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| Artist Stan Rillon's depiction of the tsunami in 1868 which wiped out Hawaiian villages up and down the coast, including Punalu'u and Honu'apo. The M7.1 earthquake, with epicenter in Keaiwa, buried thatched and wood homes in Wood Valley with a landslide, killing some 31 people. The Pacific Tsunami Museum educates the public about all of the devastating tsunamis that have come to this island. Located in Hilo, it is slated to receive $200,000 from Olson Trust and more from other business leaders. |
OLSON TRUST DONATES $200,000 TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI MUSEUM. The announcement came Sunday on the cover of Hawai' Tribune-Herald newspaper in a story by John Burnett. The story quotes Paul Alston, the head of the newly created Edmund C. Olson Family Foundation, and notes that the non-profit Pacific Tsunami Museum was closing its doors in Hilo until the Olson funding came through.
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| This Okoe Bay home was destroyed by the 2011 trsunami from Japan. Photo by Kai Kahele |
Cindi Preller, the museum’s director, called the Olson Trust "an absolute godsend for us." Preller, Alston and his wife Tanya met with Mayor Kimo Alameda last week and reported support from
the mayor.
Alston told the Tribune Herald that the museum is very meaningful to his own family since his wife is a survivor of the Hilo tsunami caused by a 9.5 earthquake in Chile. The tsunami, with its eight-foot waves, some as high as 35 feet, killed 61 people and wiped out the Hilo waterfront and business districts on May 23, 1960.
Tsunamis have killed people and destroyed seven Hawaiian villages and remote homes on the Kaʻū Coast, South Kona Coast and north at Laupāhoehoe. The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a place of learning about all of the devastating tsunamis that have come to this island during ancient Hawaiian and modern times. Learn more about the Pacific Tsunami Museum at https://tsunami.org.
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the mayor.
Alston told the Tribune Herald that the museum is very meaningful to his own family since his wife is a survivor of the Hilo tsunami caused by a 9.5 earthquake in Chile. The tsunami, with its eight-foot waves, some as high as 35 feet, killed 61 people and wiped out the Hilo waterfront and business districts on May 23, 1960.
Tsunamis have killed people and destroyed seven Hawaiian villages and remote homes on the Kaʻū Coast, South Kona Coast and north at Laupāhoehoe. The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a place of learning about all of the devastating tsunamis that have come to this island during ancient Hawaiian and modern times. Learn more about the Pacific Tsunami Museum at https://tsunami.org.
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| A November, 1975 tsunami destroyed this home at Punalu'u. |
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