Tsunami 1946 - Hilo

[autymnbottom]

wooow! my great grandmother was in this tsunami she saw it all happen and she was 12 years old. she told us that she was a great swimmer and was sent out in the water to save children and adults who couldnt swim. she said it was a horrible thing to see. she said there were dead animals and debris all over the place.

[TheOblivionGate]

@KiranaForever You'll find most music that relates to space has this "eerie" if not "lonesome" touch to it, Rings of uranus sounds like a name that says, "There's nothing there." Or is there?

[dwrb24]

crazy footage, i never seen this one, my father was only 3 yrs old when this one hit, his uncle came and got him out of his crib, he lived in the Shinmachi/Waiakea area.! My dad told me that the water rushed in his house everyone got out safe but when he tells me stories i just trip out!, I cant even fathome the idea.....thank you for the video.

[icedog329]

Both Kaui kona and Hilo had a tsunami but not honnaka

[321PeBbLeS123]

RIP to all those persons that die. but half of them died because they thought it was a " April's Fools " joke since this occured in April 1st, 1946 and didn't bother to go in a safer elevation! :o

[thejukeboxers]

I wish I hadn't read that post, I copied and pasted just in case

[PangyaGamer]

Haunting....



[MSWindows30]

@PangyaGamer , the music is scary. Yes, haunting.

[jamesyou09]

it sucks i live in oahu

[MSWindows30]

@jamesyou09, both the Big Island and Kauai have suffered disasters from one of the Hawaii's top disasters. But, Oahu will suffer the same thing.

Big Island-1946 tsunami, 1960 tsunami, 1964 tsunami. Close call from Hurricane Flossie

Kauai- Hurricane Dot, Hurricane Iwa, Hurricane Iniki

Oahu- Potential hurricane impact, mega-tsunami from Mauna Loa flank

[hobahfish]

0:04 in the background there is an arch shape thats the wainaku bridge say 80 fet high i jumped that straight off the ark hooo everything looks similar cept for the old style clothes and carsand buildings

[DoneWrongType]

is that shiigi drug in downtown hilo at 1:28? lol thats where i get my drugs

[DoneWrongType]

i would of been up one of those coca trees in 15 seconds lol

[LaWoman071]

Everyone be safe in Hilo.

[LaWoman071]

I'm in Honolulu right now. We're waiting. I've tried to bring a live cam up, but the servers are all full.

Anyone know where to watch it live online?

[hilolagoon]

@808WaPaHuBoYzzz

wave(s) hit hilo 1st...35 minutes later we get 'em....if hilo gets pounded i'm gonna dig!

[hilolagoon]

the tsunami is 4 hours away, moved the family to higher ground, our house is on the beach, i'm staying behind to guard it, fingers are crossed

[evrgrnn5280]

@hilolagoon

stay the hell away from the beach dude... dont challenge a tsunami.

[LaWoman071]

Dude, Get away from the beach. Save yourself, your family needs you.

[omardude2]

yea man, cant challenge a giant killer wave! theyve got no contouis or guilt :P good luck man stay alive!

[MKScorpion86]

i can't believe people thought it waz an april fool joke

[BeeyondNeptoon]

tsunami is japanese for "Ocean Puke"

[omardude2]

LMAO!

[BeeyondNeptoon]

it might happen again today?

[dogcrick]

Fuck Yeah! I'm all packed up ready to head up Mauka! Gonna head over to Hilo to help out, shit's gonna get crazy!

[StormoHax]

Chee pono round two in six hours!!

[runescapewarrior100]

i read about this in a book lol and sad and scary

[tan8268]

scary

[astrianda]

wow,cool

[CyrusNixes]

I wish I could find pictures of the downtown as it was before the 1946 tsunami. I live on the Big Island, but I've only seen Hilo with all of those parks that were created in the inundation areas after the 1960 tsunami. I guess before that the buildings were right up against the bayfront. Can anyone help me find pictures like the ones I am talking about?

[deepkeel65]

CyrusNixes, visit the tsunami museum in Hilo. They have it all.

[breakaz12]

it looks like down town hilo! I am glad I wasn't alive at that time!

[thevolunteer1]

Wow, I never knew this video existed.

Very dramatic footage.

Aloha

[verrywellhung]

Hilo is one of my favorite places in the world.

[BhamsterWA]

Wonderful video and photos of the Hilo Tsunami.

[kota1102]

where u see the wonderful?

[honeygirl132]

Wow!

[wwoorrmmss]

imagine a mega tsunami....

[hebneh]

The photo of the car bent around the support wall of the warehouse is actually from the 1960 tsunami in Hilo, not the 1946 one.

[Xargxes]

breathtaking...

[ptitleo]

horrible

[jasalani]

alot of people died... i went to the memorial