Originally Posted by nitefr8r

A couple of years ago we had a a major earthquake on Hawaii Island. Shutdown airports state wide, fair amount of damage etc. Early in the afternoon after the quake I get a phone call. I answered it as I wasn't aware the phones were even back up and caller id wasn't working yet. It was crew scheduling wanting to know if I could get to HNL for the afternoon Oakland flight. I told them there had been an earthquake here. They answered that they knew that and that the dh's couldn't get in. I told them the earthquake was about 10 miles from my house and the airport was closed:

"Can't you just drive?"
"No, I live on Hawaii."
<silence>
"Hawaii is an archipeligo."
<silence>
"it's a chain of islands. I live on the southernmost one. Honolulu is on Oahu. I have to fly. The airports are closed."
"oh"