Hey Rachel!

A 6.6 woke us up a little after 7am this morning and 2 more strong ones followed. We lost power at about 7:30 and was restored at about 4:30 HST. We had the radio on all day, but we thought it was only a 6.3...I didn't know until I logged online that it was a 6.6! The neighbor islands were able to get power back on faster because they're less populated than we are.

There's some damage to my house but nothing serious that jeopardizes our safety.

I hear that power is slowly being restored to the rest of the island -- some parts in Downtown Honolulu already have it, but East Honolulu's still in the dark, (and that's where UH-Manoa and hawaiiagd and her family reside).

Phone lines were jammed all day so I haven't been able to get in touch with any of the sisters...even via text messaging.

The Big Island had the most damage, and if anything everyone on Oahu's just inconvenienced by this darn power outage. But what can you do, right? I have faith that all the AGDs on Oahu are safe...they're probably in the dark, but they're safe.

Prayers to our sisters and the residents living on the Big Island, especially in the Kona District.

Now if only we could get this rain to stop! Mother Nature hates us today!