| The 6.6 Hawaii earthquake October 15,
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| | to approximately 45,000 people, 58,000 on
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| just a tad after seven am in the morning
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| | Maui, and 291,000 on Oahu. Lines formed
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| was on Kona side of the Big Island of
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| | down the block at ABC Stores on Oahu,
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| Hawaii, we live on Hilo side. I got up
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| | people were allowed in by fours to
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| to get my morning coffee, and being a
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| | purchase water, snack items and
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| Southern California native, as the house
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| | batteries. They also lined up at Subways
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| began to shake I knew exactly what it
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| | to get food before they ran out. Other
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| was. Our house seemed to breath with the
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| | restaurants tried to sell their goods
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| movement as major beams shifted and
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| | quickly because of the loss of
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| stressed. We could hear crackling
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| | refrigeration.Newscasters requested that
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| throughout the house as the hanging lamps
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| | people not drive their cars or use their
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| swayed. The Big Island has an active
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| | phones. Outgoing flights were cancelled
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| volcano so we experience small
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| | but people still flocked to the airport
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| earthquakes tremors quite often, but a
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| | perhaps wishing for a quick retreat. The
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| 6.6 is quite a hefty jolt.Our little
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| | nearest town to us is Pahoa, less than
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| animals, Gracie, Charlotte (the cats) and
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| | two miles away. We had no idea how the
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| Maxwell (the dog) kind of freaked out.
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| | main-street shops, built around the
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| While the ground was shaking I saw
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| | twenties, had fared. I drove through it
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| Charlotte by the window looking
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| | yesterday though and it all looked as
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| frantically into the house as if to
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| | quaint as ever. I did not talk to shop
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| say,"HEY! Do you see what is going on
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| | owners to see if there was damage I had
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| out here? LET ME IN! I PROMISE not to
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| | not noticed. The Post Office was as
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| eat Iki!! " (the bird).I could only stand
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| | packed as usual so I guess life goes on
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| there under the doorway of protection not
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| | in Pahoa past the Hawaii earthquake.The
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| knowing just how bad the quake might
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| | local news now shows pictures of roads
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| become. After the second aftershock we
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| | with huge cracks and even a historic
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| went outside to connect with Gracie,
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| | church made of stone now crumbled in a
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| Maxwell and especially Charlotte. They
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| | heap. A Hospital was forced to move
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| were all very needy and wanted special
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| | patients to another facility due to
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| pats and attention. Hours later they
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| | earthquake damage. One question that
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| seemed to have forgotten the whole
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| | remains unanswered is what the affect
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| ordeal.News reports interviewed a lot of
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| | this will have on our active volcano if
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| people who worried we had been hit by
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| | any.Last night, October 16th we had a
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| North Korea. Tourists ran from the
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| | 'huge' thunder and rain storm. News
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| beaches to higher ground, worried about a
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| | alerts broadcasted flash flood alerts.
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| tsunami, which was probably a very good
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| | You might imagine, Iki (the bird),
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| idea. No tsunami was to be expected it
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| | Maxwell (the dog), Gracie and especially
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| was later announced.Television stations
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| | Charlotte (the cats) had a very restless
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| were down except for a couple. News began
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| | night and probably wonder if the Hawaii
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| to come in speaking only of minor degrees
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| | earthquake was causing the sky to fall.
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| of damage to houses and roads with fallen
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| | Not to worry though I just fed them a
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| trees, in time that evaluation would
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| | lovely breakfast and everyone seems fine,
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| elevate.The power on Big Island was lost
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| | including Iki (the bird).
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