Monday, March 14, 2011

Tsunami

Doug's dad called us while we were watching TV on Thursday night telling us about the earthquake in Japan and tsunami warning in Hawaii. An hour later it went from advisory to warning and we were waiting to decide if we needed to get out or not, and then finally deciding what to pack and take with us when we did leave, sometime before 3am when this tsunami was supposed to hit. We ended up heading over to the library with a bunch of blankets and pillows and pack-n-play for tucker around 1:30am. There were already a bunch of families there taking up different corners in the library. We headed up and setup camp in the stacks. Tucker cried a bit but then was pretty good the rest of the night. Jake was immediately out and Doug left us to go ride his bike around Laie and check things out. Of course he was at the beach when the tsunami was scheduled to come. Of course. Luckily nothing really happened. Except I woke up at 3:30 with no word of Doug and was hoping that didn't mean he was dead! But of course, he was fine. And had a front row seat for the small tsunami waves that did show up. So yes, thank you JFS Library for giving us a place to rest our heads :) And thank you lovely janitor for waking us up at 6:30am so we could get packed up and out of the library before it opened at 7!

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2 comments:

  1. oh my beck, that is awesome..i wish we got to camp out in the library when we lived there! glad you guys are safe and your house it too.....k, comment about an older posts....really van and tucker are kindred spirits. or maybe all 7 month old boys are like you described? cause van gets whiney around me, is a skinny kid (10th percentile) but eats pretty good, is such a ham and everyone loves him which is also a good thing cause he can be pretty screamy at church and on planes but generally does decent. anyways, would love to get out there and get our boys together...chances are i'll see you here in UT before that happens. kelly and brad are coming out there tomorrow...you guys should hang. rob is the cutest thing...love you guys!

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  2. Scary!! But since nothing happened that is a nice little adventure that you will always remember:) Glad you got it all on camera!

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