Here are some signs I've seen only in Hawaii. This is at McKenzie State Park.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Yesterday Solomon, Abraham, and I went to Waimea to visit Melody. We stopped in Laupahoehoe to explore. Most of the town is up on the cliff now, but "back in the day" there was a community of 1000+ people down on the point. In 1946 it was struck by a series of tsunamis. School children gathered fish dropped on the shore by the first two huge, but not deadly, waves when a third wave hit. Twenty-seven children and teachers were swept out to sea. Three survivors treaded water for ten hours until a rescue boat could be brought down from the cliff. All the boats on the beach had been destroyed.
We were standing in front of this monument reading the names when a tsunami warning sounded! Turns out they test the warning system the first Friday of every month. It was such a weird coincidence that we were ready to leave right away.
Here are some signs I've seen only in Hawaii. This is at McKenzie State Park.
Here are some signs I've seen only in Hawaii. This is at McKenzie State Park.
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Finally found your blog! I had to e-mail Kelsey on Facebook to get the address which I lost! So fun to finally catch up with you! Check out my blog at michandler.blogspot.com to keep up with us. Obviously I have a lot of your posts to get through!!
ReplyDeleteDennis & I visited Waimea on our first visit to Hawaii back before we had kids. Very tragic story! That side of the island is so beautiful.