Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Vertical Evacuation

A L O H A !
Welcome Back to Waikiki, Friend!
clickity click click click on the photos!Those hills would seem far away
if I was stuck in a panic traffic jam
trying to beat a tsunami inland!

"A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward."
Jean Paul Richter
Some might just give up and grab a Primo, Hawaii's beer.
But there is another solution.
Have you guessed it?



"Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them."
Suzanne Necker
Paddlers carrying their canoe. In the windshield glare it looks like
they are carrying a blur.



It's called "Vetical Evacuation."
Going above the third floor in a solid, modern building
should render one an observer (rather than a victim) of a
tsunami here in Waikiki.
Mom lives on the 20th floor (mountain side) of a cement pile called The Waikiki Banyon.
With modern warnings here in Hawaii,
there should be plenty of time for me to get up there
and to start bickering over the TV news channel to watch.


Of course, she'd have first call on the bathroom!


Meanwhile, our Hawaii Air National Guard has made numerous flights to Samoa bringing medicine, food, & supplies.

Look around you.
If your world is in Normal Chaos
instead of Disaster
count yourself Blessed.

Your visits are certainly a blessing to me!

Thank you, Friends.

A L O H A! Cloudia

21 comments:

Hilary said...

I love the blurry boat and the anticipated bickering. And the wise reminder to count blessings.

the walking man said...

It is when chaos becomes the norm that disaster is imminent. that vertical evacuation was a part of NO's plan for hurricane survival. I think I would prefer the horizontal mode.

Fireblossom said...

You've no worries, Cloudia, because, although you'll deny it, I think that you spend most of your time just a little bit closer to Heaven than most of us. Miss Muddyboots here can only look up and say, "There's Cloudia!" ;-)

Anonymous said...

"If your world is in Normal Chaos
instead of Disaster count yourself Blessed." I will keep this thought close at hand. Thank you. Good post. That first photo is beautiful. Aloha Cloudia.

Bubblewench said...

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Stay safe!

Aloha!

Reader Wil said...

I sincerely hope that you won't be in danger of a tsunami!!

Deb said...

a little traffic can be dealt with in order to seek haven from the tsunami, right?

Daryl said...

Definitely give her dibs on the loo .. while she's in there, grab the remote.... lets hope none of this has to happen because of a vertical evacuation.

Counting knowing you as one of my blessings, aloha!

Charles Gramlich said...

I feel mine is pretty disastrous at the moment, but there are plenty of folks who have it worse.

Ken Wooi said...

nice sky on the first picture! =)

kenwooi.com

Anonymous said...

Do not worry.
Prayers !!!

Teresa said...

Love your plan for vertical evacuation, but I have to say the Chinese within doesn't like the idea of your planning to bicker with Mum. Not in good Confucian form. Stay safe and happy!

wenn said...

a timid before a danger..guess i was one when i was young..

Marguerite said...

Great photos and advice. Kinda like the mass traffic jams, here, before a hurricane. Have a Primo for me!

Akelamalu said...

We do not really get extremes of weather here so I can't imagine what it must feel like to liver under the threat of tsunamis etc. Keep safe m'dear. x

The Weaver of Grass said...

Blessed indeed Cloudia - that terrible earthquake and tsunami - we are so lucky here.

Elizabeth Bradley said...

It's always something. Here in Southern California The Big Earthquake could hit anytime. Back in '87 my brothers house fell off it's foundation with him and his wife inside. Luckily, the kids had gone off to school and were safe. Then a second aftershock hit and the chimney fell inside the house, missing them by inches. I learned then, you just never know when disaster might hit, so enjoy life every day.

Be safe Cloudia.

Anonymous said...

Athens might be a good alternative to find a new name for chaos - living here for now five years have brought me close enough to examine chaos many times.
There will be a 'Daily Athen's Blog' soon, sharing some of it ;)
There are now more than 5mio people living here, seems as if there must be something worth, continuing to search for it, I might look up the sky and find comfort in your words.

Cloudia said...

Mahalo!!

Rinkly Rimes said...

Ah but supposing that cloud were waves approaching you! Then they'd look very near!

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