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Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: DiabloTX on October 15, 2006, 06:51:16 PM
SOA, Reynolds, and anyone else.  Check in pls.  Are you guys ok?  Give us an update when you can.  Hoping all is well guys.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: cav58d on October 15, 2006, 06:57:47 PM
Goodluck with the recovery and I hope everyone is okay......

very good of you to start this thread by the way diablo
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: lasersailor184 on October 15, 2006, 07:32:23 PM
I've heard that most places are out of power.  How do you think they are going to reply?
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: skernsk on October 15, 2006, 07:43:40 PM
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I've heard that most places are out of power.  How do you think they are going to reply?


They will get Gilligan to pedal that bamboo bike of course.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: DiabloTX on October 15, 2006, 07:49:59 PM
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I've heard that most places are out of power.  How do you think they are going to reply?


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Give us an update when you can.


Doesn't have to be right away, just whenever they can.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: lasersailor184 on October 15, 2006, 09:27:18 PM
How do they know to give you an update when they can?  They have no power!
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: cav58d on October 15, 2006, 09:31:41 PM
Way to take something sincere and just act like heartless idiots! :aok
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: DiabloTX on October 15, 2006, 09:36:10 PM
Ok Laser, like this:

Wait til the power comes back on.

Fire up the pc and log onto the AHII BBS.

Stumble into the O'Club, check the various threads.

Hopefully the find this one.

It may take a day, it may take 2, it may take a week.  But in the end they will eventually...

Give us an update when you can.[/B]

Is that plain enough for you or are you still Walking Among Us?
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Wolfala on October 15, 2006, 09:52:44 PM
Was in Kona 2 weeks ago. Got an SMS from a college roomate of mine who lives there about 4 hours ago. Says phones still out, but is ok. Lives in a house up on the hillside.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Debonair on October 15, 2006, 10:08:51 PM
i hope none of pickled egg jars broke
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Yeager on October 15, 2006, 10:27:40 PM
Diablo you dummy, they prolly dont have any power!








































:aok
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: B@tfinkV on October 15, 2006, 10:30:39 PM
they'll fix the power as soon as they get bored surfin the aftershock.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: rpm on October 15, 2006, 11:30:44 PM
Wow, a 6.3 is nothing to joke about. I wonder if there's danger of a tsunami as well?
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: RAIDER14 on October 15, 2006, 11:34:35 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
Wow, a 6.3 is nothing to joke about. I wonder if there's danger of a tsunami as well?


no tsunami danger...............the wave would have already hit most likely if there was a tsunami threat
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: rpm on October 15, 2006, 11:40:42 PM
Can aftershocks cause a tsunami?
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Meatwad on October 15, 2006, 11:41:28 PM
I think I heard that some parts of the main island have power restored already
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Post by: RAIDER14 on October 15, 2006, 11:54:22 PM
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Originally posted by rpm
Can aftershocks cause a tsunami?


if they are big enogh after shocks maybe but not likely
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: B@tfinkV on October 16, 2006, 12:44:27 AM
but they could surf them, right? only the little ones.
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Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on October 16, 2006, 08:46:33 PM
Parts of the Big island got hit pretty hard, they had to evacuate Kona hospital and a couple of roads had issues with big holes appearing in them.  Maui's eastern coastline was pretty much cut off (Hana area especially) by rockslides.  Other than that it was mostly just power outages.  The quake kicked off generators on every island and shut down the power grids.  Some places in downtown Honolulu and Waikiki took nearly 24 hours to restore power.  I've been on duty and on call for the last 36 hours, and there are still services downtown that are out.  I'm heading for bed.  As far as I know there were no fatalities.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Meatwad on October 16, 2006, 09:19:47 PM
Some way off center nutcases are claiming the earthquake was a result of a NK underwater nuclear test off the coast of Hawaii :rofl :rolleyes:
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: DiabloTX on October 16, 2006, 09:33:54 PM
Good to hear that there were no known fatalities and good to hear from you SOA.  Enjoy your rest.
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Post by: ROC on October 16, 2006, 09:56:34 PM
Good to hear your ok SOA, worried about a few of ya over there.

Good thing the power came on also, or you'd never have seen this.

