By now, you've probably heard about the earthquake off the West Hawaii coast. I live in East Hawaii, incidentally. I was already awake when I felt the house shaking. We've had minor tremors, but as the shaking increased in force, we went to the doorframes.
KITV Channel 4 (our ABC affiliate) had continuing coverage with Shawn Ching et al. KGMB Channel 9 (CBS) was off the air until the evening because the station lacked back-up power. (Honolulu had a power outage). By 11 a.m. Hawaii time CNN and the other cable news channels began covering the earthquake. CNN had a screen of live coverage from KITV.
The County Civil Defense advised people to stay off the roads and refrain from using telephones unless absolutely necessary. Around eleven, however, our houseguest wanted to go to the Verizon store to see about a telephone with a local number. The Waiakea Center parking lot was full of cars and people walking as if nothing extraordinary had happened. We waited for about twenty minutes, then our houseguest returned. He decided to buy calling cards from Long's, where I bought the Star-Bulletin. Then we went home. Later I had my hair cut.
The weather was hot, sunny, and windy.
Tuesday, 17 October update: Other Hawaii bloggers discuss the earthquake: http://kalapanapundit.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-thats-big-one.html
http://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/2006/10/in_paris.html
http://hunterbishop.com/journal/2006/10/15/where-were-you-when-it-hit.html
http://www.ilind.net/2006/october/oct15-21.html
http://aaronstene.blogspot.com/2006/10/earthquake.html
http://poinography.com/index.php?p=3390
18 October update: Damage to historically significant buildings:
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