Thinking about Hawaii?

Question

I was thinking about Hawaii tonight, wondering how they are recovering from the earthquake. I live in California and I have lived through several earthquakes, some of them were major quakes. I come to think of them as exciting events. I think quakes are a rare occurance in Hawaii and I am curious to know how they are dealing with it.

Answer 1

The effects of the quake were stronger on the Big Island than they were in outer islands, so residents of the Big Island have more pieces to pick up than others. The quake damaged two piers Kawaihae Harbor in Kona so badly that ships that normally docked in the Harbor were being rerouted to Hilo Harbor (on the west side of the island), and goods are being trucked over to Kona. Several houses and at least one historic church were damaged. Some of the major roads were closed due to mudslides, debris, and boulders.

Estimates of damage to schools, roads, businesses and other public facilities from the Oct. 15 earthquakes have topped $100 million. That does not include a tally of damage to homes by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which as of Saturday found 153 homes that suffered major damage, and 1,484 that had minor damage.

The council yesterday also received a new estimate on damage to county parks facilities of more than $5 million. Hardest hit were the Ikuo Hisaoka Gym, which suffered $1 million in damage and the Keokea Beach Park, which suffered $1.5 million in damage. The council heard a new estimate of damage to county roads that totaled more than $3 million and a new estimate to state highways on the Big Island that totaled more than $37 million.

County officials also told the council yesterday that inspectors have "red-tagged" 61 homes and churches, meaning they are unsafe to occupy, and issued 161 yellow tags that indicate portions of a structure cannot be occupied.

Like other disaster victims...people whose houses are destroyed are looking to friends, relatives, and FEMA for help relocating and returning to life as usual. Communities and the government are working together to rebuild some of the institutions that sustained damage as a result of the 'quake...and Governor Linda Lingle has asked the state to provide victims with financial assistance, should FEMA assistance be insufficient to help them rebuild.

Answer 2

I haven't heard about Hawaii. It's weird, isn't it, that is was such a big story and now who knows? I watched a show on the 1989 San Francisco quake. I remembered watching it on
ESPN as it was happening. It was heartbreaking to see the collapsed freeways and other destruction. The people in Pakistan that suffered that huge quake at Christmas last year are starting to freeze.

I hope that Hawaii can rebuild quickly. They have a lot of the equipment like cranes and lifts to rebuild.

Here's a link to news from Google:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=Hawaii+earthquake+&btnG=Search+News
It looks like there are problems with insurance
companies. I hope that the insurance and governments (federal, state and county) make the rebuilding happen.

Answer 3

I've learned through my own travels and dreams that there is a reason your mind dwells on certain things or people for that matter... it will happen if it's meant to happen... hawaii is a magical place, if you have the right frame of mind to be there... and if you are dreaming and constantly thinking about it, that means something. On a more realistic note.... check flights in the early spring, they go down to like 500 bucks... not bad.... and if you live in or near the cities, you can easily find a job within the food service/tourism industries, cause they are everywhere.... racism is not bad unless you are stupid, most people are very accepting.... housing is pricey! soo get a tent and set up on a quiet beach :) good luck

Answer 4

Thank you very much for caring about us here! I live on Oahu.. and while the Earthquake laster for a while.. not too much damage here. I heard over on the other Island they werent as fortunate.
Apart from the next day the quake being in our newspapers, nothing much more was said about it. No body died from our earthquake thankfully.
Apart from Blue October cancelling thier concert for fear of it happening again soon.. no one really said anything or cared.

Answer 5

And since i was in that area over the summer, I wonder how it may have affected the lava flow from Kilauea

Answer 6

i yhink about hawaii all the time