Thurs:
Afternoon: My sister, aunty, my cousin and his girlfriend all arrive (on serperate flights) for the aforementioned wedding.
Evening (around 9:00pm HST): Got home after having dinner at my grandma's house. Just got into the door, when my brother looks at his phone wondering why one of his friends had texted him about a "Tsunami Watch". Turned on the tv and learned of the earthquake and tsunami that had hit Japan. "Watch" soon turned into "Warning" after that. Spent the rest of the night watching the news and waiting to see what the inevitable might bring. Fell asleep on the couch at around 3:30am.
Saturday: Wedding went on without a hitch, and perfect weather! (Funny, at the biggining of the week, all we were worried about was weather or not it might rain.)
As I had said in a pervious journal ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1237454/ ) neither I, nor any any of my family live within a tsunami evac zone (although, my now sister-in-law and her new husband) technically live one street away from it, so I suppose now there might be cause for concern.
Damage Assessment:
Kaui and Oahu largely escaped harm, with Kaui minimal, if not negligable damage, and on Oahu, the damage being localized to Keehi & Haleiwa boat harbors. (Most of it might have been avoided if the boat owners heeded caution and took them out to sea IMO.)
Maui & the Big Island unfortunately bore the brunt of the damage, with surges as high as 11' in some places, destroying some homes, mainly in Kealakekua Bay in Kailua-Kona (I live Kailua, Oahu, further inland and near the mountains. BTW)
Total casualties: Zero!
The same can't be said about Japan unfortunately. But for a country that has survived civil wars, going from a feudal society to an industrial and military power in less than 50 years, losing that power in World War 2, and remerging from that shameful defeat to an economic power that nearly brought America to it's knees (irony). I am absolutely positive that my ancestral homeland will ressurect itself from the mire and (hopefully not to irradiated) ashes, and better than before!
We can all learn something from that.
10 Mar. 2011. Thurs:
Afternoon: My sister, aunty, my cousin and his girlfriend all arrive (on serperate flights) for the aforementioned wedding.
Evening (around 9:00pm HST): Got home after having dinner at my grandma's house. Just got into the door, when my brother looks at his phone wondering why one of his friends had texted him about a "Tsunami Watch". Turned on the tv and learned of the earthquake and tsunami that had hit Japan. "Watch" soon turned into "Warning" after that. Spent the rest of the night watching the news and waiting to see what the inevitable might bring. Fell asleep on the couch at around 3:30am.
Saturday: Wedding went on without a hitch, and perfect weather! (Funny, at the biggining of the week, all we were worried about was weather or not it might rain.)
As I had said in a pervious journal ( http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1237454/ ) neither I, nor any any of my family live within a tsunami evac zone (although, my now sister-in-law and her new husband) technically live one street away from it, so I suppose now there might be cause for concern.
Damage Assessment:
Kaui and Oahu largely escaped harm, with Kaui minimal, if not negligable damage, and on Oahu, the damage being localized to Keehi & Haleiwa boat harbors. (Most of it might have been avoided if the boat owners heeded caution and took them out to sea IMO.)
Maui & the Big Island unfortunately bore the brunt of the damage, with surges as high as 11' in some places, destroying some homes, mainly in Kealakekua Bay in Kailua-Kona (I live Kailua, Oahu, further inland and near the mountains. BTW)
Total casualties: Zero!
The same can't be said about Japan unfortunately. But for a country that has survived civil wars, going from a feudal society to an industrial and military power in less than 50 years, losing that power in World War 2, and remerging from that shameful defeat to an economic power that nearly brought America to it's knees (irony). I am absolutely positive that my ancestral homeland will ressurect itself from the mire and (hopefully not to irradiated) ashes, and better than before!
We can all learn something from that.
Really all I can think of to describe my reaction to this is one particular face that Malfoy makes in the second Harry Potter movie... right after the lines: "reading? I didn't know you could read." ... can't find a image or vid clip of it, though....
As part of the world radio community our pryers go out to the victims and their families.
glad you're okay, and I hope your brother has a long, happy, and loving marriage:)
As for japan, II hope everyday things start to improve
And, it may sound odd, but I am truly glad that is this had to happen anywhere, better Japan - because they, I believe, are the BEST country and culture to deal with this mess.
...sucks it happened at all, of course.