11:19 AM

It was 3:30 AM when we heard banging on our front door. I shook Evs and said, "someone is at the door." He jumps out of bed, puts on his eyes and is like ,"Who is it?" It was our neighbors the Sandbergs (thanks for the warning guys!) I seriously thought someone died or nailed our car. We were told that because of the earthquake in Chile that a tsunami was headed our way. I tried to grasp this warning at 3:30 am and grab our 72 hour kits and prepare for the worst. We had our friend Cynthia visiting with us and so we had to gather enough food and water for her and well and possibly move to higher ground. Luckily we found out that we weren't in an evacuation area and that we had to hold tight until 11:19 am when the tusnami was to hit the big island the worst then makes its way through the rest of the islands.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hits Chile which makes the authorities to issue a tsunami warning in Chile. In Hawaii tsunami warning is also issued. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning at 12:46 a.m. on Feb. 27 Government agencies – county, state and federal – began implementing evacuation plans, safety and security along shorelines, and informing the public of the pace of the storm through the media.The waves generated by the earthquake are almost 10 feet high. According to information the first wave of tsunami will hit at 11:19 am to Hawaii shore.The US Geological survey assessed the magnitude as 8.3 initially. The quake hit at a depth of 36.9 miles of the ocean, 197 miles southwest of the capital, Santiago, at 3:34 a.m. Chile time on Saturday.Vindell Hsu, geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the waves generated after the quake was very high and it will cause tsunami and he also said that center is waiting for more information about it.Tsunami warning has been issued in Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, and as far as Russia and Japan.

It hit the Chile at 3:34a.m. After the quake people came out of there homes. They were crying and hugging each other. It was dark at the time of earthquake. Many buildings collapsed and phone lines are destroyed.

As the tsunami sirens went off all throughout the island and it became a huge reality to me that they were preparing for the worst since 1960. It was a little scary, but after having everything ready I made sure to call my car insurance to check that I had flood and fire damage on my car, we moved all electronics and items we cared about up as high as we could to save them. I grabbed our important documents and we waited. Since the night before we went to bed at around 1 am, we were exhausted and so we all slept in the same room with the jalousies and door wide open to make sure we heard any commotion. We pretty much slept, ate, ate, slept and watched the news. It was an eery feeling to not know what to expect but I was glad that we were prepared because I wasnt scared for what could happen. One thing Evan and I did talk about though was getting renters insurance. We don't have any huge valuable items here, but we made sure to throw it in the budget for when we move to the mainland in April. The warning was later canceled around 1:40 p.m., with no major surges hitting any of the Hawaiian Islands. Phew! Sigh of relief.