On March 11 and 12 we were hit by the tsunami from the Japan earthquake. I remember sitting in a movie theater on our campus watching a film, when a staff member came in and interrupted the movie saying; “Just to let all of you know the tsunami sirens have just gone off, and they are expecting the tsunami to hit us in about 5 hours”. This was around 10 pm. Shortly after that announcement, I received a text from one of the IT leaders on the campus asking me to hurry and bring what we needed to run live- stream. So I quickly left the theater and began setting things up for our campus live-streaming.
The Kona campus is just above the tsunami evacuation line, and because we have such a huge facility we are one of the main evacuation points for Kailua- Kona. That night, I stayed up all night monitoring what was being broadcast- ed by the news stations and playing it for our people that were gathered in the court yard area.
There was some damage done to shops along the ocean front but that’s about it. I don’t believe anyone died.
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