HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0132.003 2010-2012Tsunami Incident 1V -ch 11, 2011
By Brendan 7, I,rd
A isLmasni of 10 -12 feet in freight fait Napo'opo'o Vil)aae in Captain Cook at approximately 3
a.-n. on March 11, 2011. Tt.e tsunami drove water t Through the parking lot at the Kealakeku Z�
Bay State Park and over Pu' u l lenua Road to about,:, feet up Napo'opo'o Road leaving; Hurry
rocks and a distinct line of debris at the high water. ix �_k on - Napo'upo'o Road.
Soath Kona. CERT (mauka area) was mobilized by t'�-.y E mergency Operations Center ab out 8 ; ,s
a.m. Some members were seat directly to the coffee °i ill on Napo'opo'o Road at the DPW
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'�'�sdbzCr�.w - � se team was sent to assist police at tlkP intersection of Napo'opo'o Road and,
Puy u Tivima load in Captain Cool:, and a third tcam �,va3 sent to keep traffic back at the Ke'ei
Transfer station on Pu'u flonua Road..
1� l the intersection of Napo'opo'o and Pu'u 1- .oD .ua R 3�jd, about 40 people Iz ad gathered. About
v1e7Q *esidet is of the Napo'opo'o Village area. ) e balance appeared to be sightseers with
cw i- ioras. Several attempted to cross the police ling: into the *restricted area to take pictures and
=ice and CER1 members kept them in tl?- safe area. Sightseers blocked (lie road
!;;c.veral ti:nec with their cars and had t be made to move by police. Many had parked along the
si ae of tine road obstructing the downhill lane .leaving only ant: lane completely free and open.
�;ctes the roads being obstructed by rock and debris, we could , ,moll propane gas from leaking
tanks damaged in the tsunami. There was no gas expiosion. One donkey was rescued in the
e %tiv n'.orr..ra . by a Aieighbor and placed in another ne ;hbor's yard for safekeeping.
- e villager aroF-ided a water dispenser and. cups for everyone to use.
Vu. A ui`tbt: S urging was over by 11:00 a .m., but'thero. wa3 a lot of muddy water at the
noini a Varkini Beach.
B 1 1:45 a.rn., the CERT members at the bottom of Napo'opo'o Road were deactivated, by 2
n.., al CL1Z'k' members from the coffee mill and the Ke'ei Transfer station were deactivated.
er v-- c alm and professional in their handling of people trying to convince them to
allow tie public Lo enter the restricted area. The ;public did not succeed. Entr• was a1lUwed
w;-,en rocks and debris were removed from the roads.
CI RT 1.1tembers inchoded-
A tr the coftcc mill on Napo'opo'o Road roadbiock: >''l:art & Marlene Phillips, Juanita (last name
u- t'known). vzd Mike Yagi.
A. the Napo'opo'o intersection: Miles Mulcahy, Randy Lovato, Larry & Brenda Pond.
^' the Ke'.,- Trannsfer Station: Denims Hart, Louise Winn, and Wilma Place.
zn- age included:
e Total of ? houses totally unirAiabitable.
Cantu 1o. 1 3
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co 39ya 00>1 98Lb6Z8 9Z:9Z titiozieoiCG
@ At least 8 houses partially damaged.
s Shore is at 'least one household without homeo wner's insurance_
l' ouse owned by Onrdon i .f;slie damaged beyond recla� on Manir)i Reach Road.
House built on stilts Next to Leslie's house on Manirii Beach Road swept into
Kca a'.ckaa Bay whcsc it floated until late aftentoon and then sank. Orly the roof pea3:. is
visible on the opposite side of the bay.
Many old `sack walls wa.sltcd Uuwts vino Pc:'u. Honua 1«ad south from the intcrscction of
N'.V-po'op'Yo lZoad, Iwocks and debris covered. Pu'u Honua Road, At the tine 1 left, DPW
had mobilized 1 hnrkhne, 1 front loader and approxirnately 8 dump trucks to remove rock:
and debris from .roadways.
much of the debris floating on Kcalakekua. limy has washed up on the boach or sank,
;ejcl�adir�- one horse.
Vater filled the basement of one house on the rnauk r &, nurllt side v I'd 1e Ptt' a Honua
R ,, -)ad it^t Napo'opo'o Village-
There here is much water damage on the first floors on the makai houses on the north side of
the village,
T he g7ea -.5t damage to houses occurred on the south side of the village due to the
tsu :azrn be uncing off the north side of the bay and swooping south across Manini B
Sven Moei -e completely uninhabitable.
Rt cquested the DEM open Ke'ei Transfer Station to locZ; residents for disposing of
tsur�rni debris as they clean up. Drank DeMarco graciously granted this regE�est to the
great relie of the villagers,
13 Villagers requested police traffic control because sightseers are causing; traffic
conk estion, parUig; on private property, and obstructing the cleaning and disposal of
&-bris hoa led onto trucks which need to reach the traDsier station.
0 Vi lla ur:� rP.gneSt that county dump trucks would be helpful to the removal,