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Saturday, February 27, 2010
A not so Tasty Tsunami coming Hilo Way ....
Note - This post has some formatting errors. No time to fix, sorry.
Its now 40 minutes after midnight in Hawaii. The last news update said that there would be a buoy reading a little after midnight, then they reported it would be 12:30. Now its 12:40 and no channel has any news updates. I think they are buying time.
12:44pm - CBS/NBC has finally given a limited update, still claiming there is no reading from the buoy.
Hilo's 1960 Tsunami, also courtesy of Chile
http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/sumner/Teaching/GEL116F00/tsunami2.html
http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/sumner/Teaching/GEL116F00/tsunami2.html
Hawaii County Civil Defense Maps of Hilo
http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/cd/tsunami/Map1.pdf
http://www.co.hawaii.hi.us/cd/tsunami/Map2.pdf
Warning has been put into effect, just after 1am HST.
The NYTimes.com still has Paterson Story front and center and the 8.8 earthquake "below the fold."
1:28 AM HST - Latest update is that it was a 500KM ridge that gave in Chile, apparently 1/2 the size of the massive Indian Ocean quake not so long ago...
Oh Hawaii News Anchors and their lack of infinite wisdom ... from Keahi Tucker
See for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5U92bQHoKc
"wide spread tsunami or wide spread destruction?"
No Keahi, its not going to "peter out" and turn into a "ripple" - do you remember junior high science at all?
Keahi looks dumbfounded after listening to a Geophysicist for more that 30 seconds.
Well, Hawaii Civil Defense Website is DOWN or more likely just overloaded but shouldn't that load-test be part of disaster preparedness -- that your website can sustain a spike in visits due to a CRISIS?
2:22am Update - the Pacific Disaster Center is now back up (for me) but still ... unacceptable that the disaster website could not handle reasonable pre-crisis traffic.
2:28am Hawaii News Now is on the phone with Coralie Matayoshi from the Red Cross - she just noted that 3 days of food and water is a standard for the Mainland. If Hawaii harbors are disabled, the islands are so isolated people will need food for at least 5 to 7 days if not more.
In my time around the island over the last few weeks I've heard a certain fact over and over again - the State only has a 4 day supply of food. Hawaii is so dependent on imported food and supplies that if we were cut off from the mainland by air and sea we would not have enough food to feed the population for even one week. Astonishing and if this isnt an alarm for self-sustainability I am not sure what will get people to finally realize that Hawaii should be a self-sufficient land (aina).
As of now, the Waves should begin about 11 am and the Warning Sirens will be sounding at 6am HST.
More gems from the news "These are not regular surf waves" "Boaters are going to do what they are going to do." So lackadaisical, so lacking in urgency and nearly hazardous reporting behavior that is not "You gotta feel for the homeless families living on the beaches and the campers far from media access." (More Keahi comments - his coanchor is correcting him by saying "Today" because he keeps talking about the event "Tomorrow" although its now almost 3am day of event")
More soon, although I may take a break for some zzzz's so I can stay up and watch the event from safety tomorrow.
A few last notes before I get some rest in anticipation of a rude Civil Defense Alarm awaking at 6am (3 hours from this post).
1) Friends, Family, fellow internet on-lookers, I am in a safe space on a Hill Top in hilo about 1/2 mile from the shore but over 100 ft in elevation. I will be just fine during this event and will be able to see most of it unfold.
2) Hawaii News Now - KGMB - At least they covered non-stop from about 1AM
3) KITV News - Shame on you for running a Stock Trading "Better Trades" Late-night TV Scam with just news crawl about the impending Tsunami - even better they are instructing people to learn Market Timing.
[Side note: Am I in a parallel universe?]
4) Hawaii Digital Disaster Preparedness is preposterous! http://www.pdc.org/iweb/tsunami_zones.jsp down for a few hours just as news was breaking on TV (TV was directing people to look at the phone book, not the internet by the way. Hawaii, still stuck in 1987 in so many ways...)
5) CNN and NYTimes rather slow to post not just the Earthquake but the first Pacific Wide Tsunami warning since 1964 - that is bigger news than who Carly Simon was singing about in "Your So Vain" ...aye! the headline battle for real news vs entertainment is astonishing
6) I really wish I pursued my love of plate tectonics as a career, there have been no fewer than 10 smaller earth quakes since I've been on the Big Island from last Friday 2/19/10 until today 2/27/10. Chile has just had a massive earthquake and tremendous aftershocks as well. But heck, working and critiquing the media especially TV and Digital media is also a good use of my time.
7) Hawaii must use this natural disaster / crisis an impetus to become more self-sufficient in energy and (closer to my heart and "opu") food.
8) Yes, I still love Hawaii - perhaps even more than before. I'd take this Tsunami and an earthquake (here) plus a hurricane over the 4 feet of snow that just feel in buffalo NY...
I'll leave you with some shots I took today when I trekked up to Saddle Road (btw Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa mountains on the Big Island) and got some shots of downtown Hilo as I picked up some (true to my food blog roots) some Thai food for dinner last night.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
24 hours in Paradise
Quick Kau Kau notes:
Wahoo shrimp tacos, spam & egg musubi and exceptionally fresh Thai food.
Ah....how great it is to be home.
The 80 degree weather and sunshine feels just fine.
Now where's my Mai Tai?
Monday, February 8, 2010
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