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From: Carolyn Silan
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 5:43 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Blood on your hands!
Yes, sounds dramatic but this is real! People's lives are at stake and there is no
question, in my opinion, that in the event of wildfire hitting Waikoloa there will be lives
Lost due to lack of sufficient egress during evacuation.
Coming from California we watched in horror at the people dying in their cars in the Paradise fire. This
should not happen to Waikoloa due to a lack of enforcement - of what appears to be both private and public
developers - ignoring the need for a second road and being allowed to build anyway.
My name is Carolyn Silan, a resident of Waikoloa Village. I lived in South Lake Tahoe, CA when a fire ripped
through the canyon leading to our beautiful town. It was a similar situation as we have here in Waikoloa as
there was only one way out when the evacuation orders were made. Town was paralyzed at a time when
time was of essence as happened here in 2021. We got lucky that time but we cannot rely on luck to strike
twice. I beg of you to vote for funding for the initial engineering of Waikoloa's second arterial road to be
included in the 2025 Capital Budget. Please accept Mr. Hustace's amendment. It will save lives!
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Carolyn Silan, PT, CEO, CEAS, CSCS (R)
Carolyn@TherapeuticConnection.com
Mobile: 808-289-0601
Fax: 808-731-6997
68-1873 Paniolo Place
Waikoloa Village, HI 96738
www.TherapeuticConnection.com
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