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It turned out that the waves were not so high as in 1946.

They hurled a cement barge against a freighter in Honolulu Harbor, knocked down telephone lines, marooned automobiles, flooded lawns, killed six cows.

But not a single human life was lost, and property damage in the Hawaiian Islands did not exceed $800,000.

There is little doubt that the warning system saved lives and reduced the damage.