Largest swell in decades hits Hawaiian shores, 40-50 foot waves roll in

This, among other similar reasons is why the islands scare me to the point of psychosis.  If I would allow it, I could stand anywhere in Maui and picture myself on that pinpoint isle in the middle of a great and powerful ocean and totally freak out!   Then that would set up a chain reaction.  I'd freak at the airport too.  To make a long story short, I would be institutionalized in a padded room for the rest of my natural life.