Congratulations to Aren and your family! So many achievements that we've been able to witness over the years...and the world experience will be invaluable as he figures out his next steps. But what about dad??? Where will you be in a year?
Just this winter, I was in Port Douglas, Australia when Cyclone Jasper hit. All roads in + out were closed due to landslides, the town began running out of food + water, we didn't flush the toilets (no water).
Finally, people were evacuated by boat to Cairns, where the airport was closed due to flooding!
We were in Morocco last September at the time of the 6.9 earthquake in Marrakech. We were in the desert at the time, but on our way back to Marrakech the following day. Our guides had to sleep in their car because the hotel was not considered stable. We had the route back to Marrakech changed due to highways being dangerous. We had a trip to the mountains to have lunch with a family canceled as being too dangerous. Marrakech had damage but not in our hotel. Most damage was in the hills south of Marrakech. We had lots of calls from people in the US wondering how we were doing. And this was the day that we had to put our 15 year old dog down - remotely. Not a great day overall.
I generally go to Mexico annually and have experienced many earthquakes during my travels there, including a strong 6.2 in Mexico City. Since I'm from San Francisco I'm familiar with the sensation and know the difference between ones that can cause damage and ones that are just an interesting feeling. Usually I'm trying to calm down others in the hotel 😉😄
My family was visiting SanDiago,when an earthquake hit. We knew what to look for because we had lived through many earthquakes in the SF Bay Area. First see if you have power, the turn on the tv. If nothing is on, it’s bad. Everything was normal. We went back to bed, but heard noises. From our window , five stories up, were on the grounds all the people from the hotel. Sense the quake happened early in the morning, many were barely dressed. One couple put on there wedding clothes!
About 10 years ago, first and only visit to Kauai. We rented a house on a dead-end road, a stone’s throw from the Pacific. First day was lovely, then relentless rain. A culvert fell into the sea, rendering the only road inoperable. Then the power went, and the plumbing. The house was the open slat design, so we were wet and freezing. And hungry. It was dark by 6:30 every night so we crawled into wet sheets, held hands and avoided the temptation to sing, Nearer my God to Thee. People were abandoning their rental cars and getting evacuated by helicopter. I have a photo of me with my feet in the gas stove. By the way, we didn’t have renters insurance so had to pay $3400 for the pleasure. After a week we were able to get to the other side of the island and enjoyed our last few days.
Heh Chris - Yep! Several! In 67, on a Navy ship taking us Marines to Vietnam, we ran into a Typhoon! Bounced that Helicopter carrier all over. While in VN we had one hit there. Next one I was Elk hunting in Oregon, sometime around 82, when the hurricane (120 mph) hit ( I think it was the biggest ever). I was in the big evergreens & just found a hole in the ground & listened to the big trees falling all around me! 2 more but not traveling. A tornado hit our farm in Culpeper, VA & this years hurricane hit us in Live Oak, FL. To be honest, the tornado was the scariest. lol actually, yesterday we had a Tornado warning & it got pretty windy & rainy. Tom
About 15 years ago I was flying to Hawaii for a 7 day cruise the next day. When I landed the breaking news an earthquake in Chile. Didn’t think much of it but then an alert came over the television while we were waiting for our baggage that Hawaii was expecting a tsunami. How did an earthquake in Chile translate to a tsunami in Hawaii. That’s when our nightmare began. We talked to the clerk at the desk and she brushed it off. Well at 0400 that morning alarms were going off on the island. Locals knew what it meant. You saw hundreds of cars going inland getting away from the ocean. The hotel told us we had to check out like we normally would. What? We checked out at 1100 and was searching for a place to have breakfast but all of the stores and restaurants were closed with police watching over them. There were 100’s of people roaming the streets looking for food, people were fighting. Overall the tsunami wasn’t bad, just a little recession to the beaches. I felt bad for the people on the cruise scheduled to disembark, the ship had to stay out at sea for their safety.
Congratulations to Aren and your family! So many achievements that we've been able to witness over the years...and the world experience will be invaluable as he figures out his next steps. But what about dad??? Where will you be in a year?
