Mary Allen
ʻO ke kai eʻe he nalu kai e puka mai ana ma ke kai a pā i kahakai. Hoʻopau ke kai eʻe i nā mea a pau ma nā awa a me nā kahakai: nā moku, nā kumulāʻau, nā kaʻa, a me nā hale, a me nā kānaka a me nā holoholona. A laila, kahe hou ka wai i ke kai a poino hou aʻe. Nui nā kānaka a me nā holoholona i make i ke kai eʻe.
ʻO ke kai eʻe ma muli o ke ōlaʻi ma ka papahele o ke kai, kakaʻikahi ka pele i loko o ke kai. I ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai, ua pau ka wai i waho a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā ʻaoʻao a pau. Hana kēia i ka nalu e laha a puni e like me ka pōʻai. ʻO ka maʻamau, nui nā nalu me nā haʻihaʻi ma waena.
I waenakonu o ke kai, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kēia nalu. No ka hohonu loa o ka wai ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaʻole i kiʻekiʻe ka nalu. Aia naʻe ma kahakai, ʻaʻole hohonu ka wai, no laila pono ke neʻe ʻoi aku ka nui o nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi. Hoʻokumu kēia i ka pā wai maoli i ka wā o ke kai eʻe. Hiki iā ia ke ulu ma luna o 30 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ke kiʻekiʻe o kahi hale hale 10-papa. Hiki i kēia nalu kai ke luku i nā mea a pau. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pōʻino ma muli o nā mea a lākou e lawe pū ai me lākou i ka wā e kahe ana ka ʻāina.
Ua haku ka poʻe lawaiʻa Iapana i ka huaʻōlelo "tsunami". Aia lākou ma ka moana a ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike. I ko lākou hoʻi ʻana mai, ua luku ʻia ke awa. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo Kepanī no "tsu-nami" ʻo ia ka nalu ma ke awa.
Ua make nā ola he nui i nā kai eʻe i hala. I kēia lā hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo aku i ka poʻe i ka wā hiki iā ʻoe ke ana i kahi ōlaʻi ma ke kai. Eia naʻe, palahalaha loa ke kai eʻe ma ke kai hohonu e like me ka wikiwiki o ka mokulele. Inā loaʻa ka ʻōlelo aʻo, pono e haʻalele koke nā kānaka i kahakai a holo i kahi mamao loa a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, i kahi puʻu.