Anyone in HPP hear the chopper @ 5;30AM??

[nortonh]

We were rudely awakened earl this AM... Anyone know what the heck is going on????
Mahalo!

[frossie]

I heard it. Wasn't that motivated to leap out of bed and see if it was a tour helicopter or not.

[Kapohocat]

We were up. It looked a coast guard helicopter. The sound did make an impression but we were already up having coffee. ( I am going to assume that it was the same one as it was out just above the shoreline.)

[rbakker]

I don't know if they started that early, but a search has been going on for a missing woman (about 50 years old) since this morning.

[Tolleys]

We saw the orange and yellow "Hawaii County" helicopter much of the day today. Very close to the ocean cliff and low. We assumed it was a search... []

Susan

[Dave Smith]

West Hawaii Today had a brief today about the search for a missing HPP woman:

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/...ocal05.txt

which apparently explains what you heard.

The Trib's report Tuesday made no mention of the chopper search.