[NavyCanDo]

Dumb question — which shore of Maui is at risk?

As the crow flys so to speak, I would say the Road to Hana area. I would think the south side would be protected by the big Island

[Yaelle]

Thanks, that is what I was thinking. Wailea area should be fairly safe, as well. Looking on Google maps and trying to imagine the wave.

[FreedomPoster]

>>>>Dumb question — which shore of Maui is at risk?

>>As the crow flys so to speak, I would say the Road to Hana area. I would think the south side would be protected by the big Island

Using a Great Circle Mapper, going from Constitución to Maui, it looks to me like a tsunami would be moving along a heading of about 290 degrees.

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=scct-ogg

Looking at a map of the islands,

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ylekwba
(Google maps link)

and visualizing a wave front move through on a 290 degree vector, it looks to me like the SE shore of the Big Island is the major place at risk, along with the SE shore of Maui. The Road to Hana area would look to be parallel to that vector, with the road past Hana being the area more at risk.

Also looking at the map and that vector and wavefront, hopefully Honolulu and Oahu in general would get protected by being in the lee of the Big Island and Maui.