American Samoa | September 30th, 2009
10.02.09
My friend Jesse Horton of Rogue Studios is a very unique and inspirational individual. He’s what I would call a near perfectly balanced renaissance waterman. Half renaissance man, half waterman and 100% multi-talented. Jesse is currently in American Samoa where he is preparing to journey from Southern Polynesia to Hawaii aboard a double-hulled vaka, a primitive polynesian sailboat. The journey is multi-dimensional. Jesse and crew will be navigating celestially, in the ancient polynesian manner (without compass or GPS) and along their journey will be striving to not only come into contact with, but to bring attention to the critical conditions and dangers our ocean’s great whales are facing.
On September 30th, just three days ago, Jesse survived a near 2 minute magnitude 8 earthquake resulting in a tsunami. Jesse was residing near Pago Pago harbor, on the island of Tutuila where the tsunami hit the hardest. In between volunteering at the hospital Jesse managed to take some photos. Here’s a couple of excerpts from our recent communication, “Today we had an earthquake that lasted well over 2 minutes long and registered at nearly an 8. In Pago Pago harbor the island was hit the hardest, and there was a significant loss of life.” and “I spent some time in the ER at the hospital helping out and was quite overwhelmed. I think most of the staff were, as nothing like this has ever happened here. I managed to take some pictures this afternoon, and hope that they convey the feelings I experienced today. It was as close as I can imagine it is like to be in a war zone.” You can see some of Jesse’s pics below, and more here.
Tags: American Samoa, Jesse Horton, Pago Pago Harbor, Rogue Studios
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