08-14-2014, 02:21 PM
Well we learned again what great neighbors we have in this wonderful subdivision of Leilani. Family and friends are great to see during such trying times and can really help find or share a little humor even through the worst of times. We learned a full moon is very nice to have when the power goes out for a week. We learned where our safe room was in the house, and not to leave the propane on during the storm.
We are amazed no one was hurt or killed during the storm and feel very blessed not to have had a tree fall on our house. No matter how much we are prepared, the worst dangers of the storm were from geothermal and the county raised albezia trees. We have learned to have no faith in the department's of Hawaiian homes land, dlnr, Epa, or businesses like helco or geothermal. Maybe we don't have enough county workers getting paid enough pensions to handle the Albezia?. In my view the only problems or inconvienances iselle left behind were county and helco caused?.
We learned our votes here in Puna really don't matter or count in the big picture politics. We could not get out to vote and had no news to the transpiring events caused from the storm. Maybe Hanabusa did not need our votes anyway?. We learned that the schools could care less if your child falls behind due to missed classes from the storm? We have learned that the schools here are more like large baby sitting sessions so the parents can have a break and go to one of their 3 jobs to make sure they can pay Helco?.
We also learned that having plenty of coolers can be very useful at times, we learned that having access to a place to do laundry was vital. We learned not to go wait in long lines to get ice at noon at places like fire stations?. We learned the helicopters and military vehicles with national gaurdsman were there to help, not steal from the community for a change?. Many more things we are about to learn in the coming weeks and months especially if we have more bad weather on its way.
We are amazed no one was hurt or killed during the storm and feel very blessed not to have had a tree fall on our house. No matter how much we are prepared, the worst dangers of the storm were from geothermal and the county raised albezia trees. We have learned to have no faith in the department's of Hawaiian homes land, dlnr, Epa, or businesses like helco or geothermal. Maybe we don't have enough county workers getting paid enough pensions to handle the Albezia?. In my view the only problems or inconvienances iselle left behind were county and helco caused?.
We learned our votes here in Puna really don't matter or count in the big picture politics. We could not get out to vote and had no news to the transpiring events caused from the storm. Maybe Hanabusa did not need our votes anyway?. We learned that the schools could care less if your child falls behind due to missed classes from the storm? We have learned that the schools here are more like large baby sitting sessions so the parents can have a break and go to one of their 3 jobs to make sure they can pay Helco?.
We also learned that having plenty of coolers can be very useful at times, we learned that having access to a place to do laundry was vital. We learned not to go wait in long lines to get ice at noon at places like fire stations?. We learned the helicopters and military vehicles with national gaurdsman were there to help, not steal from the community for a change?. Many more things we are about to learn in the coming weeks and months especially if we have more bad weather on its way.