Tsunami Saturday Night

A   L   O   H   A  !

It had been a fun Saturday.

Sunset 

heralded a relaxing evening at home.

 

 The moon was almost full.

Honolulu was buzzing

with Halloween Hi-Jinks.

Then it all went sideways:

!TSUNAMI    WARNING!

Living on our boat

for 20 years,

we had run from two

tsunami alerts!

But this time

we could watch it all

from the 35th floor

of our apartment building-

- MUCH nicer experience!

I wish I could describe

the sounds of multiple sirens

at varying distances,

the traffic,

the media hub-bub,

the government proclamations,

traffic jams,

traffic accidents. . .

The confusion

and expectation.

I wish I could show you

the lighted boats:

from commercial shipping,

to small private craft,

to the Coast Guard-

that all left the harbor

to bob on the dark horizon

like a flotilla

of stars.

I especially loved

the row of tug boats

that went out like

a family of 

bright ducks.

Soon the streets

were silent.

Hawaii Waited.

We had seen significant

D A M A G E

from the Japanese Tsunami

of March 2011. 

We were lucky

this time.    

     

This morning,

all the ships returned.

Relaxing Waikiki Again

" The right time

 is any time

 that one is still

 so lucky

 as to have. "

Henry James 

" The world is getting to be

 such a dangerous place, 

a man is lucky

 to get out of it 

alive. "

W. C. Fields

You can read about
 the Tsunami experience on our boat  here:  [ Link ]

Now our hearts are with those

 facing Hurricane Sandy

 on America's North Atlantic Coast .

BE  SAFE  FRIENDS!

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