A tidal wave (tsunami) is coming to Hawaii. A woman who barely walks, confined mostly to a wheel chair, hears the sirens warning of the approaching tsunami, but cannot evacuate, and there is nobody nearby to help her, nobody to hear her cries for help. Meanwhile, a deaf man driving his car cannot hear the sirens, and sees no evidence of an evacuation. How can either be saved? Fate provides the answer to that question, as it has the man drive past the woman's house.