How the Hawaii Tsunami Watch Will See Only a Wave of Tourists
On Saturday, after the catastrophic earthquake in Chile, places that might be in the path of a resulting tsunami battened down the hatches and awaited the waves. One of these places was Hawaii, which instead of having everyone run inside and pray that the wave would leave then high and dry, sent reporters to the beaches and trained livecams on the surf so that the world could watch for the tsunami, too.
Although a massive wave never arrived in favor of some tidal ebbing and flowing, what Hawaii did get were millions of eyes trained on its gorgeous beaches and water. People were excited; their heartrates went up as they eagerly watched the water rapidly rush out of Hilo Bay, like seen in the livecam capture above, and we couldn't help but think what priceless tourism marketing this is for Hawaii. And we weren't alone:
· @brianstelter: Scientist in Hawaii via KGMB/KHNL: "I think we've dodged a bullet." Meanwhile, these beach shots have me dreaming about a Hawaii vacation.
· @westseattleblog: maybe the whole continuous coverage blitz was secretly underwritten by the Hawaii Visitors Bureau. /j-k
Those are tweets that we saw during the livestreaming of Hawaii's beaches, and Brian Stelter—a reporter for the New York Times—hit the nail on the head: staring at the beach while in an excited state is going to get people's blood pumping for a vacation in Hawaii. And luckily, they'll have a non-flooded tropical paradise still awaiting them.
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[Photo: Livecam]
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