Tsunami Warning Lifted

The Tsunami warning has been lifted - the waves came but they were very very small - but on tv you could see the water pulling out to sea and then flowing back in quickly.

 

Water in the Ala Wai almost to the top - usually about a 4 foot drop.

  

People watching from their Hotel Lanais (sweet stalker zoom on the new camera)

 

Thank you for all of your concern - but this happy Hawaiian family stayed nice and dry today. I worked tonight, and it was PACKED because people were so excited to escape their hotel rooms after 4 hours of "upwards evacuation."

Aloha!

Tsunami Warning

As you have heard, Hawaii is expecting a tsunami to hit at 11:04 this morning, formed from the earthquake in Chile. We are NOT in a flood evacuation zone, and we are on the 9th floor, so we are safe. They have told all of the hotels IN the flood zone to move up above the 3rd floor - and we are 3 blocks plus away from them.

Oddly enough, the calm before the storm has brought a beautiful morning here in Waikiki....

 

Mauka (towards the mountains) Side

  

Makai (Towards the Ocean) Side 

  

 Rusty says he's not scared.