Tuesday, December 7, 2010

EarthQuake rattled us all in Maui

So one evening in Maui around 6:30 we were all sitting around the living room of our condo on the 12TH FLOOR just hanging out chatting and all of a sudden the sliding doors start rattling and I instantly thought for a split second "Geez those are some strong trade winds coming thru" then when it didn't stop I starting freaking out knowing we were all experiencing this earthquake and we were all caught wide eyed starring at one another...then it REALLY didn't stop...Our whole hotel was SHAKING- the chandelier, curtains, fridge, TV, closet doors were just a rattling away! In the moment it was quite crazy and when it finally stopped we were all a little shocked. I froze up I literally could not move. We checked instantly on the Internet and it was a 4.7 magnitude..it felt HUGE and went on FOREVER!
Here is our hotel..being at the top I felt like it was worse. I felt like it was going to collapse below us..every thought possible went thru my head about this building tumbling below me.

Here is the courtyard looking down... the whole islands felt it.... It just is kind of rare to have earthquakes in Hawaii.. I mean ya they happen but most people in Hawaii have never even felt one before.. They aren't that common here so totally unexpected..
The epic center was just off the coast of Makena.. the big red square on the map
Chandler was with the team watching film at the time in their hotel and Kentucky was playing against Washington at the Civic center and I guess it shook the gym, the players and media tables up pretty well even in that roudy rambling rattling gym as is!
Pretty crazy.. I'm not going to lie I didn't like the feeling at all! Now that I think back it was pretty cool haha ...I was a little distraught the rest of the evening...too, because I felt two more aftershocks that were in the 3's.

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