Tsunami Watch (and wait and wait) 2010

We woke up at 2:30 on Saturday morning to a text warning us of the imminent tsunami due to the earthquake in Chile. We weren't quite sure what to make of it but checked the Internet and realized that neither of us had gas. Matt took my car to get filled up around 3 and it took at least 30 minutes for him to get back from the gas station that is a minute away. There was already a line in the main road to get gas and stock up. We realized that we should probably start packing our stuff and plan to get to higher ground.

We took our time and grabbed clothes, food and I made sure to get all of my picture CDs. Other than that I figured the rest is replaceable. It is weird leaving your house though and wondering what you might be coming back to, if anything.

Luckily, we have three great friends in Makakilo (up in the hills) so all of us at lower elevation were able to shack up with them for the day. Since we had Jack, we needed a dog friendly house. We camped out at the Buelow's house from 6 in the morning. There were a total 10 adults, 4 kids and 4 dogs. I think Claud and Leevi had close to the same. Thanks a billion Buelow's for letting us crash and as always being great hosts!

We made breakfast and lunch and waited it out. Nothing much happened, despite the drama that Guy Hagi, the newscaster, tried to create. Finally, around 2 they called the watch off and opened the roads for us to get home.

Although we were not looking forward to unpacking everything that was in the car we were thankful we had a place to put it still. Unfortunately, as we were leaving Matt, who had not been feeling very good all day, got sick. Added to the exhaustion of being up since 2:30a.m. we were ready to get home and get to bed. Thankfully, we had Sunday to unpack and get ready for another week. Thank goodness it is a short one!

Steph and Lis making breakfast...thanks!



The Munchkins digging in.


Yummmy!


Abby playing backgammon with daddy and Uncle Mark