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Hawaii Residents Braced for Tsunami

   Kate Woodsome | Washington  March 11, 2011
   People  watch the water recede from Hobron Harbor in Honolulu on March
   11,  2011. Tsunami waves swamped Hawaii beaches before dawn Friday but
   didn't cause any major damage after devastating Japan.

Photo: AP

   People  watch the water recede from Hobron Harbor in Honolulu on March
   11,  2011. Tsunami waves swamped Hawaii beaches before dawn Friday but
   didn't cause any major damage after devastating Japan.

   In the U.S. Pacific Island state of Hawaii, sirens went off throughout
   the  night  to  warn  residents  and  tourists  of the potential for a
   tsunami.  People  evacuated  from low-lying areas and coastal regions.
   Bill Dorman, the news director at Hawaii Public radio, told VOA's Kate
   Woodsome  in  a  phone  interview  before  the first waves struck that
   people  were  not  panicking, but were stocking up on staples, such as
   bread, water and flashlights.

     [VOA Kate Woodsome's Q&A with Bill Dorman of Hawaii Public Radio:]

   Woodsome:  So this is happening in the middle of the night? People are
   waking up to these sirens?
   Dorman:  "It  is. Because of the quake in Japan and the length of time
   that the indicators had, we did have some time beforehand to know that
   this  was  coming. The authorities did do a very thorough job in terms
   of  getting the word out. For example, there was word before the local