Tsunami Watching, A Bonding Experience

Locals, tourists, families, dogs, photographers, videographers, all climbed 1200 feet to the top of the Sleeping Giant on Kauai, Hawaii, to see the tsunami hit the coast.

People brought drinks, smokes, radios. Locals are giving expert commentary, calling friends/relatives on other islands, checking the water on the reefs to gage whether or not big waves will hit.

Some people have given up now, about 1150 AM local time, and are heading back down. Others are still hiking up.

Roads on Kauai are empty still because they are blocked by police, stores are closed, events and functions have been cancelled. People have sought higher ground en masse, hundreds of cars are parked at a Kapaa's "Mahilona" state hospital and other higher ground areas.

It is a beautiful day in Hawaii, this sure is a different vacation. We got up at 5 to pack our stuff and abandon the beach house after the landlord called.