Tsunami (Again)

One of my posts from last year (Feb/10) told of a tsunami experience after the earthquake in Chile. Needless to say it was an experience we didn't need a second time. But as you probably know, the earthquake in Japan did cause a tsunami and it was about six feet tidal surge when it reached Maui. The damage here was light, but since it arrived at 3:20am, it was a tense night and there was preparations to make. There was evacuation for anyone three storeys or less at sea level. But our building is six storeys and we are two blocks from the beach, so no evacation was necesary for us.
The damage experienced here was only vegetation, some boats moored in various harbours, and flooding. I read in the local paper that the tidal surge made it 100 yards onshore in some areas, so there would be buildings that suffered flooding.
As a precaution we moved our all participants to the fifth floor at 2:30am and kept them there until 4:00am.
One of the participants from Romania, walked around the halls during our wait with his laptop using "skype" to introduce his family to all his classmates. Technology does have a way of making our world smaller.
My pictures with this post show some of the debris that the waters left behind, close to our Haggai building.
Marlene and I are on call today, which means we can't leave the building from 6:30am until 10:00pm tonight. We deal with any emergencies or things that can't wait until Monday morning. So it will be a short weekend.