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At school every was greeting one another making our ways to our classrooms. Then one student said that the ocean was disappearing, but I didn't believe him since it was April Fools. I turned to gaze at the ocean and was shocked. water was draining from the ocean like water draining from a tub. The teachers allowed us to walk on the once ocean covered ocean floor. Not long after we all spot a huge wave coming; I went to the closest high ground as fast as possible and waited for it all to end. I saw many friends go under and swept out to the ocean. that's a day I can never forget.
This story is mainly about the tsunami on Laupahoehoe.
The town Laupahoehoe, or the leaf of lava, was a peaceful little town and a lot of people new each other. Until on April Fools the ocean was disappearing and three giant deadly waves struck the the Hawaiian peninsula. People ran for higher ground many drowned others were swept out to open water survivors on land had to watch friends and loved ones drift out to sea. Many other places suffered the tsunami's wrath like Hilo, which is twenty miles south of Laupahoehoe, and a japaneses neighborhood called Shinmachi. When it was over survivors started to clean; there were 159 dead throughout Hawaii some bodies were never found.
How did you come to hear about the tsunami?
What made you and why were you so interested?
How did you feel when you heard survivors' and victims' story about the tsunami?
Have you written any other books about natural disasters like this one?
What would you do if you were in the tsunami of April Fools?
"The bus polled up in front of the school. As the children spilled out, they waved to each classmates walking down the slope toward the building." pg.5
"...I left my cottage and walked about forty yards to my office in the main school building. As I entered my office that faced the ocean, I saw a huge wall of water as high as the lighthouse on the point." pg.9
came in "Again, it poured right past the shoreline and
rushed across the school grounds, advancing onto
higher and higher grounds." pg.10
After the tragedy, the people in Hawaii made a memorial for all the victims on April Fools. The people wondered how did the tsunami become so powerful and deadly. The Richter Scale said that the earthquake was 7.8. It was a big number, but there were more powerful ones already recorded at that time. Scientist first said that it was a landslide, but years later scientist discovered that no landslide occurred when the tsunami was created. Scientist are still looking for an answer.
Presented by, Kira Joyner