<p>There are MANY idiots–some employed by news agencies, some who “love water,” and others who want to “take photos.” This happens in HI with every alert as well. Don’t know why they think they can decide to feel when they feel like it & somehow outdrive or outrun a wall of water. Last tsunami alert, there were idiots who decided to surf because they thought it would be “cool” and uncrowded.</p>
<p>Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has just announced that residents living within 10km (6.2 miles) of the ***ushima-Daiichi nuclear station must evacuate their homes, according to the Kyodo news agency.</p>
<p>HIMom - kind of like people, when they realize they’re under a tornado warning, must go stand outside and watch for it. Kind of stupid if you ask me (and I will include H in that group).</p>
<p>Oh dear, if something goes wrong with the nuclear station, it can affect a very wide area for a very long time, or at least that’s my impression. Hope I’m wrong and they can get things under control. Very scary times in Japan!</p>
<p>The Tokyo Electric Power Company has said radiation may already have been released at the ***ushima-Daiichi nuclear plant.</p>
<p>Yikes</p>
<p>AFP now reporting that radiation levels are now 1000 times normal at that nuclear plant.
This is very alarming</p>
<p>CNN is reporting that the radiation is 1000 times greater than normal at the nuclear plant. So much devastation. So sad.</p>
<p>This is not a 100 year earthquake, but a 1000 year quake. Scientists estimate that Japan has not seen a quake of this magnitude for over 1200 years. The area in the fault (measuring approx. 100 miles x 250 miles) was displaced by at least 60 feet. Imagine the smaller isle of Manhatten moving over 60 feet! That is a hell of a lot of energy.</p>
<p>CNN announcing 4 trains are missing.</p>
<p>I don’t think they will have a good idea of what is missing/destroyed or worse for quite some time, as communications appear to be greatly disrupted. Internet still works some places but not much phone service, including cell.</p>
<p>This will blow some minds- take a look at this list of earthquakes in japan recorded just in the last 2 days! There must be over a hundred! And 25 measured 6.0 and over!!!</p>
<p>[Earthquake</a> List for 10-degree Map Centered at 40N, 140E](<a href=“http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40_eqs.php]Earthquake”>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40_eqs.php)</p>
<p>here is the correlating map
<a href=“http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php[/url]”>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php</a></p>
<p>Neither Fox nor CNN is putting too much on about Hawaii because there is so much extreme devastation in Japan. Does anyone know about damage there? I heard there were waves up to 11 feet on the western side of the Big Island. I am wondering about places like the Kona Village Resort.</p>
<p>States of emergency have now been declared for TWO nuclear power plants , as multiple reactors have failed…shades of Chernobyl…
This could become very ugly very quickly…</p>
<p>I think so far, the only the ports, piers and boats have reported significant damage. I think the rest of the news will be reported in the near future. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.</p>
<p>Spideygirl: this isn’t Kona Village, but it is downtown Kona: [YouTube</a> - Tsunami wave hits Kona, Hawaii](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube) </p>
<p>The Mauna Lani is reporting no damage. Kona Village is reporting some damage on their Facebook page: <a href=“Redirecting...”>Redirecting...; (turns out that’s the best way to get firsthand info on the Big Island).</p>
<p>dmd77 - I have a feeling that your YouTube link might disappear soon since it’s against TOS, so you might want to post how you found it for future readers. That was pretty incredible.</p>
<p>Yes, it IS a very moving clip. Thanks for posting it. I really wonder about the person who was standing there filming it. He could easily have been swept away, like his slipper! I never can understand people who go in harms way for the sake of photography. I particularly find it bad when others have to be endangered & expending resources to rescue them or their bodies.</p>
<p>There is much more footage of Japan than HI, because of the incredible devastation there relative to HI.</p>
<p>Wow…the guy who filmed that video is crazy! It was a mild situation, but I think those sorts of things can turn bad quickly. I believe someone in in CA or OR was killed today doing the same thing.</p>
<p>^ Gosh, I would have been a bit uneasy standing there taking that video.
A bit reckless to say the least.</p>
<p>According to my brother who lives in West Maui, Kihei had a similar situation with flooding on the main road. People could not leave the Kihei area to get to work to Kapalua where my brother works. After a whole night up, camped on higher ground, he was requested to come in because he lives nearby and could get there.</p>
<p>Sequoia, we just spent a week and a half at Kapalua in December. We were up higher in the villas and not beachfront. I wondered how some of those beachfront places in Kapalua fared.</p>
<p>We went to higher ground because although we’re inland, our home is pretty much at sea level. H & we didn’t get much sleep at all. He called in & told his boss that he was working at home–he has a ton of comp time due him anyway & they didn’t want more folks on the road than absolutely essential so crews could assess damage and attend to any urgent matters.</p>
<p>Kauai generally gets hit pretty badly, as does Hilo. This time, it looks like Kona also got some pretty big wave action. Have not heard about specific damage info–perhaps the Hawaii Red Cross site might have more details.</p>