Another thread to dig up. It may be a bit late, but the family will be on the islands in a couple of weeks.

dochira wrote:

Another thread to dig up. It may be a bit late, but the family will be on the islands in a couple of weeks.

Does that include you?

You can visit aho and cori... Though, they're on different islands...

bmwracer wrote:

Does that include you?

Of course

bmwracer wrote:

You can visit aho and cori... Though, they're on different islands...

I'll be on Oahu so I'll try to meet up with Aho. Do you know which island cori is on? I know there are some other folks on Oahu but I can't remember who.

dochira wrote:

I'll be on Oahu so I'll try to meet up with Aho. Do you know which island cori is on? I know there are some other folks on Oahu but I can't remember who.

Jholic was on Oahu, but he hasn't posted in ages... cori's on Maui...

aho still has the same number. and aho is also making 'bank roll'. so a night of chillin' is all good!
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Talk about timing. Within one week of returning home, both the airlines we took went out of business.

Maybe I shouldn't take Japan Airlines to Japan next time. ... Nah, they should be fine.

dochira wrote:

Talk about timing. Within one week of returning home, both the airlines we took went out of business.

Some people have the magic touch.

Hey, aren't you gonna be in SoCal soon?

bmwracer wrote:

Hey, aren't you gonna be in SoCal soon?

Very likely June 7 for the Sumo Tournament.

Series of earthquakes strike big island of Hawaii

WAIMEA, Hawaii (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the north part of the Big Island on Wednesday, and the shaking was followed by a series of smaller temblors.

The first quake struck 13 miles southeast of Waimea at about 2 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered at a depth of 11.7 miles. About two dozen smaller quakes ranging in magnitude from 1.7 to 3.6 followed within two hours.

No tsunami alert was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. Residents across the island reported feeling light to moderate shaking.

"When you feel a four-and-a-half at close range, it feels like a truck crashed into a building," said Weston Thelen, seismic network manager for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The smaller quakes were normal sizes for an aftershock sequence, he said, adding that they can continue at low levels for several days.

The vast island — spread across more than 4,000-square miles — was formed by several volcanoes. The latest earthquakes caused no detectable changes in the continuing eruption of Kilauea volcano, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Over the past 25 years, the north flank of Mauna Kea has experienced 10 earthquakes greater than magnitude 4.0, including Wednesday's event, at depths of 6 to 25 miles. Deep earthquakes in the region are most likely caused by structural adjustments within the Earth's crust due to the heavy load of Mauna Kea, the observatory said.

Adjustments beneath Mauna Kea during past similar events, such as in March 2010, have produced a flurry of earthquakes, with many small aftershocks occurring for days after the main quake.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the Big Island on Oct. 15, 2006, damaged buildings and roads, but there were no serious injuries or deaths.

Thanks for dredging this up. The very word "Hawai'i" brings a smile to my face.

I believe quakes are pretty common on the Big Island, but this one's pretty serious.
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Speaking of Hawaii (which we haven't been for 3 1/2 years) here's a really neat cookbook: http://www.amazon.com/Hawaii-Book-Rice-Cheryl-Tsutsumi/dp/1935690094/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319130119&sr=1-1

gaijinmark wrote:

Speaking of Hawaii (which we haven't been for 3 1/2 years) here's a really neat cookbook: http://www.amazon.com/Hawaii-Book-Rice-Cheryl-Tsutsumi/dp/1935690094/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319130119&sr=1-1

Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi has written a number of cookbooks about "da local" cuisine. I'd also recommend Betty Shimabukuro and especially Muriel Miura as other authors who have compiled cookbook collections of Hawaii's varied and "ono to da max" cuisine.

Then there's a book entitled Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands by Arnold Hiura which, while containing recipes, is more about the history of how the many ethnic groups who immigrated to Hawaii all contributed to establishing a culture and cuisine which is so unique.

Speaking of Hawaii part II - I see that cori has changed her location to "With some Angry Birds & green piggies".

To mix metaphors, these angry birds people are breeding like rabbits!!

5.0 Quake strikes the big island of Hawaii

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A magnitude-5.0 earthquake and several small aftershocks shook Hawaii's Big Island on Sunday, but there were no reports of injury or damage.

The quake struck near Holei Pali beneath the south flank of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at 4:36 p.m. (6:36 p.m. PST) at a depth of five miles, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 25 miles south of Hilo and 220 miles southeast of Honolulu.

There was no tsunami threat.

About 20 small aftershocks came in the hours that followed, the largest a magnitude-3.1 about 10 minutes after the original quake.

The temblor was widely felt in Hilo and throughout the island, with more than 500 people reporting that they felt light-to-moderate shaking, according to the USGS website.

Joe Lopez, 70, said he felt a "pretty good jolt" at his home in Hilo.

Lopez told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser the quake sent books and other items tumbling to the floor.

There have been no reports of injury or damage, said Michael Yoshimura of Hawaii State Civil Defense.

Yoshimura said the agency opened its Hilo Emergency Operating Center immediately after the quake, but closed it down when no calls came in after 45 minutes.

