Tonight's picture is one of a blowhole that many people think is the Nakalele blowhole (the one on the blog yesterday) and go away thinking they've seen the big blowhole. This one is big and it is exciting, but it's not nearly as awesome as the one you saw on yesterday's blog. I am mesmerized by these blowholes; even smaller ones. God does such interesting things!
Today was another exciting day in Hawaii! We woke up at 6 this morning to the sound of the tsunami sirens. Then there were phone calls and messages over the loud speakers telling us to watch our TVs and get instructions from them. They told us there was a tsunami coming around 11 this morning and we could move up to the 3rd floor or above for safety. I didn't like the idea of being up on a higher floor and watching the tsunami wash the lower floors out from under us, so we packed up everything and left. While I was packing Don was looking on the map for where we could go. The local high school is on the side of the mountain, so we went there. So did a couple thousand other people! We thought we were getting out quickly, (we left at 8) because everyone else seemed to be staying. There were no traffic jams. The local people were already there; they knew about that place! It was a great place for us to view all of what might have happened, but nothing ever happened. Thank God! It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed visiting with lots of other people. At 1:38 this afternoon, they canceled the tsunami warning. We came back to the condo and hauled everything back into our unit. I've spent the afternoon re-packing it all in a less rushed manner, so that we can move out of here tomorrow for one night in a hotel and then we'll be ready to head home Monday night. Tuesday night we'll be home, and home is always SWEET! We'll be glad to get home, even if it is cold there!
Tomorrow night I think we will not have Internet access and Monday we will be flying. If I can figure a way to post to the blog I will, but don't expect anything until we get home Tuesday night. I'll make a post then if at all possible.
We thank God for safety in Hawaii and we pray for the people who have the earthquake happening in their lives! Thank you for all your concern and prayers.
So happy to hear all is well. We were praying that you would be safe after we heard the news of the Tsunami coming your way. You were smart to be prepared! Have a safe next couple days and trip home. We'll be anxiously awaiting news of how home is when you get there! Home is Sweet and a great place to be even if cold.
ReplyDeleteLove ya, Donna
Thanks so much, Donna for your concern and prayers! Keep up the good work and I'll post when we get home, assuming we have power, etc. Rob and Gabe have been at our house this weekend (they had a Civil Air Patrol activity in nearby Altus, so they stayed at our house), so I hope they'll have the house looking like it's lived in. Gabe was going to pick up all the branches that were down from the ice storm; I'm so grateful for that!
ReplyDeleteLove you!
Jo