He treasured those geese. He had the only flock in the world. 11 of those birds, they were all free winged, right in his yard, on the coast, it was beautiful. But he knew it was vulnerable because they’d been a tidal wave in 1946. In April 1st, 1946, a huge tidal wave came in and hit all of Hawaii. Particularly it hit the coast of the big island. It killed 170-something people. It was the worst tidal wave in recent history, in terms of human death.
