Earthquake in Hawaii

[colorcountry]

Son just called. Does anyone know anything?

[bd476]

Thanks for the ping, Global2010. :-)

[null and void]

Anyway, I asked my husband how people who are so stupid can get the jobs they get.

He told me it was breast implants. ;-)

Maybe not...

Fake boobs are a 'turn-off' for men

[NormsRevenge]

I wish we could squeeze Maui in this trip. we were just gonna do a week on Hawaii but then decided to do Oahu as well.

My m-i-l was born on Hawaii and wifey and sibs on
Oahu,, we haven't been back in a few years,

I enjoy checking out the volcanos as well, Haleakala was fun..

[eyespysomething]

LOL, I told him about that thread. We decided it was probably more how they felt than looked. Thanks be to God, I'll never have to worry about that, thus neither will he.

[Rte66]

Ha, when I saw that photo earlier on the thread, without any captioning, I thought, boy they really need to update their seismograph, lol. A man holding a pen to the paper while his building is shaking?

[Rte66]

Well, you didn't drive the road up with "my dad." LOL - I was on the floorboards half the time. Only my hubby would ride shotgun.

I mostly remember all the enormous protea and different types of protea blooms, colors, sizes and so forth, at the stands along the way.

Having pretty acute acrophobia, I didn't drink in a huge amount of the scenery at the top - but I did peek. Even with my extra sweater on, it was cooooold.

[Strategerist]

They've been having a lot of offshore 6-pointers in the last few weeks - somewhere in the vicinity of 10-12 of 'em over the last few weeks,

There was a rather interesting swarm of earthquakes along the Kuril Subduction zone last week, 3 over M6 I think, that runs northeast from Japan to Kamchatka in Russia - not in Alaska, though.

[NormsRevenge]

I mostly remember all the enormous protea and different types of protea blooms, colors, sizes and so forth, at the stands along the way.

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I could handle living in that area. a unique growing environment on the slope of a volcano and what a view. as long as I'm driving , I don't get sick on twisty roads,, plus ya got something to hang onto.. lol

[Ladypixel]

There was a rather interesting swarm of earthquakes along the Kuril Subduction zone last week, 3 over M6 I think, that runs northeast from Japan to Kamchatka in Russia - not in Alaska, though.

Wasn't talking about the Kuril Subduction zone, though those were interesting as well - I've been watching the Russian quakes with some odd fascination, moreso because to the best of my knowledge, they're not in any inhabited areas. But I was referring to the ones which specifically said they were from Alaska. :)

[NormsRevenge]

some new info and rehash of earlier ap article , Greg Small/ap

100s evacuated amid Hawaii aftershocks
GREG SMALL, Associated Press

HONOLULU - A strong earthquake shook Hawaii early Sunday, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major highway. Hundreds of hotel guests and hospital patients were evacuated, and aftershocks kept the state on edge.

Gov. Linda Lingle issued a disaster declaration for the entire state, saying there had been damage to buildings and roads. There were no reports of fatalities, but the state Civil Defense had several reports of minor injuries.

The quake hit at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles north-northwest of Kailua Kona, a town on the west coast of Hawaii Island, also known as the Big Island, said Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, part of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Blakeman said there was no risk of a Pacific-wide tsunami, but there was a possibility of significant wave activity in Hawaii.

The Pacific Tsunami Center reported a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude of 6.6. The earthquake was followed by several strong aftershocks, including one measuring a magnitude of 5.8, the Geological Survey said. Experts said aftershocks could continue for weeks.

"We were rocking and rolling," said Anne LaVasseur, who was on the second floor of a two-story, wood-framed house on the east side of the Big Island when the temblor struck. "I was pretty scared. We were swaying back and forth, like King Kong's pushing your house back and forth."

Mayor Harry Kim estimated that as many as 3,000 people were being evacuated from three hotels on the Big Island. Brad Kurokawa, Hawaii County deputy planning director, confirmed the hotels were damaged, but could not say how many people had left. They were being taken to a gymnasium until alternate accommodations could be found, he said.

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[NormsRevenge]

There was a rather interesting swarm of earthquakes along the Kuril Subduction zone last week, 3 over M6 I think, that runs northeast from Japan to Kamchatka in Russia - not in Alaska, though.

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Just ran across this re: Kuril swarm

FRom IRIS Seismic Monitor

[La Enchiladita]

Thought of you; glad you checked in ...

I could hear it coming several seconds before it hit.

That's how it is here in CA when a sizeable EQ hits; the unique rumble like no other. Also took about the same amount of time for electricity to come back on ... basically, before the end of the day.

[La Enchiladita]

It often seems like the quake lasts longer than it actually does, because your sense of time becomes suspended.

It was said that many here, who felt the Northridge quake, had amnesia about the most violent part of the quake. I believe that.

[CAWats]

I don't remember that.

[1066AD]

On Maui the main road to the west side (Lahaina, Kaanapali) is closed. Trouble is, the only other way of access has stuff like this on it and it's barely one lane wide in places !

[La Enchiladita]

Me either.

:-)

[NormsRevenge]

That'll wreck a paint job..

They had a pile of photos there from folks and their areas and homes and such.. lots of stuff was flying all over.

[CAWats]

Darn! I don't know if I'm going to compete in "Ironman".

[NormsRevenge]

Glad we rebooked 'til early November, we were ready to book for that week ,, we were there one year and watched em canoeing and swimming around.. you have to be in pretty good shape, I'm a lousy swimmer myself.. there's always next year ;-)