From: teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima)
Subject: 10/1 Kauai Update
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:30:35 GMT

It's only been a few days since my late update, but I've gotten some
email requesting current info so here goes (according to the Hon.
Advertiser):

--Water: Tap water is generally available but authorities are
encouraging conservation.
--Electricity: About 20,000 of Kauai Electric's 24,469 customers are
still without power.
--Telephone: GTE Haw'n Tel says limited phone service has been
restored to about 50% of lines. They are still trying to figure out
how many of its 30,000 customers are without service.
--Food: Most commmunities have at least one store open but lines are
usually long. Military rations are being distributed and relief
agencies continue to serve hot meals at various locations, including
Disaster Assistance Centers. As of Monday, more than 211,000 hot meals
had been served.
--Lihue Airport: Scheduled airline service 77 a.m. to 9 p.m. All other
air traffic restricted.
--Military: Combined armed forces strength totals 4,118, including
Hawaii National Guard, Hawaii Air National Guard and other Air
National Guard troops. Plans call for the military presence to be
reduced to about 1,000 by next week.
--FEMA: As of Monday received 16,280 applications statewide for
disaster assistance, disbursed assistance totaling more than $2.3
million.

Homelessness predicted:
	Social service agencies are bracing for the effect of the
one-two punch of a depressed visitor industry and Hurricane Iniki on
Islanders at risk for homelessness. Oahu is seeing an influx of people
from Kauai, with people living on the beaches. Agencies around all
islands say their shelters are "pretty much full." Most of the
agencies are operating at maximum levels and anticipate "overload" in
the next 3 to 4 months.

Hawaii's harbors were no refuge from hurricane:
	State boating administrator reports post-Iniki damage as:
--$6.5 million in damage to the harbors. This does NOT include damage
and loss to boats in those harbors.
--On Kauai alone, more than $1 million worth of damage to the island's
four small-boat harbors: Port Allen, Kukuiula (near Poipu), Kikiaola
(near Kekaha) and Nawiliwili. This does not include damage/loss to at
least 60 boats in those harbors.
	Other harbors around the state that were affected:
-Waianae, Alawai and Keehi on Oahu. The electrical systems, including
pier lighting, will probably be down for some time. At Waianae, 60% of
the dock lockers were torn off the foundations. At Ala Wai, many dock
lockers were torn from their foundations and found as far away as the
Ilikai Hotel and Ala Moana Beach Park.
-On Maui, about 5 boats in Kihei and about 20 in the Lahaina-Kaanapali
area were damaged or destroyed, and the outer 2/3 of the Mala Wharf on
the Kaanapali side of Lahaina collapsed.
-On the Big Island, about a half dozen boats were destroyed by the
storm.

Military deployment on Kauai to be cut soon:
Operation Garden Sweep will be pulling up soon, with only about 1,000
left in the coming week.

For those of you who wish to donate funds for the victims of Hurricane
Iniki, you can either contact the American Red Cross, or you can give
to the Honolulu Advertiser's "Kokua Kauai Fund." It has received
$583,516.48 so far. You can send it toL Advertiser Kokua Fund, P.O.
Box 3110, Honolulu, HI  96802. You can make your checks out to anyy of
the following: Ammerican Red Cross Disaster Relief or Red Cross Iniki
Relief Fund, Salvation Army or Hawaii Foodbank (this last group does
real good work, BTW).

Thank you for your continued interest, support and concern.

Aloha--


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