08-21-2015, 04:34 AM
Sept 5- 13, 1992
I was camping at Kalani Honua with about 200 kids from Parker School. LOTS of rain, huge surf at Pohiki. Wind I dont remember much so it must not have been bad. This was before time of cells and social media keeping us up on everything so the word "hurricane" was barely even mentioned - (and Kalani had no phone back then) until it turned the corner below south point and was heading towards Oahu/Kauai.
By the time I got back to Puako (as storm was just even with Puako - latitude-wise) there was HUGE surf rolling in there. But not tons of rain. Kawaihae was breaking BIG and you could see the waves as soon as you left Waimea where you can first see the breakwall at Kawaihae.
Kinda scary as we had just moved into our place on Puako Bch Dr - ocean side - a week before! We had an eight ft sea wall and the waves came up in minutes it seemed, and just lapped the top of the sea wall. We got some water in the actual yard but didnt flood the house (we were in a high spot). The house next to us - no sea wall, and lower than our yard got flooded.
ETA: this is back when a ocean-side beach shack in Puako was $800/mo and our friends all thought we were crazy for paying so much!!!
