[paulat]

My son went to the beach and probably all the tourists did the same.

I'm speechless...as if this were something admirable.....

[Strategerist]

In most places in Hawaii you can be close enough to see the beach while still at a considerable height above sea level, well above any conceivable tsunami.

[BIGLOOK]

You've been watching too much news. Life goes on here. Of course we were worried about damage, especially since radio and TV were out for a couple hours after the event. But the county and the electric company got to work to fix the roads and power grid, Kona Hospital was evacuated in an orderly fashion, all safe. There were no casualties just some inconveniences. There's structural damage to some buildings on the Kona side and probably a bunch of broken dishes and cracked picture frames.

If this were really a life and property threatening event, the Big Island would turn out an 'all hands evolution' to help out.

It's called Kokua.