Saschathon: righ on, popcorn.

At 430am, a few hours after I had taken a Tylenol Cold PM (sleeping pill), Brent called to let me know that an eathquake has hit Chile and that we were now under a tsunami warning and we should be going to the stores to stock up on emergency-things now. My first thought was why are you up at 430am? My second thought was, I can't move, I'm too sleepy. After forcing myself out of bed, I went to wake up my mom, tell her the news to which she responsed, "Why is Brent up right now?" and then she went back to sleep.

At around 9am, she tried to wake me up but what I finally got me up an hour later was her warning me that they were planning to shut off the water. That would mean no shower, no bathroom, no cooking until further notice...yeah, I got up pretty quickly after that. And then I began to watch the news. I saw a beautiful and clear day and images of no traffic because the police had blocked off all of the roads. Anchors had their news-face on and the weather man was the star of the show, pointing out what we should look out for. They predicted the tsunami to hit at around 11ish on the Big Island but nothing happened until noon when suddenly, the water level in Hilo Bay changed dramatically. All of a sudden, the clear water turned a murky brown and you could see the water getting sucked out of the bay. Just as we were not sure what to expect next, water calmed again....and that was our tsunami. Had I made plans to be out today, I wouldn't be a happy camper but I'm relieved about the anti-climatic event in Hawaii and my heart goes out to the people who have been affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile.