Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam, prompts evacuations (nbcnews.com)

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[−] tadfisher 56d ago
I was in Oahu last week in a place that experienced 10 inches of rainfall in one day. I had never been in a situation where stepping outside felt like turning on a shower.
[−] YZF 55d ago
Hawaii gets a lot of rain. IIRC there are some places that are amongst the highest rainfall anywhere. I experienced a flash flood on Maui near Hana. We were hiking there with no rain when we started and turned into torrential rain. Quite an experience. The campground turned into a swamp with knee high water.
[−] storus 55d ago
Regular thing in Hilo or Waiʻaleʻale.
[−] magicalhippo 54d ago
We stayed on the Kona side of the Big Island, but took a day trip to Hilo. Such a weird experience, going from dry barren landscape to a lush rain forest in an hour or so.
[−] longislandguido 56d ago
Is it me or is infrastructure in Hawaii in general really terrible and falling apart? Much more so than the mainland.
[−] PearlRiver 56d ago
All I know is that places like RoK, Taiwan and Japan get typhoons every year and pretty much the only thing that happens is that flights are cancelled.
[−] ilamont 55d ago
Not so in Taiwan’s east coast and rift valley, and sometimes in the lowlands. Regular road and rail washouts and sometimes whole bridges wash away. Southern cross island highway was closed for years the last time I visited the area.
[−] semicolon_storm 56d ago
Everything's more costly in Hawaii, including maintaining infrastructure
[−] GunnarHolwerda 56d ago
This is true we work with emergency management in Hawaii. Look up the Jones Act. All shipped goods end up having to hit the mainland before going to Hawaii which is a major contributor to increased costs of goods there.
[−] GorbachevyChase 56d ago
Well, this is not directly related to department of transportation is surprisingly helpful when it comes to providing information. Some states have absurd policies like a pseudo classification system for public projects like bridges as if the construction plans would tell you anything you couldn’t have seen with your own eyes or the bad guys are looking at rebar diagrams to find weak points. It’s just silly. HDOT on the other hand is quite laid-back. My assumption is that it’s because everyone is happy just living in a tropical paradise.
[−] user2722 56d ago
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[−] huijzer 56d ago
Hawaii again? I hope it’s not too bad for the non-zuckerbergs
[−] raziel2701 56d ago
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