Thanks. I think we're going to take one more spin around the world before Aren moves on to the next thing.
Good plan! Maybe we'll finally meet up somewhere along that journey.
Congratulations Aren!!!
Just this winter, I was in Port Douglas, Australia when Cyclone Jasper hit. All roads in + out were closed due to landslides, the town began running out of food + water, we didn't flush the toilets (no water).
Finally, people were evacuated by boat to Cairns, where the airport was closed due to flooding!
We were in Morocco last September at the time of the 6.9 earthquake in Marrakech. We were in the desert at the time, but on our way back to Marrakech the following day. Our guides had to sleep in their car because the hotel was not considered stable. We had the route back to Marrakech changed due to highways being dangerous. We had a trip to the mountains to have lunch with a family canceled as being too dangerous. Marrakech had damage but not in our hotel. Most damage was in the hills south of Marrakech. We had lots of calls from people in the US wondering how we were doing. And this was the day that we had to put our 15 year old dog down - remotely. Not a great day overall.
I generally go to Mexico annually and have experienced many earthquakes during my travels there, including a strong 6.2 in Mexico City. Since I'm from San Francisco I'm familiar with the sensation and know the difference between ones that can cause damage and ones that are just an interesting feeling. Usually I'm trying to calm down others in the hotel 😉😄
My family was visiting SanDiago,when an earthquake hit. We knew what to look for because we had lived through many earthquakes in the SF Bay Area. First see if you have power, the turn on the tv. If nothing is on, it’s bad. Everything was normal. We went back to bed, but heard noises. From our window , five stories up, were on the grounds all the people from the hotel. Sense the quake happened early in the morning, many were barely dressed. One couple put on there wedding clothes!
We went back to sleep 😅
About 10 years ago, first and only visit to Kauai. We rented a house on a dead-end road, a stone’s throw from the Pacific. First day was lovely, then relentless rain. A culvert fell into the sea, rendering the only road inoperable. Then the power went, and the plumbing. The house was the open slat design, so we were wet and freezing. And hungry. It was dark by 6:30 every night so we crawled into wet sheets, held hands and avoided the temptation to sing, Nearer my God to Thee. People were abandoning their rental cars and getting evacuated by helicopter. I have a photo of me with my feet in the gas stove. By the way, we didn’t have renters insurance so had to pay $3400 for the pleasure. After a week we were able to get to the other side of the island and enjoyed our last few days.
Wow! I think you win!
Congrats!
Heh Chris - Yep! Several! In 67, on a Navy ship taking us Marines to Vietnam, we ran into a Typhoon! Bounced that Helicopter carrier all over. While in VN we had one hit there. Next one I was Elk hunting in Oregon, sometime around 82, when the hurricane (120 mph) hit ( I think it was the biggest ever). I was in the big evergreens & just found a hole in the ground & listened to the big trees falling all around me! 2 more but not traveling. A tornado hit our farm in Culpeper, VA & this years hurricane hit us in Live Oak, FL. To be honest, the tornado was the scariest. lol actually, yesterday we had a Tornado warning & it got pretty windy & rainy. Tom
About 15 years ago I was flying to Hawaii for a 7 day cruise the next day. When I landed the breaking news an earthquake in Chile. Didn’t think much of it but then an alert came over the television while we were waiting for our baggage that Hawaii was expecting a tsunami. How did an earthquake in Chile translate to a tsunami in Hawaii. That’s when our nightmare began. We talked to the clerk at the desk and she brushed it off. Well at 0400 that morning alarms were going off on the island. Locals knew what it meant. You saw hundreds of cars going inland getting away from the ocean. The hotel told us we had to check out like we normally would. What? We checked out at 1100 and was searching for a place to have breakfast but all of the stores and restaurants were closed with police watching over them. There were 100’s of people roaming the streets looking for food, people were fighting. Overall the tsunami wasn’t bad, just a little recession to the beaches. I felt bad for the people on the cruise scheduled to disembark, the ship had to stay out at sea for their safety.
It definitely was stressful