Kahena robbery

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When we lived in Seaview we swam there, just not on the weekends, but there were a lot of times when we climbed half way down the cliff and just turned around because the waves were too rough. One other time it was calm when we went in, but really kicked up while we were swimming. We kept waiting for a break in the sets, and they just got bigger, and it was getting darker as the sun headed behind Mauna Loa. Some of those naked dread head hippies on the beach waited until we caught a break and made it back ashore, but I got knocked to my knees by a wave and dragged back a good 8 feet across that sharp black sand. My knees were pretty shredded, but we learned our lesson and never went into the water there that late in the day. I really appreciated the guys who stuck around until they knew we were OK, they just got dressed and headed up the cliffs as soon as we hit land, didn't even give us time to say mahalo. I also never felt self conscious about wearing a suit there.

Back to the OP, we lived in Seaview when we first moved here, and I really like the neighborhood, the people who lived there were mostly really great, eccentric in some cases, but good neighbors. There were some outbreaks of petty, and not so petty, crime down at Kehena even then. Gary Safarik was running for reelection and brought in a one day photo op clean up crew who knocked the shrubbery back a bit and talked about getting a call box put in, and then things returned to normal. I think the presence of a lot of naive starry eyed youngsters, who think it is all peace love and turtles, also brings some real predators down there, add the lack of good cell coverage or police presence and you have a recipe for predatory behavior.

Carol