:rolleyes:
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Post by: Debonair on October 16, 2006, 09:59:31 PM
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Originally posted by Meatwad
...the earthquake was a result of a NK underwater nuclear test off the coast of Hawaii


why r u saying that?:O :O


:noid <---- u
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Meatwad on October 16, 2006, 10:30:04 PM
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Originally posted by Debonair
why r u saying that?:O :O


:noid <---- u


I was in earshot of a radio that had Rush talking about his usual nonsense and was going on and on about how NK was the cause of the earthquake. Needless to say i about peed myself laughing. :rofl
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Debonair on October 17, 2006, 12:30:57 AM
i think te aftershoks were caused by all the coconuts that fell in te initial quake.
it must have been like being in a hailstorm, but with hail the size of & as hard as, coconuts


:O :O :O
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: TEShaw on October 17, 2006, 03:07:47 PM
Biggest earth trembling I've felt since I fell in love a long time ago.

The epicenter was 150 miles away.

You could hear a rumbling roar. My wood frame house actually creaked and groaned. Some stuff fell off the shelf.

Power was out for 19 hours. I hope all those steaks in the freezer are still good.

I almost ran out of beer!

regards, TEShaw
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Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on October 17, 2006, 09:43:54 PM
This was actually good in several ways.  Mainly because the damage was very light for what was really a pretty good sized quake.  Revised estimates put it at a 6.7 now.  No fatalities and very few injuries.  I never realized Honolulu Intl. Airport has no backup power system.  Just a few emergency generators.  All the X-Ray machines and other security equipment was down, which meant ALL luggage had to be searched by hand.  Not to mention the walk-through metal detectors being out.  United just quit trying and closed all flights until Monday morning.  Several places found that their "emergency" equipment was either not functional or wasnt up to the test of several hours without power.  Grocery stores and warehouses that hadn't invested in generators are throwing out millions of dollars worth of food.  ESDA announcements werent ready to be distributed until an hour after the quake knocked out power, and tourists in Waikiki had been scrambling for higher ground after being told (wrongly) that there was a possibility of tsunamis.  There was no coordinated effort on the part of the electric company to restore vital services first, and no one still yet understands why it took so long to restore power to areas where there was no damage to equipment.  Alot of very angry people are asking uncomfortable questions, and as far as I'm concerned thats a good thing.  Maybe next time somebody will actually know what to do.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: DiabloTX on October 17, 2006, 09:49:05 PM
Just blame the Democrats!!

:D
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: ROC on October 17, 2006, 09:49:58 PM
Restoring power is always tricky.  There is no way to know what is damaged, what might still be running and can cause harm if it just Pops back on.  Slow, frustrating process, but a safe one.

Speaking from experience, wife lost her Dad by power coming back on when it wasn't supposed to, worked for a power company.
Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: Debonair on October 17, 2006, 09:52:20 PM
has anyone claimed HNL as a "coconut city" yet? rofl
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Post by: DiabloTX on October 17, 2006, 09:54:43 PM
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Originally posted by Debonair
has anyone claimed HNL as a "coconut city" yet? rofl


SPAM you retard!!

:furious :furious :furious :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Post by: Debonair on October 17, 2006, 10:05:41 PM
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Title: Hawaiian earthquake AHII members check in thread.
Post by: xNOVAx on October 17, 2006, 10:24:20 PM
My dad flys Pacific routes for Northwest, and he was en-route to Honolulu when it happened. They were able to land ok around 10:00AM, but had to park the 747-400 on the ramp because the jetways had no electricity. He said the airport personnel had to drive the stair carts all over the place to get people off the airplanes, and they had to wait for about 2 hours just to deboard.

He also said that the customs security checkpoints were a madhouse because they didnt have the scanners operating, etc. Since they were crew members, they caught a break and fortunately didn't have to go through that mess.

There was no power in the entire city, so he said just trying to find someplace to eat was near impossible. He finally found a place that was able to heat up raamen noodles and sell for $7 bucks.

When it got dark, the hotel handed out glow sticks to people so they could see where they were going in the halls etc. Crazy stuff!
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Post by: Widewing on October 18, 2006, 12:41:14 AM
Reynolds (Serenity in the game) lives in Pearl City. I just shipped him a slighty used X45 setup, because his went belly up. I'm sure they'll have power restored long before it arrives next week.

My regards,

Widewing