Most of the media attention – and quite properly so – is falling on Superstorm Sandy, which is now moving up along the East Coast. We here in Hawaii had our own nature-related scare the other day when an earthquake off of British Columbia generated a tidal wave that threatened our islands. As it turned…
Those of us who have lived in Hawaii for more than a few years — for me, it will be 50 years in May of next year — can’t help bemoaning the relentless over-glamorizing of so many of the hotels here. As the renovations have added marble in the bathrooms and modern statuary and triple-tiered…
As everyone knows, the first sign of an approaching tsunami is when water recedes, exposing the sea bottom or reefs. That was the case here on Maui, minutes before the tsunami that was generated by the earthquakes in Japan reached our shores. And, as always when there’s a tsunami alert, a lot of idiots came…
Update: This photo was taken on April 1, 1946, when a tsunami generated from an earthquake in the Aleutians struck the town of Hilo on the Island of Hawaii and killed 159 people.———————————————————————————-Apropos of today’s events, and coming from the perspective of someone who has gone through a number of tsunami events over the past…