Ride it out?
Storm surge had to have been 20' higher than the highest point of the island.... unless he was inside something that didn't shatter, or he lashed himself to something with a permanent foundation.... I'd lay odds his body will never be found.
Well, the
Wake Island Tide Station, a 1950s concrete structure on the lagoon side of the island, seems to have sent
meteorological data from around the time the Ioke's eye skirted or briefly moved over the island (at 9:06 GMT; pressure 934.00mb; rising at the next reading at 9:12 GMT, and going silent thereafter for a bit before churning out some data again from 13:48-15:18 GMT). The station still appears to be reporting
tide information, which peaked at 6.34 feet above MLLW on the lagoon side at around 12:30 GMT.
I wouldn't count Wake Island, the Frenchman rumored to have stayed there, or the island's rats out yet. Especially the rats.