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To: SamAdams76

If I remember right wasn’t it Hilo that had the worst tsunami impact back then?


20 posted on 02/27/2010 5:00:29 AM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: Eye of Unk

In reference to Hilo’s 1960 Tsunami:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1994/94_05_20.html


26 posted on 02/27/2010 5:13:08 AM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: Eye of Unk
"If I remember right wasn’t it Hilo that had the worst tsunami impact back then?"

Yes, much of the downtown area was destroyed. When the town was rebuilt, most of it was moved further inland and the coastal low area is now a very nice city park.

27 posted on 02/27/2010 5:13:30 AM PST by Truth29
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