Turtle Bay is OK
Turtle Bay Resort employees worked through the night to ensure their guests were safe and protected as a tsunami warning indicated the possibility of a tsunami hitting the Island of O’ahu at approximately 3:25 am this morning.
The main building at Turtle Bay Resort is designed with potential tsunamis in mind. The safest place is in the corridors on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors. Shortly after 2 am Turtle Bay Resort staff moved guests out of their rooms and into those corridors. People brought blankets, pillows, computers and games into the hallways and made an event out of it. Approximately 5 am the “all clear” word came and people moved back into their rooms. Turtle Bay Resort received no damages.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Yay! I hope nothing happens when we’re there in 2 weeks, but glad to know you have things under control.
March 13th, 2011 at 12:00 am
I am glad the resort is ok!!! What about the cottages and the ground floor, does the tsunami affect them?
March 13th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Glad to hear you were unaffected. Turtle Bay is a terrific place.
March 22nd, 2011 at 4:35 pm
This time they were not affected at all. We did evacuate all the cottage guests to higher floors in the hotel as a precaution, however, since they have a greater risk of damage in the event of an actual tsunami.