The quake struck near the so-called Holei Pali area of Kilauea's south flank has had 16 earthquakes of magnitude-4.5 or greater in the past 50 years — eight of them since 1983, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spokeswoman Janet Babb said in a statement Sunday night.

Hawaii hit by tsunami after Canada quake

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii was hit by a tsunami on Saturday night prompting the authorities to order at least 100,000 people on the island state to move to higher ground.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the first tsunami wave was three feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six feet high.

"The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," Senior Geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, saying: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger."

Other waves were expected.

The tsunami hit with little warning and an alert, issued at short notice due to initial confusion among scientists about the quake's undersea epicenter, caused massive traffic congestion as motorists made a mass exodus from low-lying areas.

The Warning Center had said the first tsunami wave would strike the islands at 10:28 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time.

Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle announced that all police and emergency personnel were being pulled out from potential flood zones shortly before the first wave, leaving anyone defying evacuation orders to fend for themselves. He urged motorists who remained caught in harm's way due to gridlocked roads to abandon their vehicles and proceed on foot.

"If you are stuck in traffic, you might consider getting out of your car and consider walking to higher ground. You will have to assess your own situation, depending on where you are right now. Right now it is critical," he said

Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Center said an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground until after 10:30 p.m.

Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state.

The tsunami center cautioned that wave height could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest".

It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face".

CANADA QUAKE

The warnings followed a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 123 miles south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles.

The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor.

In Hawaii, tsunami warning sirens could be heard blaring out across Honolulu, the state capital on Oahu, the state's most populous island, prompting an immediate crush of traffic, with many motorists stopping first at service stations to top up with gasoline.

At movie theaters, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging patrons to return to their homes.

The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011.

On Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety.

Stephany Sofos, a resident of Diamond Head near Waikiki, said most people had either evacuated or relocated to a higher floor.

"I moved my car up the hill, packed up my computer and have my animals all packed and with me," Sofos said, saying that she had not yet seen any obvious receding of the surf, a telltale sign that a tsunami wave is imminent.

"I'm pretty confident because we have a lot of reefs out there and that will prevent any major damage. Maybe it's a false confidence, but I'm not really worried," she said, adding, "It is nerve-wracking."

Tsunami Warning Center Geophysicist Gerard Fryer said the tsunami had caught scientists by surprise.

"We thought that the earthquake was on land and when we learned that it was deeper undersea and we gathered more information, we had no choice but to issue a warning," he said

As residents scrambled to reach higher ground on Oahu, at least four major road accidents were reported by the state Emergency Medical Services. More accidents were also reported on the outer islands.

(Reporting by Jorene Barut and Suzanne Roig in Honolulu; Writing by Steve Gorman and Tim Gaynor; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

Hope that groink, cori and all the other Hawaiian JDorama members are safe.

I was on the island of Oahu Saturday, but flew out just after noon, so I missed all the hubbub. Didn't even know about the tsunami until I woke up the next morning back home. I called one of my relatives whom I had just visited, and he just laughed. According to him, the biggest problems were the traffic jams and long lines of cars queueing up at gas stations. The tsunami, when it hit, consisted of a couple of small waves (around 2 feet high at the most) which did absolutely no damage to people or property. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" was how my relative put it.

shin2 wrote:

I was on the island of Oahu Saturday, but flew out just after noon, so I missed all the hubbub. Didn't even know about the tsunami until I woke up the next morning back home. I called one of my relatives whom I had just visited, and he just laughed. According to him, the biggest problems were the traffic jams and long lines of cars queueing up at gas stations. The tsunami, when it hit, consisted of a couple of small waves (around 2 feet high at the most) which did absolutely no damage to people or property. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" was how my relative put it.

Glad to hear it ..

A tsunami sounded beyond creepy.


My relatives in NYC are definitely feeling the hit with the weather.
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shin2 wrote:

I was on the island of Oahu Saturday, but flew out just after noon, so I missed all the hubbub. Didn't even know about the tsunami until I woke up the next morning back home. I called one of my relatives whom I had just visited, and he just laughed. According to him, the biggest problems were the traffic jams and long lines of cars queueing up at gas stations. The tsunami, when it hit, consisted of a couple of small waves (around 2 feet high at the most) which did absolutely no damage to people or property. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" was how my relative put it.

Better safe than sorry, never know when a big one would come. I live in on Oahu practically all my life. I must say, the Police Officers did an excellent job in directing the traffic. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" maybe, but you never know.
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candyman808 wrote:

Better safe than sorry, never know when a big one would come. I live in on Oahu practically all my life. I must say, the Police Officers did an excellent job in directing the traffic. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" maybe, but you never know.

It is incumbent on the part of government officials to err on the side of caution when it comes to things like tsunamis. I was a keiki living on Oahu when the Hilo Tsunami hit in 1960 and vaguely recall the news reports at the time. That was a destructive event, as was the 1946 Hilo tsunami which my older relatives who lived in Hawaii remember well.

candyman808 wrote:

Better safe than sorry, never know when a big one would come. I live in on Oahu practically all my life. I must say, the Police Officers did an excellent job in directing the traffic. "A lot of fuss ovah notting" maybe, but you never know.

Thats great that you feel your law officers did a good job.

I believe in better safe than sorry too.
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