Center for Oral History Podcast and Talk Story

Rod Mason, a resident of the Keaukaha area of Hilo, took this photo as he fled with his mother from the second wave of the 01 April 1946 tsunami, which killed 159 people in Hawai‘i. The waves covered cars and the clothesline. Courtesy of Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Presenters:  Lurline Wailana McGregor, Writer and Television Producer, and Ken Rubin, Professor, UHM Dept. of Earth Sciences

Title:  Experience: Hawai’i Life Histories—Survivors of the 1946 Tsunami