Be Prepared
Cover Image: Masthead of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, printed on December 13, 1918. (Digitized from microfilm.)
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
We have been having a lot of bad weather lately. We, however unlike Hawaiʻi in 1918, have the Central Pacific Hurricane Center to keep us forewarned. Be prepared, and watch out for your family, friends, and neighbors.
The photos show the aftermath of different storms in different parts of Hawaiʻi.
Image: Rescuing party, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, during the great fall of rain, March 24, 1898—six inches of rain fell in six hours. Photo by Frank Davey. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 112615
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Image: Road flooded at Ewa Plantation, Ewa, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 1127614
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Image: “Hooino ka Makani Ino ma ka Moku o Keawe.” Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 13, 1918, p. 1. (Digitized from microfilm.)
STORMY WINDS CAUSE DAMAGES ON THE ISLAND OF KEAWE
The Wind and Rain Came Together with Major Damage Seen in Some Areas
THE RAILROAD COMPANY’S TRACKS IN HILO WERE LOST TO THE WATER
The Road in Waimea Flooded—Trees Toppled in the Wind at Kawaihae
The stormy winds that occurred in many areas of this city on Tuesday last week, also visited the Island of Hawaiʻi and touched slightly its large trees and homes, as well as its telephone poles, although damages were less; it was not like here in Honolulu.
According to accounts from the Hilo newspapers, the wind speed was around sixty to seventy-five miles per hour. And rain traveled together with the wind, but the force of the wind blew the rain so it did not fall straight down.
At Hilo Harbor, there was one large ship dragging its anchor. In order to save the ship, it was moved to Kūhiō Wharf where it was moored safe from the wind.
At Honokaʻa, the rain was much heavier. In just a very short time, there was seen three and a half inches of water. At Waimea, the roads were flooded, and in Hilo, and places nearby, the train tracks were lost to the water, and the train was not able to run the following Wednesday.
Kawaihae suffered the most damage caused by the wind. There were many trees blown over, so too were telephone poles, and as for the wireless station, it could not be operated.
On that Tuesday, the phone poles from Kawaihae to Waimea were all blown down by the wind, and it was not possible to talk on the phone the following day. That is the news heard from the outside.
Image: Road flooded at Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. ca. May 1940. Bishop Museum Archives, SP 1127613
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Image: Waiānuenue Street in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, flooded by heavy rains. Photo by Roger Coryell, 1950. Bishop Museum Archives, SG 120005
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This post is part of He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers, a partnership between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu with assistance from Kamehameha Schools. Mahalo nui loa to Hawaii Tourism Authority for their support. Learn more about this project here.
