Go back to sleep….

good morning. after so many summer days here in hawaii, winter has returned. strong north winds and rainy today. north shore is unsurfable. town is almost flat. maybe a waist high set at bowls. good diving conditions but the water is probably dirty from yesterdays surges. wasn’t that pretty amazing?

check out the photos. this was all in a matter of minutes. i was watching channel 7 news during the whole drama because when something happens in the ocean, i know that surfers know best. and weatherman guy hagi is a surfer. he knew exactly what was going on. the guy on CNN was saying that the tsunami produced “pounding waves” and showed video of diamond head. eeh? what? come on. wake up!!!

kairi, gen, and seth came over to my house. seth lives too close to the ocean. and kairi was staying in a hotel in waikiki. they said to the tourists in waikiki to go above the 3rd floor. eeh? what? this is my advise. if a tsunami is coming, get the heck out of waikiki and head to the mountains!!! why even take a chance???? anyway, kairi was expecting a 20′ tsunami wave that broke over waikiki. i think he was a little disappointed over the outcome… haha…

seth was on his computer chatting with his friends. gosh, i still can’t believe how fast this kid can type. he’s looking at me talking and typing at the same time. maybe 100 words a minute? pretty amazing…

and last, i was wondering what sea world was going to do about the shamu show. after 3 days, they made a decision. “the show must go on”. ehh?? what?? are you kidding me??
if a dog bites a person and kills him, it is law that the dog be put to sleep. if a elephant kills a person, they shoot and kill it. if a man kills another person, he goes to jail for the rest of his life. but if a whale kills over and over, he goes back to work 3 days later? eeh?? what?? 3 days later??? tell me money is not involved here…. shame on you sea world….

good evening, what a long day!!

it was about 24 years ago when the last time we had a tsunami warning. i was working at my full time at a parking lot in waikiki when i heard the sirens. i panicked and wanted to leave but my boss said i have to stay to collect money from cars evacuating the hotel parking lot. i remember working till the last minute until a civil defense worker came and told me to get the heck out of there. that made me realize i had the wrong boss. even though nothing happened today, i want to praise every boss out there that let their workers go home early this morning. you have good morals and values. and too my boss 24 years ago, you suck!!! haha….

i went to my sisters house early this morning to help her evacuate. while i was loading up the car, i decided something. “i’m lucky i live in the mountains…” whether it be a blackout, earth quake, tsunami, hurricane, or anything. my house is the evacuation plan….

our government praised all the residence of hawaii for their cooperation. the only stupid person in the state of hawaii was this tourist swimming out at waikiki. i was watching the CNN news and when they showed this live video of waikiki, there was a tourist in the ocean swimming. want to know what the CNN reporter said? “i’ve never seen such an idiotic thing in my life.” i agree….
***i checked the waves this morning and seen something i haven’t seen in my whole life.

nobody out at pipe/backdoor….

nobody out at ala moana bowls….
**anyway, we dodged a disaster today. it was a really good test for our state. was hawaii ready? i think so and i feel much safer living here… thanks to everybody who worked hard and kept our people safe today. i hope everywhere in the world is like hawaii so millions of lives can be spared…. good night….