the Hawai'ian Islands are the most isolated group of islands in the
world. In a lot of ways this is a good thing...the protected beauty of
these islands, much slower pace, and the aloha spirit.
There are times like now with hurricanes, Iselle and Julio bearing down on
us that we realize just how isolated we are. People here take
things like this very seriously. If the power goes out (like it did once for 3 days) that
means no water pumping at the treatment stations. So we buy water and
fill bathtubs with water to flush the toilet. Always fill up the gas tank because
if the ships can't get here there won't be gas. People laugh "it's an island, where
are you going to go?". Might be, but it could take over a week for gasoline
to get here. That's why there's always a run on toilet paper.
Being so isolated has made the state put together emergency plans. These plans
really do seem to work. I think one of the biggest reason is that people
take it seriously and they work together.
We live on a very small speck in a HUGE ocean,
but being so isolated has taught us...
"plan for the worst, hope for the best"
I'm glad that's exactly what we did.
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