Author Topic: earthquakes in hawaii (Read 3106 times)

xxbakaboi808xx · « **on:** October 16, 2006, 08:38:27 AM »

hey all!! i just got power back so i thought id like to see if anyone else heard what happened. there were supposedly 2 earthquakes so i guess the third shaking i felt was an aftershock...it was so cool. i was without electricity for 13 hours. i live in waikiki and was walking around, and there were lines of tourists and people goin crazy! it was hilarious. all this just because they cant live without electricity. o well hope everyone NOT on this island had fun with their computers and internet...its time for me to make up for the time i didnt download.

Saburo · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2006, 08:51:08 AM »

Well, I live in a condo near Ala Moana, twenty floors up. I'm a pretty light sleeper to begin with so all that swaying... You better believe it woke ME up.

There was a faint rumble in the distance and the blaring of sensitive car alarms. It lasted a LONG time to me. About quarter after seven I called home and my mom was already awake and thought the rumble was thunder. Right then the power went pfffzzzzttph!! and has been dead until six-ish.

Hopefully Waikiki is up and running. Haven't heard anything about price gouging (it HAS happened during hurricanes) but someone was apparently trying to siphon gas from people's cars in Mililani.

I'm at my folk's place near Diamond Head and I was told the power was back up in Kaka'ako, thank Rika!

lie2m3 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2006, 08:59:08 AM »

i just got power not to long ago... i'm in ewa beach. (8:30 pm) took hmmm 13 hours to get back on.

man it was upsetting for me today. i work at the movie theaters and our boss wanted us to work to her words "see what we can do." everyone who was there was thinking are you serious? (this was around 10 am).

people despite having no electric was coming to the theaters... and this one customer was waiting for us to open... what a :evil: lol.

anyone stood in the long malasada stands? hehe jk

hope everyone is okay!

daigong · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2006, 09:32:30 AM »

WOW!! Like L-San said, glad all Hawaiian peeps are safe and sound. How're the roads and shit?? DAMN son. In the 6 range. Dj-B13 where u at? Thank Rika everyones okay indeed.

Oh shit...now they talking about the aftershocks.

xxbakaboi808xx · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2006, 09:48:42 AM »

the roads were so clogged in the morning...lol anyone else think hawaii is pretty much screwed if another one hits?...i thought i was prepared for a blackout...i guess not. UH better be closed damnit! lol you had to work...at the theaters?! wow. that really sucks...your boss must be a dumbass then to think that you could do something. o well. glad to see that everyone else is safe though

Saburo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2006, 10:25:38 AM »

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/10081080/detail.html
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Oct/15/br/br2546387190.html

I think everyone is doin' good now.

However... power seems to be distributed arbitrarily. Some areas in Kaimuki were black as night, and then all was OK just a block or two away. Back at my place, all is OK. But there's an apartment nearby that looks like a big black rock in the darkness. Also the cable in our building didn't kick back in until just about an hour ago (the thought of being in my place without my internet connection working is a traumatic one).

About the only bad things that happened today was:

-- No morning coffee
-- Missed the Mets-Cardinals game on teevee
-- Walked down 20 flights of stairs since the emergency power in the building went out
-- Listening to regular radio stations for info instead of the usual online sources
-- Being awoken and spooked by a DAMN EARTHQUAKE!

sumper · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:15:23 PM »

i'm in hawaii too....i just got my power back on at 11pm or so. damn that first earthquake was freaky huh?????!!!!!!

it's scary because we actually had 3 today, plus 1 last month. that's 4 in 2 months.....i wonder what that could mean? *crosses fingers* *knocks on wood*

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:20:06 PM »

Quote from: daigong

WOW!! Like L-San said, glad all Hawaiian peeps are safe and sound. How're the roads and shit?? DAMN son. In the 6 range. Dj-B13 where u at? Thank Rika everyones okay indeed.

Oh shit...now they talking about the aftershocks.

haha Im back, I had no electricity since 6 AM haha and I just got it back on 6 mins ago!!!

man it was shaking so hard one point that the first thing on instinct was grab all my collectible statues off my SHELF haha

mckool · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:57:08 PM »

haha!

Dj-B13, you remind of me of my uncle out in LA. When the quake hit, i heard from family that he put his entire body flat against his 'antique' collection shelf stack and guard it with himself =-)

what's in your collection??

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2006, 03:05:47 PM »

Quote from: mckool

haha!

Dj-B13, you remind of me of my uncle out in LA. When the quake hit, i heard from family that he put his entire body flat against his 'antique' collection shelf stack and guard it with himself =-)

what's in your collection??

hehe, well I have a bunch of Bowen Designs Marvel Mini-Bust statues and they are worth.......way too much

Saburo · « **Reply #10 on:** October 16, 2006, 06:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Dj-B13

haha Im back, I had no electricity since 6 AM haha and I just got it back on 6 mins ago!!!

Damn! Way the hell after midnight!

Assume you live in town? That's mad crazy! I must have been lucky then...

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2006, 03:54:19 AM »

Quote from: Saburo

Damn! Way the hell after midnight!

Assume you live in town? That's mad crazy! I must have been lucky then...

haha yep I live in Town alright

xxbakaboi808xx · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2006, 04:02:13 AM »

i just came back from alaz, there were SO many tourists...i guess earthquakes give tourists the urge to shop

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2006, 05:10:14 AM »

Quote from: xxbakaboi808xx

i just came back from alaz, there were SO many tourists...i guess earthquakes give tourists the urge to shop

indeed it does haha

.

gotta love Hawaii!

sumper · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:02:38 AM »

shopping at safeway yesterday was pretty cool. it was all dark and i had to use my little keychain flash light to see my way around. it was like a haunted house.

daigong · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:20:29 AM »

whoa, so many Hawaiians

those tourists are crazy...photographing anything.

how often do earthquakes occur?

xxbakaboi808xx · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:29:35 AM »

aww i wish i could shop in the dark...that sounds really fun...oh and school didnt close...which is total bull...youd THINK the teachers would be lenient...since some people were unable to get to computers...but o well....fucking UH...

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:32:57 AM »

Quote from: daigong

whoa, so many Hawaiians those tourists are crazy...photographing anything.

how often do earthquakes occur?

this was basically the 1st one ever in history.

xxbakaboi808xx · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2006, 06:50:26 AM »

lol earthquakes....umm this is the first one ive experienced here...and ive been living here for like 17 years...(i just turned 18 )...

chera · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:06:49 AM »

Good to know you guys and gals are all right.

No power..... 9 months from now, will we be seeing a large batch of little japanese JPH!P'ers?