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Hawaii’s popular Kalalau Trail closes after 24 hikers contract norovirus — and many blame defecating squatters
NY Post ^ | 9/07/24 | Angela Barbuti

Posted on 09/08/2024 12:56:46 AM PDT by Libloather

A popular hiking trail in Hawaii had to close this week after 24 hikers became sick from what is believed to be norovirus — an outbreak many blamed on illegal squatters defecating along the remote path.

A portion of the Kalalau Trail on the Kalalau section of the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park on the island of Kauai was shuttered for seven days beginning Sept. 4, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources posted on Facebook this week.

The DOH received reports of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea from hikers who had been on the 11-mile trail, which runs from Ke’e Beach to Kalalau Beach, from as early as Aug. 14.

So far, none have been hospitalized.

“This is a very concerning and rare occurrence, magnified by the extreme remote nature of the Kalalau Valley,” administrator of the DLNR’s Division of State Parks, Curt Cottrell, said in the post.

“We appreciate the DOH guidance in helping manage and mitigate this isolated outbreak in the hope no one else is exposed or gets sick.”

Some think the trail should be closed for a longer amount of time and blame illegal squatters and unsanitary conditions there for the spread of the disease — and have expressed their concerns via comments on the DLNR’s Facebook post.

“Norovirus can remain in feces for over two weeks after the virus has been passed,” wrote Alex Soule.

“The park needs to be closed for at least a month after all the illegal squatters [are] removed in order for the valley to be safe to visit. Unsanitary living conditions perpetuated by those who illegally occupy the valley caused this and it won’t end until they’re gone and the campground is cleaned.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: hawaii; hikers; norovirus; squatters
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Don't feed the illegal squatters.
1 posted on 09/08/2024 12:56:46 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

What is it about progressive governments and human waste everywhere?


2 posted on 09/08/2024 1:09:34 AM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: rottndog

I’m surprised no one is building them a million dollar outhouse.


3 posted on 09/08/2024 1:55:16 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Libloather

Squatters? You mean there are no proper toilets? Oh my!


4 posted on 09/08/2024 1:55:50 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe qpqp)
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To: rottndog
What is it about progressive governments and human waste everywhere?

They do seem to have a certain affinity for things fecal, including their arguments.

5 posted on 09/08/2024 1:58:15 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe qpqp)
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To: Libloather

I’ve met many people that squat in the bottom of that canyon.
There are no facilities.
Its very isolation is its attraction.
I think cops and cleanup crews come in from the ocean, because it is such a nasty hike to and from the top.
Most hikers know if you take a dump. dig a hole, crap in it, then bury your feces, and the paper if used.
They must be tourists that don’t know better.
They certainly aren’t locals or experienced hikers
in primative areas.


6 posted on 09/08/2024 3:02:22 AM PDT by rellic (no such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: rellic

Check what I just said. I was thinking Waimea canyon trail.
This Kalalau Trail is much better maintained and watched.
I live on the Big island. So forgive my geographic error.
My comment is valid for Waimea canyon.


7 posted on 09/08/2024 3:12:13 AM PDT by rellic (no such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: Libloather
"Don't feed the illegal squatters."

They have plenty of food. I've been to Hawaii and I've hiked that trail in Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park. It used to be occupied until the 1940s by native Hawaiians and there are still many fruit trees growing wild on that coast. The land is very fertile and they will have no problem feeding themselves and growing marijuana. And there is plenty of fish in the sea for protein. If I was a bum and had nowhere to go that would be a place I would go.

That being said, if Hawaii ever gets cut off for a few months they're gonna be eating one another. It will be haole for dinner.

8 posted on 09/08/2024 3:19:27 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: rottndog

“What is it about progressive governments and human waste everywhere?”

The only difference is in appearance.


9 posted on 09/08/2024 3:40:01 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: rottndog

It’s because they’re just criminals.

The most basic of services from local government— garbage, sewers, roads, crime are just symptoms of the fact they don’t do abythigg by but steal.


10 posted on 09/08/2024 3:46:43 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Libloather

Hawaii used to be a great place to visit. I’ve been there numerous times from the mid 80s till several years ago on business and what a change. Homeless encampments everywhere along with trash... your basic liberal shxthole.


11 posted on 09/08/2024 3:51:26 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Libloather

I guess all the cruise haters now are going to boycott the HI “Petri dish”.

I can’t even imagine how awful HI must’ve become since we left there in the ‘90s. It was Heavenly.


12 posted on 09/08/2024 3:54:33 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: Libloather

Nelson: “HA, HA “

Kauai charges haoles above and beyond their expensive flights and expensive accomodations but now not for poop on the trails
(trails you have to pay to go on)


13 posted on 09/08/2024 4:02:12 AM PDT by A strike ("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
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To: wildcard_redneck

Don’t be too sure, I live right next to Parker Ranch, the country’s second or third largest privately owned cattle ranch in America. We have lots of cattle, pig, and goat ranches nearby.
Plus good hunting. Wild Goat, sheep, pig, turkey and chickens et al, running everywhere.
There are lots of farms in the area also.
The island bigger than Connecticut and only 200,000 year round residents, nobody will go hungry here.
We are not the Hawaii you see on the TV shows.


14 posted on 09/08/2024 4:02:16 AM PDT by rellic (no such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: Libloather

Sure, reward the squatters and penalize everyone else.

The correct solution is to get rid of the squatters from the very start.


15 posted on 09/08/2024 4:29:11 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Libloather
DOH?

DOH!

16 posted on 09/08/2024 4:42:48 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: rottndog

Squatters gotta squat.


17 posted on 09/08/2024 4:43:34 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Libloather

Not only do bears shit in the woods...


18 posted on 09/08/2024 4:50:48 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Libloather

It’s a crappy trail....


19 posted on 09/08/2024 4:54:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
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To: arthurus

And they don’t have enough sense to dig a hole, poop, and cover it up. Even the Bible told the Israelis fleeing from Egypt to cover up their poop.


20 posted on 09/08/2024 5:08:05 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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