I am posting this for those who are out of town and may be wondering what has been happening here in terms of the tsunami warning. This was quite an exciting day here, in anticipation of drama, if not tragedy, but then luckily nothing happened. At 6 AM we heard a statewide tsunami warning siren that went on for some time. After that, the Ilikai security announced via the speaker system about the tsunami alert. They made several announcements over the period of several hours. There was no evacuation or anything like that here at the Ilikai. Luckily, there wasn’t really much of a tsunami at all, no damage around here or anything like that. The tsunami warning got canceled. It was interesting to see the Ala Wai Harbor at least half empty, as folks took their boats to the ocean for safety to wait out the anticipated tsunami. Most of the boats that remained at the Harbor were those of absentee owners. I know a couple people who have boats there, and they sure were quick to take their boats to the ocean for safety once they found out about the warning. Now the mood is happy and celebrative
From a personal perspective, I would add that I was really impressed with how prepared our State seemed to be – organized, with warnings, announcements, evacated whoever needed to be evacuated, no panic. Organized and prepared. Very impressive.