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Was the taxes collected over that last X amount of years properly spent to improve the infrastructure? It seems that I read quite often that water pipes have broken in Oahu and streets are closed because of it. I wonder, why does that seems to happen so much there?
You'll be pleased to know - that despite 8 inches of rain on parts of Oahu, no exploding manholes and broken water pipes from the hurricane.
Here's that pic I spoke of. The new wing to the mall is HUGE. Took this one Saturday during the plentiful rain. Location is just passing the Pi'ikoi light on Ala Moana towards Waikiki.
Here's that pic I spoke of. The new wing to the mall is HUGE. Took this one Saturday during the plentiful rain. Location is just passing the Pi'ikoi light on Ala Moana towards Waikiki.
I agree its huge. Like i said im interested to see the end result.
LOL. 5,000 gallons is barely newsworthy. Back in 2006 with the "40 days, 40 nights" rain we had, the city dumped nearly 50,000,000 gallons (50 MILLION) into our ocean. That's 10,000 X greater than the Honolulu Harbor spill this weekend. When it rains heavy ANYWHERE, wastewater plants will inevitably lose treatment capacity and will dump raw sewage into the ocean/lakes/waterways. It's a byproduct of rare rain events across the globe.
LOL. 5,000 gallons is barely newsworthy. Back in 2006 with the "40 days, 40 nights" rain we had, the city dumped nearly 50,000,000 gallons (50 MILLION) into our ocean. That's 10,000 X greater than the Honolulu Harbor spill this weekend. When it rains heavy ANYWHERE, wastewater plants will inevitably lose treatment capacity and will dump raw sewage into the ocean/lakes/waterways. It's a byproduct of rare rain events across the globe.
Further, better infrastructure planing and looking towards the future maybe helpful? Instead now and profits. Waikikiboy brought up a good point earlier that everybody ignored. Waikiki, kakaako and Ala Moana are built on groundup reefs. With the rising sea levels in the next 40-100 years there won't be anymore Waikiki, kakaako etc.
Further, better infrastructure planing and looking towards the future maybe helpful? Instead now and profits. Waikikiboy brought up a good point earlier that everybody ignored. Waikiki, kakaako and Ala Moana are built on groundup reefs. With the rising sea levels in the next 40-100 years there won't be anymore Waikiki, kakaako etc.
Honestly the rain fell at such a low rate this past weekend that flooding was unlikely. We dodged a bullet big time. If Ana nailed us head-on and parked itself over us for a solid 24 hours (like it did but just to the south of us), this island would have been completely wrecked. It would have been headline news worldwide - "Barely Category 1 hurricane obliterates Honolulu". The world will be shocked how such a "weak" storm could inflict such extensive damage in a developed nation. But not necessarily because of poor city/state infrastructure... but because most homes here are flimsy and unstable and cannot handle even sustained winds of 50 mph for long periods. Honolulu has never seen sustained winds over 40 mph in all modern history. 80 mph sustained for 24 hours would completely destroy this place.
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