Editor's note: Jim Newberry, AIS class of 1970, lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, and compiled this collection of news photos showing life in the aftermath of Hawaii's earthquake. The 6.7 magnitude quake struck the Big Island October 15, 2006. The photos come from the Honolulu Star Bulletin for October 16.

Spits and spurts - this is what it looked like in various facets of the prism of life in Hawaii last weekend after the earthquake. It’s hard to tell a story like this and the newscast I recorded just doesn’t do justice to the tales. Each Island really had unique experiences, since I am on Oahu, I think these peaks into life that day - here - say a lot more. In talking to folks afterwards, it seems that everyone kinda had their own experience, and I think that’s what these glimpses below offer.

Jim

Guests waited in darkness yesterday in the lobby of the Miramar at Waikiki hotel as evening approached.

After yesterday's earthquakes knocked out power statewide, people flocked to stores for provisions. As hopeful shoppers waited in line at Star Market in Moiliili, employees took people in one at a time to guide them through aisles in the darkened store.

Empty bread racks faced shoppers early yesterday afternoon at a Manoa market.

Yesterday's post-quake power failure caused a host of problems, including this incident below the 25th floor at a university-area condominium, where firefighters helped rescue a couple trapped in an elevator.

Oahu was without power after two earthquakes struck yesterday morning off Kona, and in Waikiki the outage continued well into last night. Taking advantage of emergency lights from the Shorebird Restaurant in the Outrigger Reef Hotel, Brandon and Brittany Kiebler of St. Louis relaxed on the beach rather than remain in their darkened hotel room.

People waited in line last night to enter this ABC Store on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. The store, and other ABC Stores in Waikiki, decided to let in a few customers at a time.

Suzie Wilson offered three tea lights for $5 last night to passers-by on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. Wilson and her friend Jenna Hunt came up with the idea while waiting out the power failure at home. The two made $60 in 10 minutes.

Pretty typical scene – candle light dinners in most homes on Oahu.

International passengers sat by their luggage yesterday morning at Honolulu Airport. The airport was brought to a virtual standstill after earthquakes and a subsequent power failure on Oahu.

Jim Newberry