OAHU'S NORTH SHORE
LAST NIGHT AND THIS
MORNING..CAUSING SOME
CLEANING UP WHAT THEY COULD, TO
PREVENT EVEN
MORE FLOODING.
ALEX CERBALL JOINS US FROM THE
NORTH SHORE
ALEX:
THIS PART OF THE STREET IS
SUBMERGED IN WATER.
WE ARE JUST PARALLEL OF
KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY
AND NEAR ROCKY POINT. CHECK OUT
THESE
FENCES TO GET AN IDEA JUST HOW
DEEP THE
46.34 N. SHORE RESIDENT CHAD
45.45 N. SHORE RESIDENT CHAD
He says it could of been much
worse, but his son
happening? Um huh. ALEX: What
was going through your
mind? if we would get flooded or
not. 47.34
45.16 CHAD CATALUNA, resident:
looks like we got some buckets
of cleaning items 45.20
water.
damage like this before.
The wall separated from the bike
path leaving a big hole.
48.39
Not too far from here, another
resident showed us the
Doug Deal tells me he had about
a foot of muddy water
52.04 DOUG DEAL: it came like a
river in here. It came
Doug says the drainage ditch
near the bike path, had a lot of
debris that ended up in his
home. So we checked with
the city to find out more about
when it was last cleaned. We
ALEX:
WHILE WE WERE HERE, CREWS CAME
BY TO CLEAN UP THE STREET. THAT
WAS AROUND 3:30
THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW WHEN THE
CONTACT THE RED CROSS.
ALEXCERBALL KHON 2
NEWS.
JOE:
TODAY'S BAD WEATHER HAS LEFT A
WINDWARD
OAHU SCHOOL WITHOUT A CAFETERIA,
AND KALIHI
BUSINESS LOOKING FOR A LONG-TERM
FIX FOR ITS
THE STORY. MANOLO?
MANOLO:
JOE, A TENT THAT HAS SERVED AS
THE
CAFETERIA FOR KE KULA O SAMUEL
KAMAKAU
TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF FLOODING
ON
COLBURN STREET.
that swooped down from the
Koolau Mountains around 6-
30 Wednesday morning. The tarp
was blown off and some
of the metal poles were bent.
Elizabeth Aulsebrook, School
Administrator: "It's the
mountain range the mountain
range pulls the winds and it
this area."
Aulsebrook tells me the tent is
normally taken down when
manolo: "How do you get it back
up?"
everyday and this is it. And
then a long range plan we're
raising 150-thousand dollars to
build a real facility."
The school has raised only a
thousand dollars so far so kids
are a long way from getting that
indoor cafeteria. In the
manolo: "Not ideal for the kids
I'm sure."
Elizabeth Aulsebrook, School
Administrator: "No but
On Colburn Street in Kalihi, any
significant rain presents a
problem for Sun Noodle. The
business is located at the
Ahmad Yu, Sun Noodle Hawaii
President: "The closest
is the one on Mokauea Street
which is about 400 feet away
from where we are."
cut it's production in half. The
company has a plan in place
to solve the drainage problem.
Ahmad Yu: "We're talking about
Ahmad Yu: "We don't see any
other solution at this point we
MANOLO:
FIRST STEP IS FINDING OUT WHO
OWNS THE
PRIVATE ROAD. WE'VE CHECKED WITH
THE CITY
FOR SOME HELP AND WE'LL GIVE YOU
AN
UPDATE IF WE GET MORE
INFORMATION. MANOLO