Prayers go out to the people in JAPAN and the others affected in this disaster including the neighbor islands.....

10,000 estimated dead so far, seems to be getting worse by the day.  Speculation was 40-60 the first day.

wtf a coworker said that 25 people were killed on the big island due to the tsunami.  Can anyone confirm this?

From what I read nobody died on any of the Hawaiian islands from the Tsunami. 

As far as preps go, I feel like I did okay.  I was scheduled to take a trip to the Big Island at 5:00am the morning of the Tsunamio so I was torn between packifng and prepping.  I filled watrer, made rice (got the idea from Tom G on one of the previous tsunami threads) and everything else I didn't have by then, I wasn't going to be able to reasonably get anyway. 

From this experience I've concluded I need more water containers on hand.  I had enough food to last for at least three weeks, but water would probably run out much sooner.  Water should not be an issue for something like like a tsunami when we have several hours of warning.  I need to look into more/better containers for water storage. 

this tsunami showed me that i need to be more prepared.  i needed running to the store to buy bottled water, and some can goods.  i'm going to collect 1 gallon jugs and freeze them in a freezer.  Or many use some surplus military 5 gallon water jugs.  anyone got any suggestions? 

This Tsunami has shown what happened to one of the MOST PREPARED countries.  No matter How prepared they are, they still took a licking.

Want to guess how well Hawaii wil be IF-WHEN a similar tsunami or earthquake hit us? 

Does anyone have any idea how much emergency supplies the State and City Governments have in Safe storage?
   Is there anything close to "Safe storage" here in Hawaii for the local governments to use?

I'm guessing that most of "us" are on our own until the Navy can get at least 3 carrier groups here within a week or so.

I'm also thinking that all low lying airports will be out of commission.  No large air transport of relief supplies.

I am in the process of going over our bug out kits.   Me, Wife and the 3 dogs.

Good thing we have  full size pick up truck and my SUV, both rated to tow a minimum of 8,000 pounds.  Now all I need is a small one or two ton rated trailer.

In the coming weeks, I will be consolidating our bug out stuff to one portion of the garage for quick loading.

This Tsunami has shown what happened to one of the MOST PREPARED countries.  No matter How prepared they are, they still took a licking.

Want to guess how well Hawaii wil be IF-WHEN a similar tsunami or earthquake hit us? 

Does anyone have any idea how much emergency supplies the State and City Governments have in Safe storage?
   Is there anything close to "Safe storage" here in Hawaii for the local governments to use?

I'm guessing that most of "us" are on our own until the Navy can get at least 3 carrier groups here within a week or so.

I'm also thinking that all low lying airports will be out of commission.  No large air transport of relief supplies.

I am in the process of going over our bug out kits.   Me, Wife and the 3 dogs.

Good thing we have  full size pick up truck and my SUV, both rated to tow a minimum of 8,000 pounds.  Now all I need is a small one or two ton rated trailer.

In the coming weeks, I will be consolidating our bug out stuff to one portion of the garage for quick loading.

Where would you drive said SUV and trailer?  Roads would probably be a disaster, I mean, it's not like there is lots of places to go in Hawaii.

Anyways, we wouldn't have much problems with supplies, there are to many airports, ships etc.  You can start landing planes at scholfield if you needed.  There is no way they would be affected by any tsunami.   We wouldn't get hit on all sides either so something would easily survive.

Ever since the alert, I too have been contemplating a trailer.

This would be a dedicated bug out box complete with water storage and emergency rations, sealed bags of clothing and essentials, first aid supplies, gas (non ethanol) storage, place for guns and ammo, and other things I haven't thought of yet. With minimal prep it could be loaded (most items would already be in/on it) and towed. Or it could stay in place for disaster that may require me and family to stay in place.

Something that could be maintained easily, but still be ready to go.
Thoughts?
Not something huge, but an easy way to be ready to go in a moments notice.

For us, the closest high ground is H-3 fronting Kaneohe Marine Base.

I figure it's high enough and we can carry enough stuff for at least a week, probably more.

Or just drive up H-3 till you figure you're high enough out of harm's way.

Of course, if a Major earthquake hits, H-3 maybe gone, but the grounded portion maybe OK.

Gotta take things as they happen, being flexible is important.

Anyways, we wouldn't have much problems with supplies, there are to many airports, ships etc.  You can start landing planes at scholfield if you needed.  There is no way they would be affected by any tsunami.   We wouldn't get hit on all sides either so something would easily survive.

I dunno, that might be an overly optomistic view of things.  Hawaii is very much dependent on ships and sea-ports for bringing in all of our food and supplies.  Transporting by sea is the most cost-effective way to get goods to Hawaii, so virtually all the stores rely on the ports to keep themselves stocked.  Say a big tsunami or hurricane hit the islands and the docks and ports were damaged beyond use, If planes and helicopters were still able to land in the islands, they would only be used for transporting the most vital of supplies i.e. medicine and medical supplies.  There is no way planes and helicopters could bring in as much stuff as the ships in the harbors with their massive Matson containers-- definitely not enough to feed an entire island of hungry displaced people.  There is no neighboring states or countries that can drive supplies over. If the ports get knocked out, expect things to disappear from the shelves very quickly.  We would probably be in for a very scarce couple of weeks or even months. 

Edit: spelling.

Getting supplies and equipment off ships and on shore will most likely be a Navy and Marine job.

They have the ships and equipment to "hit the beaches" with.  Most likely they will be needed and put to good use when airports and docks are unuseable.

The same ships were used in Katrina.  A town on the gulf coast loaded ALL their fire, emergency personnel and police onto a Navy assaul ship and stood offshore.

After Katrina passed, the ship docked and all the police, fire and ambulances drove off and went to work.

Hopefully, we have people here who can make similar things happen.

Not like Iniki where a nuke sub went to Kauai to  be used as a floating power plant only to find out that no one had the proper connetor......  Ooops

We would be scarce, but people would not die because of it.  You could run cargo ops off a carrier or amphib pretty easy.  The Marine helos can carry lots of food and even containers. When people go down to the bare essentials we won't need as many cargo ships. At this point, it would all be about survival and staying alive.  We have plenty of airspace and landing space for a rescue mission to come in.  Just don't die while they are getting here imo (about 7 days imo).

Tom -- what did you store 40gallons in?

Assorted.  3x 5-gallon buckets that I use for brewing beer, 2x-3 gallon water coolers, the rest in ice chests.  Didn't fill the tub, figured I could do that in a few minutes if the waves proved to be damaging.