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...Phonebooks have maps in the front indicating the likeliest inundation zones. Authorities also know which harbors to evacuate. That's why as soon as state officials were notified about the tsunami rippling out from the quake in Chile, ships were evacuated from the harbors in Honolulu, Kahului and Hilo. The airport was also shut down in Hilo, which in recent decades has been hit by not one but two tsunamis. In 1946, a quake in Alaska led to the deaths of nearly 160 people in this city on Hawaii's Big Island. In 1960, an earthquake in Chile sent another...
...February 2008, a Go! Airlines flight from Honolulu overshot the airport in Hilo, Hawaii, and continued for some 30 miles over the Pacific Ocean before circling back. The captain originally said they had entered the wrong air-traffic-control frequency, but both pilots later admitted they had fallen asleep. A contributing factor to the incident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), was the captain's undiagnosed sleep apnea, which authorities call a growing cause of transportation accidents...
...Smarter tourists fly over the Pu'u 'O'o vent itself, which if you hit it right can be one of the most spectacular shows on earth. Check on the current flows with the U.S. National Park Service, www.nps.gov/havo, and then book a flight out of nearby Hilo with Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, www.bluehawaiian.com. There's great accommodation at Hale Ohia, www.haleohia.com, a collection of antique cottages just outside the park. Go for a long hike, then soak in an outdoor Japanese furo tub under tsugi pines. You may have just seen volcanic hell, but you'll feel like...
...ferns, nuts and shells, are intended to symbolize the integration of nature with Hawaiian life. There's no better place to learn about the hula, and watch the best dancers in the business, than the Merrie Monarch festival, held from March 27 to April 2 in the town of Hilo on the Big Island's east coast. The 40-year-old festival is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the hula in particular and Hawaiian culture in general. The weeklong fiesta, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic...
...nuts and shells, pictured, are intended to symbolize the integration of nature with Hawaiian life. There's no better place to learn about the hula, and watch the best dancers in the business, than the Merrie Monarch festival, held from March 27 to April 2 in the town of Hilo on the Big Island's east coast. The 40-year-old festival is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the hula in particular and Hawaiian culture in general. The weeklong fiesta, which attracts up to 10,000 people, begins with a Ho'olaulea (music festival) on Moku Ola that...