Maui's Tsunami 2011 (Discovery #6 Tsunamis )

After the 8.9 earthquake hit Japan, Hawaii was put on tsunami watch.  After what seemed just minutes, though it was more like a couple of hours, we were elevated to warning.  It was on it's way, and the footage of Japan's destruction caused uncertainty and some anxiousness about what that meant for us here on Maui.  I had always seen the siren towers, but could never imagine what it would be like to hear them sounding the alarm in real life scenario.  Yes, this was my first rodeo!  The alarms went off every hour through the night, warning folks who live, (or are vacationing) around the coastline to head to higher ground.  Let me say, I am glad we have the sirens, but hearing them is eerie, and unsettling.  We live in upcountry, so we had no need to evacuate, so I tried to settle in to sleep, with not much luck I am afraid.
The next morning, I quickly turned the local news on to see what happened in the early morning hours.
With a huge sigh of relief that it was not worse than it was, there was damage to many areas, and life for some will be full of trials and rebuilding.

I was pondering all that happened both in Japan, and Hawaii as I did a little bit of yard work. We have a spider here whose webs are very invasive and sticky.  I was going about tearing down the webs, thinking that they will just show up again tomorrow (they always do).  It occurred to me, that like this ambitious little spider, when we get knocked down by things like earthquakes or tsunamis, we too, get back in there and rebuild.  One of the things Hawaiians are doing to help our friends in Japan is here on this link: Aloha For Japan I found this one a creative way to support them.