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<br /> October 5~'', 2004 Page 2 <br /> <br /> Mary Brown, R.N. <br /> According to astate-maintained website on Natural Hazards = www.mothernature-hawaii.corri a <br /> damaging flood occurs on the Big Island every two years. But the averages don't hold for Hilo & <br /> Puna, where between 1980 ~i 1994 - 18 flood events occurred. <br /> The most recent draft update of the Hawaii County General Plan devotes several pages to <br /> flooding. "Present drainage ~ flood problems are mainly due to the "Development of Vacant <br /> Lands"...which aze often subject to serious flooding without any commensurate, coordinated <br /> development of new drainage systems or expansion of the existing drainage systems...the plan <br /> states. <br /> Due to the above information I am concerned about the decreased rate of absorption of runoff <br /> from heavy rainfall if this land is ever allowed to be developed ~i the alarming potential increase <br /> of devastation to homes, foundations, bridges, roads, cesspools, including human injuries & <br /> human lives lost. <br /> I personally saw the Waipahoehoe stream as a raging river during this Nov. 2000 flood as part of <br /> its downward courses behind the homes on the street below my home...Waipahoehoe is a <br /> tributary of the Alenaio water channel...and I also saw the Alenaio stream as a raging river ~ saw <br /> the damage done to Komohana ~ on down all along the bayfront due to the raging flooding <br /> Waters. <br /> <br />