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Hawaii Is At Risk Of A Mega-Tsunami

Hawaii Is At Risk Of A Mega-Tsunami
A somewhat unnerving study has suggested there is a small but significant chance that an earthquake and resulting tsunami could devastate Hawaii in the next 50 years. Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the study from the University of Hawaii at Mnoa (UHM) says there is approximately a 9 percentchance of a magnitude 9…
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Big Island’s Fantastic “Destructive Waters”

Big Island’s Fantastic “Destructive Waters”
By noreply@blogger.com (Trailblazer Hawaii) Through the middle of Hilo Town runs the Wailuku River—'Destructive Waters' in Hawaiian—which carries the runoff from the saddle of the world's two tallest mountains Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea (when measured from the sea floor, these peaks are 40,000-plus feet). When tropical rain thunder down, no river is more aptly…
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