Welcome to the end of the world Mayan style

It's supposed to be the end of the world tomorrow Mayan style. Hope you're ready for whatever happens, even if it doesn't. At least it's a Friday. TGIF takes on a whole new meaning.

For more news on the 2012 phenomenon check out those Google News results.

Tsunami reflections from a Hawaii boy

Having grown up in Hawaii I remember well the monthly civil defense warning drills. I remember gathering in the school yard of my elementary school and being dismissed to return home as the result of a tsunami warning and I'm pretty sure it was in May 1960 following the earthquake that had hit Chile and generated a tsunami which caused extensive damage and loss of life in Hilo. I don't think our family, which lived literally right next door to the school, left the area as we were on relatively high ground to begin with.

On a round-island trip to the Big Island of Hawaii in the 1970s I remember hearing about the 1964 tsunami generated by an Alaska earthquake that also damaged Hilo and visiting areas on the Big Island that had been devastated by another Alaskan earthquake-driven tsunami in 1946.

Most of today I've spent glued to the TV and the Internet monitoring what's going on in Hawaii.

My heart goes out to Chile and those affected by the 8.8 earthquake

My heart goes out to Chile and all those affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake early Saturday morning in Chile. I'm particularly concerned about Hawaii and the possibility of tsunami damage there.