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Dam in Hawaii Bursts; Seven People Missing
AP ^ | 3/14/6

Posted on 03/14/2006 1:17:53 PM PST by SmithL

Honolulu (AP) --

A dam burst on the island of Kauai on Tuesday, and seven people were missing, the Coast Guard said.

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To: SmithL

I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and the rain here has been intense as well. But thankfully nothing as bad as a dam bursting. I have friends on Kauai. I hope they are ok.


21 posted on 03/14/2006 1:36:10 PM PST by Justice
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To: cmsgop

some 12-hour rainfall totals ending Tuesday at 8 a.m. (in inches):

Kauai:
Mount Waialeale 5.21
Omao 5.11
Lihue Airport 4.21
Wailua 3.75
Lihue Variety Station 3.43
Kokee 2.70
Port Allen 2.56
Hanalei 2.49
Hanalei River 2.38
Makaha Ridge 2.12

Oahu:
Kahuku 2.45
Kahuku Training Area 2.38
Kii 2.10


22 posted on 03/14/2006 1:39:00 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: SmithL
I'm on Maui. Bright blue sky and 80 degrees. Have not had any rain here except the usual windward and mountain showers. All the storms are going north of us and hitting Oahu and Kauai. That is why our motto is "Maui No Ka Oi". (maui is the best)
23 posted on 03/14/2006 1:39:53 PM PST by fish hawk (TU)
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To: leadpenny

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=117.886479,105.46875&q=hawaii&ll=22.204849,-159.387546&spn=0.076605,0.051498&t=h


24 posted on 03/14/2006 1:40:37 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: SmithL
Update from AP:

HONOLULU - A dam on the Hawaiian island of Kauai apparently failed Tuesday, sending torrents of water gushing from a reservoir to the Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard said. Seven people were reported missing.

Coast Guard spokesman Michael De Nyse said the dam burst was reported around midmorning.

It has rained heavily across Kauai in the past few days.

A Coast Guard helicopter was on the scene looking for the missing people.

State Rep. Hermina Morita, whose district includes the area where the dam burst, said a constituent who had spent the night away from home returned and was searching for four family members.

She said the Kauai resident, whom she did not identify, told her the force of the water swept debris into the ocean about three miles away from the constituent's home.

There was no warning about the dam's strength or the amount of water in the reservoir behind it, Morita said.

"I think everybody was taken by surprise," she said.

Ray Lovell, a spokesman for state Civil Defense, said he could not provide details because his office was still learning about the incident.

Kauai is the westernmost of Hawaii's main islands.

25 posted on 03/14/2006 1:41:46 PM PST by Justice
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To: KYGrandma

It's about a mile before you turn off to the right to visit the Kilauea Lighthouse.


26 posted on 03/14/2006 1:41:48 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: george76
Morita Reservoir, Kauai County, Hawaii Outdoors Recreation Information.

On the above page is a link to a "HIGH QUALITY TOPO MAP".

27 posted on 03/14/2006 1:43:06 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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To: george76

I am only about 4 miles from the reservoir that was breeched. And there is another reservoir that drains into the Kalihiwai River that is structurally unsound, and has been since the Corp of Engineers assessed it after Iniki. If that one goes, there will be another disaster. Reportedly, the 60 ft high Kuhio Highway bridge over the Kalihiwai River has experienced some scouring around the foundations. As a structural engineer, this is normally accounted for by deep drilled concrete piers into bedrock. But this is the 3rd world corrupt state of Hawaii where half-assed is deemed OK, so who knows.


28 posted on 03/14/2006 1:46:07 PM PST by KAUAIBOUND (Hawaii - paradise infected with left-wing cockroaches and centipedes)
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To: SmithL
I doubt if President Bush will be blamed for this tragedy. After all, most Americans don't know yet that Hawaii is one of these United States.

They know nothing about its government. They only know that it's the place they want to go for their 50th wedding anniversary.....and if they should meet the territorial governor of the islands, Don Ho, so much the better.

Leni

29 posted on 03/14/2006 1:47:46 PM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)
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To: george76

Prayers for ALL involved!!!


30 posted on 03/14/2006 1:54:43 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
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To: KAUAIBOUND

Keep us informed,take care


31 posted on 03/14/2006 1:57:31 PM PST by cmsgop ( I love Scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch)
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To: KAUAIBOUND

"Crews were concentrating search efforts in the area of Kilauea Bay known as Rock Quarry Beach."

http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=4279

How is your drinking water and electrical power ?


32 posted on 03/14/2006 1:58:05 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: KAUAIBOUND
Hope you are safe there.

But this is the 3rd world corrupt state of Hawaii where half-assed is deemed OK, so who knows

Not to worry, cheap, and p!ss poor construction here on the mainland is no different. They build cockroach condo's here in the desert southwest, the roach's are scrambling across the border at an unbelievable pace.
33 posted on 03/14/2006 2:01:54 PM PST by Issaquahking (It is now official---more detainees have died at UN detention centers than at GITMO)
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To: truth_seeker

Huh. I would have thought the bottom of the ocean, but......


34 posted on 03/14/2006 2:13:12 PM PST by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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To: fish hawk; BIGLOOK; Justice
"Maui No Ka Oi"

And, what say you two?

35 posted on 03/14/2006 2:14:04 PM PST by HiJinx (~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Easter/Passover ~)
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To: truth_seeker

I though the ocean was wetter.


36 posted on 03/14/2006 2:17:30 PM PST by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: george76

Power and water are fine. I'm not really worried, but I was just told by a guy who has been here that the Kalihiwai River bridge was constructed back in the 60's using beach sand in the concrete. The beach sand has some residual sea salt in it, which would contribute greatly to the corrosion of the reinforcing steel in the bridge. Not only that, but following Hurricane Ewa in 1982, the foundations of the bridge had to be underpinned. If the bridge goes down, the North Shore of Kauai will be effectively isolated. I just sent my wife to the grocery store in Princeville, so as long as my computer works, I don't care. As for drinking water, the skies will provide - we get from 85 to 150 inches of rain a year.


37 posted on 03/14/2006 2:17:49 PM PST by KAUAIBOUND (Hawaii - paradise infected with left-wing cockroaches and centipedes)
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To: Beelzebubba

Thanks, I finally got it loaded on my dial-up. My son and his family visited the lighthouse when he was back in Hawaii on R&R from Afghanistan last year. I got a postcard.


38 posted on 03/14/2006 2:21:52 PM PST by leadpenny
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To: KAUAIBOUND

Which is the "dry side" of Kauai?

Take care.


39 posted on 03/14/2006 2:23:04 PM PST by cll (Carthage must be destroyed)
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To: Issaquahking

Actually, it IS a lot worse here. The building departments on the mainland scrutinize permit drawings closely - but not here on Kauai. As a registered structural engineer with 27 years experience, I can testify that only about 10% of the construction has been adequately designed. The State of Hawaii permits architects to do structural engineering and I have found that some of these bozos are still using old-growth lumber stress values that have been outdated since the 1980's, and not a single one of them has a clue about designing for wind forces here in Hawaii's Hurricane Alley.


40 posted on 03/14/2006 2:23:30 PM PST by KAUAIBOUND (Hawaii - paradise infected with left-wing cockroaches and centipedes)
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