onsdag den 3. marts 2010

The great tzunami hoax of 2010

As you have no doubt realised by now the Hawaiian "tzunami" of this saturday was in fact nothing more than a clever publicity stunt thought up by the good people of the Hawaiian tourist association. How do I know this? Well first of there was no tzunami now was there? I quote from the newsbroadcast during the time the alleged tzunami struck: "Oh I think I see the water receding. Yes yes im sure there was more water before. Something is definitely going on here. Oh wait the water is back. Ladies and gentlemen; We have just witnessed a tzunami striking the shore of Oahu." Ok some might argue that they did see a tzunami, all though I sure did not. I do however have more compelling proof of the great tzuami hoax. The day after the great tzunami we came back to Waikiki, still heavily traumatized, only to discover that most of the shops were already selling "I survived the tzunami of 2010" T-shirts! Now if this is not evidence to my theory I dont know what is.




On the day of the tzunami the danger felt pretty eminent, since there was no way of knowing the devious ways of the people of the Hawaiian tourist association. We simply had to assume that the threat was real. This gave me an opportunity to make some interesting observations on the way different people handle the prospect of danger. Being the scientist that I am I shall devide my observed specimens into three groups:

1) The ridiculously panicky: I am ashamed to say that the little ragtag band of survivors that I was with on the day falls into this category. We fled from the 15th floor (!!!) at 2.30 a night (8 hours before the earliest possible tzunami impact) into the hills where we spent the better part of 14 hours sleeping on the ground. We were safe as shit no doubt, but behaving like you are in a Roland Emmerich film is just not very cool.

2) The sensible: One of my friends packed his lunch and some water and headed up Diamond Head mountain 1 hour before the alleged tzunami struck. From the top he watched as nothing happned while he ate his sandwich and went back down.

3) The heroicly calm: A guy named Chris from my sustainablility class was very hungover and slept the day away in his first floor appartment by the waterfront. That guy is my hero.

Until next time: Dont trust the media!
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3 kommentarer:

  1. POP TART4. marts 2010 kl. 01.44

    As you already kvow, it's my birthday on march 23., I want that t-shirt!

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  2. Arvid4. marts 2010 kl. 03.59

    Nu har jeg luret hvorfor. Du troede den ramte det Hawaii, hvor du bor, men sagen er vist, at i de amerikanske medier, så er alt, hvad der ligger vest for fastlandet bare "hawaii". Som belæg fører jeg CNN, der her viser, hvor Hawaii OGSÅ ligger. http://www.wimp.com/thishawaii/

    Min Google Maps siger, at det Hawaii, de peger på, også hedder "Isla Isabela", men hvad ved Google om det? Så teknisk set løj medierne ikke. Én eller anden ø vest for fastlandet har sikkert haft tsunami. Bare ikke lige DIN hawaii. Mystery solved. I'd like to thank the academy :-)

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  3. Nis4. marts 2010 kl. 10.20

    Hahaha. Det er simpelthen fantastisk. Amerikanerne ER dumme som jord. Muligvis er din "alle øer i stillehavet er Hawaii hvis man er amerikaner"-teori korrekt, men jeg holder fast i min sidste statement: Dont trust the media!

    Og Louise, om du ved har jeg fødselsdag på søndag, så hvis der som forventet ligger en gave klar fra dig, så kommer der naturligvis en t-shirt tilbage din vej... ;-)

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