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VIDEO: Pacific Tsunami Museum Opens New Science Room
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HILO - After an untie of the maile lei during a traditional blessing ceremony, docent Millie Uchima talks about the 1946 tsunami that destroyed the Hilo village of Shinmachi.

Video by Dave Corrigan and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, recorded April 16, 2016.

NEWS BRIEF

  • A brand new Science Room exhibit was blessed at Hilo’s Pacific Tsunami Museum on Saturday, before opening to the public for the first time. Various government dignitaries and emergency management officials were on hand to mark the occasion.
Proclamation and special message presentation (from left to right) - Chief Darryl Oliveira, Administrator of the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency; Marlene Murray, Executive Director for the Pacific Tsunami Museum; Marlena Dixon, a local representative of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz; and Vern Miyagi, Administrator of Emergency Management. (courtesy HEMA)

Proclamation and special message presentation (from left to right) – Chief Darryl Oliveira, Administrator of the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency; Marlene Murray, Executive Director for the Pacific Tsunami Museum; Marlena Dixon, a local representative of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz; and Vern Miyagi, Administrator of Emergency Management. (courtesy HEMA)