Oh dear, as part of the after effects of the tragic earthquake that hit Chile earlier today, they are now expecting a tsunami to hit Hawaii!

We are getting married by a beach on the North Shore of Oahu in 2 weeks time, and apparently all coastal areas of all islands of Hawaii could be hit quite hard. This could leave us without a wedding venue...

I know this is a small problem in comparison to the tragedy that has struck so many in Chile, but I can't help but be concerned. If our venue is hit hard, we will be up a certain creek without a paddle.

I doubt highly that we could postpone it to a later time, as most of our guests won't be able to afford to make another trip to Hawaii. Some of them have already left to go to our wedding. Even postponing a day would mean some people wouldn't be able to make it as we have several guests flying out the day after our wedding date.

We could try to find another venue at short notice, possibly the Trump Tower in Waikiki where we are staying. But it is a hotel without any outdoor space, so it would have to be an indoor wedding. It would feel a lot like there was no point going to all the trouble and expense to plan our dream wedding if we just ended up having an indoor ceremony with a package hotel deal.

Our wedding insurance also doesn't cover fire, flood or acts of God, so if things do go pear shaped we won't even be able to get most of our money back.

We are keeping a careful eye on the tsunami as it approaches Hawaii, it is due to hit in 2 hours time. Fingers crossed it won't be too bad!