[HAL9000]

figure the odds that someone forgot to convert.

That's probably right. Fox News just interviewed a colonel at Hickam Air Force Base who gave figures closer to your conversions.

The said the entire island was probably more than 30 feet underwater at peak of the storm.

[spectre]

Good grief, 30 ft?..The sand wil be covering everything. What's left there?

sw

[Dog Gone]

There won't be much left except the runway. Every single vehicle on the island will be gone, along with all the fuel depots.

And it's doubtful the runway will be in any condition to accept flights soon. They'll have to send in a bulldozer by boat, and it's unlikely that the docks exist to unload it.

[green iguana]

The said the entire island was probably more than 30 feet underwater at peak of the storm.

No way. Wake's highest point is about 20 ft above sea level - that would mean a 50 ft surge. There's no continental shelf around Wake to make a surge like that build up. Surge probably wasn't more than 10-12 feet. Wake will be fine.