A common hurricane tactic

[Rob Tucker]

It is not unusual for a state or county to withhold power, road and other repairs until the Governor succeeds in getting a commitment for federal assistance. The worst things look and the more overwhelmed the local governments appear the better the chances for federal aid.

Power may be out for a while.

I was on an east coast state crew years ago during and after a flood. We were ordered to sit in our base yard for about 18 hours after the flood peaked until the word that federal money had been approved.

Don't be surprised how long it takes to restore roads and power.

[Tink]

Might as well get on the FEMA website and get a jump on things and get in line.

Community begins with Aloha

[Carey]

HELCO has had all generating & line staff on call since the warning was issued...most of the staff was working through the night & is still on duty pulling 16hrs straight (some more) the unfortunate PGV dump placed quick time turnaround on the bump up generators, during the middle of the storm...

If you really want to think about it...trees down are mostly not on private landowners... I do know we cut back most of the trees on our small lot this last week, and the couple in the orchard we thought might make it without a trim snapped....

I also called one off island neighbor this morning as some of his trees fell towards another neighbor... If you have an off island neighbor with dangerous or downed trees, have you contacted them? We are the eyes for what they might know is growing...