Re: Tsunami Watch Hawaii (and New Zealand) September 29 2009
I remember the tsunami scare that had Waikiki scrambling for safety. I was working at KGU in the Waikiki Trade Center and could see the mayhem at street level. When the clocked ticked to zero and the tsunami was supposed to hit the south shores of Oahu, there was gridlock on Kalakaua, Kuhio and Ala Wai BLVD's. It seems the tour companies wanted to get their tour buses out of harms way so they krept thru the gridlock making their way Mauka on the cross streets heading to Ala Wai BLVD. What they did was effectively block all lanes on Kuhio Avenue as they got stuck crossing the intersections.
I was supposedly was safe on the 17th floor so we were told to stay put since we were the CD station on the AM side and KAIM was the CD station for the FM side.
As far as readiness goes, we were warned hours ago to evacuate Waikiki, but when the tsunami was supposed to hit, everybody was stuck in traffic, at sea level, inside the inundation zones. I'm talking thousands of people!
I remember the tsunami scare that had Waikiki scrambling for safety. I was working at KGU in the Waikiki Trade Center and could see the mayhem at street level. When the clocked ticked to zero and the tsunami was supposed to hit the south shores of Oahu, there was gridlock on Kalakaua, Kuhio and Ala Wai BLVD's. It seems the tour companies wanted to get their tour buses out of harms way so they krept thru the gridlock making their way Mauka on the cross streets heading to Ala Wai BLVD. What they did was effectively block all lanes on Kuhio Avenue as they got stuck crossing the intersections.
I was supposedly was safe on the 17th floor so we were told to stay put since we were the CD station on the AM side and KAIM was the CD station for the FM side.
As far as readiness goes, we were warned hours ago to evacuate Waikiki, but when the tsunami was supposed to hit, everybody was stuck in traffic, at sea level, inside the inundation zones. I'm talking thousands of people!
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