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P/GuNaL <br /> ( %ryr. 8 5 .3 <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Keawe Vredenburg [keaweehu @hawaii.rr.com] <br /> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 8:17 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Resolution 404-14, establishing CERT headquarters in Waimea (Kamuela) <br /> Aloha kakou. <br /> Because our town is equidistant among the north, east and west coasts, we are ideally <br /> situated to provide help from ocean disasters - tsunami, over-high tides, wave flooding, <br /> and from rainstorms all along the Hamakua and Kohala coasts. We are also not in a <br /> potential volcanic eruption zone, unlike all of this island from the southern edges of <br /> Mauna Kea to South Point. To be fair, we, like the entire north, east and west coasts are <br /> dependent on ocean shipping coming to Kawaihae harbor. That harbor has always been risky, <br /> suffering from frequent Kona storms, swells and tsunami and local Hawaiians have warned <br /> the Army Corps and Honolulu engineers about the conformation of Kawaihae harbor since the <br /> first wharf was built there in the mid-19th century. True to form, they have never <br /> listened. Waimea also has the island's third functioning airport with scheduled service, <br /> the only one not immediately proximate to the ocean. <br /> Included in the town are good educational facilities and, more to the point, sources of <br /> high-technology expertise represented by the headquarters for two top astronomical <br /> observatories and their excellent support staffs of engineers and technicians. Finally, <br /> surrounding the town are the largest and finest ranches and truck farms in the state, with <br /> their cooling and processing facilities. There can be little doubt that our town could <br /> survive on its own after disasters wrecked the two harbors and two of the three airports <br /> on this island. <br /> Given the credible potential for disasters on this island, our town is ideally situated <br /> for surviving and assisting those less fortunate with information, food, water, and <br /> medical services. <br /> Please pass Resolution 404-14, placing a CERT facility in our town. <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Dexter Keawe'ehu Vredenburg <br /> PO Box 6661, Kamuela 96743 <br /> 808-885-1904 <br /> keaweehu @hawaii.rr.com <br /> o C') <br /> On <br /> C-, <br /> 4 <br /> W <br /> .43 <br /> Comm. 811 c• <br /> Ref. To: <br /> 1 Ref. Date MAY 01 2014 <br />