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Dealing with Tsunamis in Hawaii

In regard to the Tsunami just experienced, Hawaii was blessed not to have any damage. The wave was smaller than was expected. The direction that the wave was coming from did not have many warning buoys so it was difficult for the Tsunami Center to estimate, but they went with the most caution. I believe the highest water was by Kahului, Maui Island, Harbor at 2 1/2 feet. People were very good about evacuating but some areas had traffic congestion that hampered the evacuation. There are directional signs being put in place to tell people where to evacuate or if they are in a safe area. And this will help correct the problem of traffic congestion. Plus, there is a new policy for the hotels near the beach, to only evacuate guests to higher floors. The warning was a concern to begin with as the 2011 Tokyo Tsunami did some extensive damage on all Islands, on all sides, because of what is called a wrap around wave. Especially in the harbor areas. In some areas on all Islands, the sirens did not go off and the state is extensively investigating what might have happened. Part of the problem was that the...

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