a friend of mine is in Hawaii now, here is his FB post....
-They woke. Us up over night so 8.8 earthquake. Hawaiian is under warning
-Tsunami means to ration spam
Just bumping this up. They're telling people in evacuation areas in Hawai'i to be out of the flood zones by 9:00am their time (approximately 1 hr 15 min from now) because they're anticipating road closures by 10:00.
You can do a Google search on "live TV" for Hawai'i or "live streaming video", but there's no guarantee that it won't drop out on you because of so many other people doing the same thing.
Hi...
Rough night here. I thought my roof was going to come down, but my house escaped without much damage other than a bit of broken glass. Power went out about 20 seconds in, leaving a long couple of minutes of shaking and rolling in the dark. My DD9 was downstairs by herself, and is rather traumatized since she's afraid of the dark to begin with. My other DD11 was at a birthday sleepover, so it was a long couple of hours before I could get a line through to reach her. I think it will be many, many nights before I'll be able to get either of them out of my bed.
We are getting regular aftershocks, but nothing even close to what we had last night. I've seen some videos on CNN, and the shaking shown is a pretty good indication of what we went through. Imagine the most intense ride at Disney, and then imagine it exponentially more violent.
DH is away of course, about 8 hours north of Santiago. The airport has sustained major damage and is closed for the near future, and bridges and overpasses have collapsed so he won't be getting back to us any time soon.
Our house phone isn't working, our cells are limited to emergency services only, and my power is still out. Luckily, one of my friends has more important neighbours than I do, so her service has been restored (hence my ability to post).
I hope the tsunami doesn't cause too much damage in other parts of the world. I can guarantee you, just from what I've seen on the streets around my house, that the toll in Chile will be much, much higher than what is being reported. Recovery is going to be very painful, very expensive, and very long-term.
Please keep the people of Chile in your prayers, while I will be keeping everyone along the Pacific coastlines in mine.
Hi...
Rough night here. I thought my roof was going to come down, but my house escaped without much damage other than a bit of broken glass. Power went out about 20 seconds in, leaving a long couple of minutes of shaking and rolling in the dark. My DD9 was downstairs by herself, and is rather traumatized since she's afraid of the dark to begin with. My other DD11 was at a birthday sleepover, so it was a long couple of hours before I could get a line through to reach her. I think it will be many, many nights before I'll be able to get either of them out of my bed.
We are getting regular aftershocks, but nothing even close to what we had last night. I've seen some videos on CNN, and the shaking shown is a pretty good indication of what we went through. Imagine the most intense ride at Disney, and then imagine it exponentially more violent.
DH is away of course, about 8 hours north of Santiago. The airport has sustained major damage and is closed for the near future, and bridges and overpasses have collapsed so he won't be getting back to us any time soon.
Our house phone isn't working, our cells are limited to emergency services only, and my power is still out. Luckily, one of my friends has more important neighbours than I do, so her service has been restored (hence my ability to post).
I hope the tsunami doesn't cause too much damage in other parts of the world. I can guarantee you, just from what I've seen on the streets around my house, that the toll in Chile will be much, much higher than what is being reported. Recovery is going to be very painful, very expensive, and very long-term.
Please keep the people of Chile in your prayers, while I will be keeping everyone along the Pacific coastlines in mine.
Thoughts and prayers to everyone who might be affected by this tragedy 
