Good news from Hawaii: No deaths, little damage


Hawaii missed a big tsunami.

That’s probably not entirely accurate, let’s rephrase:  Hawaii didn’t get a significant tsunami from the Chilean quake.  The Hawaiians didn’t miss it at all.  Hawaiians moved to higher ground.  They prepared for disaster.  Then the disaster didn’t occur.

That’s good news, especially since there remains disaster in Chile to worry about.

How long before some yahoo complains we shouldn’t trust USGS, nor NOAA?

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This entry was posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 12:29 am and is filed under Disasters, earthquakes, Geography - Physical, geology, History, Science. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to Good news from Hawaii: No deaths, little damage

  1. Jeff from Miami Limo's avatar Jeff from Miami Limo says:
    March 6, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    I don’t think the “crying wolf” scenero applies to this type of event. The potenttial disaster from a tsunami is bad enough to keep people on their toes. Everyone saw the videos and don’t want any part of a tsunami.

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