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Samoa Tsunami

Posted by lserocki | 2nd October 2009

This is a picture of our team for the competitions at the Tahiti-Moorea Rondevouz. Three of these guys are tsunami survivors. On the left is Jer and one person over is his son Mike from Eva (the boat that was swept down main street in Pago Pago). In the middle (with the hat) is Kirk from Galivanter, who's story you'll find at one of the links we provided.

On Tuesday morning after waking up and walking over to the yacht club, we were told by other sailors that a tsunami watch was in effect. Word spread quickly as people discussed the decision to motor out of the harbor or stay, news crews started showing up along the docks to interview boat owners and we went down to Mandolin and turned on the marine radio to listen for any changes or updates. Many people left work, some untied the dock lines and headed out to deeper water, while others decided to wait it out. The news announced that it would hit around 1:00 p.m.,

Continued | lori, chris, and mandolin

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