A L O H A !
Welcome Back to Waikiki, Friend!
clickity click click click on the photos!
Those hills would seem far away
Those hills would seem far awayif 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?
Paddlers carrying their canoe. In the windshield glare it looks likethey 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
I love the blurry boat and the anticipated bickering. And the wise reminder to count blessings.
ReplyDeleteIt 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.
ReplyDeleteYou'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!" ;-)
ReplyDelete"If your world is in Normal Chaos
ReplyDeleteinstead of Disaster count yourself Blessed." I will keep this thought close at hand. Thank you. Good post. That first photo is beautiful. Aloha Cloudia.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Stay safe!
ReplyDeleteAloha!
I sincerely hope that you won't be in danger of a tsunami!!
ReplyDeletea little traffic can be dealt with in order to seek haven from the tsunami, right?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely 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.
ReplyDeleteCounting knowing you as one of my blessings, aloha!
I feel mine is pretty disastrous at the moment, but there are plenty of folks who have it worse.
ReplyDeletenice sky on the first picture! =)
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Do not worry.
ReplyDeletePrayers !!!
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!
ReplyDeletea timid before a danger..guess i was one when i was young..
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and advice. Kinda like the mass traffic jams, here, before a hurricane. Have a Primo for me!
ReplyDeleteWe 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
ReplyDeleteBlessed indeed Cloudia - that terrible earthquake and tsunami - we are so lucky here.
ReplyDeleteIt'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.
ReplyDeleteBe safe Cloudia.
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.
ReplyDeleteThere 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.
Mahalo!!
ReplyDeleteAh but supposing that cloud were waves approaching you! Then they'd look very near!
ReplyDeleteGenial brief and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you on your information.
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