[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.

[Strategerist]

Long term you'll get a lot of apparently undamaged (externally) buildings condemned, though - happened in Northridge. A lot of quake damage isn't spectacular.

[paulat]

LOL!! I have to get to Hawaii...I hear the "live and let live" philosophy rules!

I went through SF '89 and Seattle '91...just worried about folks, that's all.

[mom4kittys]

BBButtt it's George Bush's fault. FEMA needs to give you your free money! That's not thr right answer. LOL

Lord help me, I've been in New Orleans too long. I have seen way too much of that.

Anyway enough of the joking. Bless you and good luck!

[manapua]

So things are okay in da aina? You think we're getting some sensationalism over on the mainland? I was looking at those AP pictures of people standing in line at a "roadside chicken stand." I think this picture was used to convey a dire "bread line" sort of image. But it's a huli huli stand. They always have lines.