Tsunami Precautions

A Laird Hamilton Update by,
Gabby Reece 2-28-2010

dingy300 On Saturday the state of Hawaii was put on a tsunami alert following the devastating 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile. In pure Laird form he was up and at em’ first thing in the morning moving all vehicles to high ground. Here are a few photos of Laird moving my dingy out of the river, putting jet ski’s in the trailer, moving trucks, and tractors.

tractor300 Luckily the water barely surged in and out a few inches, and then everything went back to normal for us.

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We drove to the end of our road to take a look around and ran into an old friend of Laird’s (George the Greek). He was on his way to pick up his horse who was staying at a friend’s place during the warning. He was kind enough to let my girls visit with Royal his horse. Nothing like a Sunday drive.

Laird is back at it today, and since the day is a bit windy the choice of fun was the foil board. He and Terry Chung are foiling in the middle of the bay. Everyone seems a bit tired, and I attribute it to the emotional situation of waiting to see if there was in fact going to be a damaging tsunami.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families dealing with the earthquake that struck Chile.

Best, Gabby

Tags: big waves, hawaiian locals, kauai, laird hamilton, laird paddle surf, natural disasters, tsunami

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4 Responses to “Tsunami Precautions”

brian from Jersey says:

March 2, 2010 at 12:28 pm

dear gabby, thanks for this and all the other postings and updates.Laird continues to be an inspiration to us all. Althought Laird did what every husband and dad does to protect his family(speaking from first hand experience(4 children and 3 grandchildren) I just started surfing 3 years ago and it is Lairds inspiration that keeps me going when I get frustrated with my progress. I’m 57 soon to be 58 and I surfed my first noreaster this Febuary. Keep up the good work. Suuuuure would love to hang with you guys for a day. Brian from Jersey
Maria says:

March 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm

Pearl Jam!
PhillieNelson says:

March 2, 2010 at 9:54 pm

Pearl Jam!
Greg Edwards says:

March 3, 2010 at 6:52 pm

Pearl Jam