Tsunami 2011

By now, everyone knows we are fine and that we have no damage. We were watching CSI and it was interrupted with news of the earthquake in Japan. This was maybe 9pm our time. We knew that there would be a chance that there would be a tsunami warning issued. We watched the live footage of the devastation in Japan and we were shocked. Soon the watch was issued and an hour later a full tsunami warning was issued. We are not in the official mandatory evacuation zone, but this information is based on 100 yr flood data and the earthquake in Japan was the worst in history and the tsunami there was very serious. It was set to arrive in 4 hours by the time the sirens went off. We have friends that live way up high above Pearl Harbor in the mountain area. We packed up just a few things. Two outfits each, my laptop, camera, Braydan's Flat Stanley, gramsbear and my jewelry. (Braydan is my friend Lisa's son and he sent me a flat Stanley to experience Hawaii for his school project.)

We were up nearly all night watching the news. We slept from maybe 2:30-3:15am and then from 4:30-5:30 am. By then we had received calls that work was canceled. We got on the road around 6am before the all clear was given because we were exhausted and by then we knew we were okay in our location. As we approached Ko Olina there were cars all along the side of the road. We were just able to enter Ko Olina, because 5 ft after the exit the police had the road closed still. So we wouldn't have been able to get to work anyway because that road hugs the ocean and was closed for most of the morning.

We were able to get a couple hours of sleep, but Brian was feeling really bad from neck and back pain that he has had since the end of Jan. It had been getting worse since Tuesday. We ended up going to the Dr. That was when we learned the best time to get in to see the Dr. is when there is a tsunami day. There were cancellations and no lines or waiting. He was in to see the Dr., had xrays, and we picked up his prescription and were home in 3 hours (this is unheard of here, we have spent longer getting an oil change). He was able to sleep with his medication and is now starting to feel better. I took another 3 hour nap this afternoon and spent the rest of tsunami Friday cleaning toilets-very exciting!

Tomorrow, our tsunami hosts are supposed to come over to our place for dinner and are spending the night.