.i need electricity.
Who would have thunk it, but THANK GOODNESS for late-night-strip-club-partying with the boys in celebration of Christopher's birthday that actually KEPT ME IN BED and out of the water in the early AM on Sunday. I woke up to my bed shaking and windows rattling all about [and wondering - because the floor of my bedroom is kind of thin and questionable - if I was going to plummet through the second floor and onto my parent's bedroom below me]. Through the shaking I managed to secure my contacts and throw on some shorts and a shirt [in case I had to run to safety outside] and went downstairs to see my parents drinking coffee.
So then, the first throught to run through my head was, MAYBE IT WAS THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL?!
Yes, I told my California roommates, that that is the difference between Hawaii people [or just me] and California people. California people assume everytime the ground moves in any small way that it is an earthquake. I on the other hand, quickly try to attribute it to outside factors such as, say, the garbage disposal.
It was not, in fact, the garbage disposal. The 6.6 earthquake 9 miles off the coast of the Big Island [while oh-so-thrilling] quickly threw my pretty island into a state of natural disaster and NO ELECTRICITY. For around 15 hours yesterday [yes, that is from 7 am till around 10 pm] my pretty little casa in my pretty little island was without television, internet, proper lighting, copious amounts of hot water, the freedom to open our refrigerator whenever we pleased, and a working stove or microwave. Oh, the things we take for granted when we don't live in a third world country. All I did yesterday was eat [tuna and crackers and some grilled cheese our neighbors brought over], read [I finished The Alchemist] and sleep. What else is there to do? Once the sun began to set though, we were in dire straits and my mom and I had to resort to playing poker [which wasn't much fun when it's just between two people and she kicked my butt].
At least I got back into the water this morning. The conditions were pretty choppy but at least there were waves? Maybe? Hmmmmmm. Hopefully the conditions will clean up by tomorrow. There's supposed to be a 4 foot swell forecasted for later in the week. And hopefully my electricity [which had the nerve to go off AGAIN this morning] will stay up on a consistent basis. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
So then, the first throught to run through my head was, MAYBE IT WAS THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL?!
Yes, I told my California roommates, that that is the difference between Hawaii people [or just me] and California people. California people assume everytime the ground moves in any small way that it is an earthquake. I on the other hand, quickly try to attribute it to outside factors such as, say, the garbage disposal.
It was not, in fact, the garbage disposal. The 6.6 earthquake 9 miles off the coast of the Big Island [while oh-so-thrilling] quickly threw my pretty island into a state of natural disaster and NO ELECTRICITY. For around 15 hours yesterday [yes, that is from 7 am till around 10 pm] my pretty little casa in my pretty little island was without television, internet, proper lighting, copious amounts of hot water, the freedom to open our refrigerator whenever we pleased, and a working stove or microwave. Oh, the things we take for granted when we don't live in a third world country. All I did yesterday was eat [tuna and crackers and some grilled cheese our neighbors brought over], read [I finished The Alchemist] and sleep. What else is there to do? Once the sun began to set though, we were in dire straits and my mom and I had to resort to playing poker [which wasn't much fun when it's just between two people and she kicked my butt].
At least I got back into the water this morning. The conditions were pretty choppy but at least there were waves? Maybe? Hmmmmmm. Hopefully the conditions will clean up by tomorrow. There's supposed to be a 4 foot swell forecasted for later in the week. And hopefully my electricity [which had the nerve to go off AGAIN this morning] will stay up on a consistent basis. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
posted by crystal at 12:59 PM
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that morning, some friends and I were on the sand looking out into the ocean just as the earthquake hit. we attributed the ground tremors to a jet flying too close and a bus...and yes, the surf that day was poor. in a final attempt to save the morning, we went to a pancake house...no electricity- no pancakes :(
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