Kiate kinautolu 'oku nau fie ma'u ke ma'u 'a e ngaahi fakatokanga 'o e pa 'i he kaha'u ki he saiti 'o e Kilohana, kataki 'o 'ave ha 'imeili kia Mike Hess @ michaelh@blastingtechinc.com , pea te ne tanaki atu kinautolu ki ha sisitemi 'otometiki. Te ne lava foki ʻo toʻo ha taha pē pe fai ha ngaahi liliu, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau saiʻia ange ʻi he ʻīmeilí, pōpoaki telefoní pe telefoni ʻotomētiká. Ko e fakatokanga angamaheni 'e houa 'e 24 nai kimu'a pea toki pa.

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‘Oku palani ‘a e Kau ‘Enisinia ‘a e Kau Tau ‘Amelika mo ‘ene kau konituleki ke fai ha sivi pa ‘i he ho’ata ni, ‘aho 16 ‘o Me, fakafuofua ki he taimi 1-3 efiafi ‘o kapau ‘e faka’ata ‘e he ‘ea, ‘i he feitu’u nofo’anga fakataimi ‘o Kilohana.

Ko Kilohana ko ha feitu'u 'eka 'e 34 'oku tu'u 'i he tafa'aki 'o ha hala toho 'o e 'akau ofi ki he Hala Wahikuli 'i Lahaina. ‘Oku lolotonga fakakalasi ‘e he USACE ‘a e kelekele, fokotu’u ‘a e ngaahi me’angaue mo teuteu’i ‘a e feitu’u ki ha ngaahi ‘iuniti fale fakataimi ‘e 169. Ko e poloseki ko ʻení ʻoku fakapaʻanga ia ʻe he Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻa e Puleʻangá (FEMA) mo e siteiti ʻo Hauaiʻí.

Ko e feitu'u 'oku 'i he maka fefeka, ko ia 'e fie ma'u ke fai 'a e blasting ke fokotu'u 'a e ngaahi utilities mo fakakalasi 'a e feitu'u. Ko e fakapa ʻe fai ia ʻe he Tekinolosia ʻo e Pa, Inc., ʻo Kihei, Hauaiʻi. Kimu'a pea lolotonga 'a e pa, 'e ta'ofi 'a e fefononga'aki 'i he hala hū'anga 'o e cane haul.

“ʻOku mau fakafuofua ʻe pau ke pa ʻa e kautaha aleapaú tuʻo taha he ʻaho mei he 1-3 efiafí ʻi ha ngaahi taimi siʻi he uike. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku kei faʻu ha taimi-tēpile pau ʻo e pā,” ko e lau ia ʻa Nate Walerstedt, ko e pule misiona fakataimi ʻo e ngaahi fale ʻo e USACE.

“ʻOku mau ʻamanaki foki ke toe lahi ange ʻa e fefonongaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lolí ʻi he feituʻú lolotonga ʻa e langá,” ko ʻene leá ia. “ʻE fai ʻe heʻemau kau konituleki honau lelei tahá ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e fakalavea ki he komiunitī ʻoku nau ʻātakaiʻí. Ko e malu, ke fakakau ai ‘a e malu ‘a e komiuniti mo e kau ngaue, ko ‘emau me’a fika ‘uluaki ia.”

Naʻe fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi savea fakamuʻomuʻá ʻe he kau ʻākeolosia ʻo e USACE, pea naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ha meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga fakafonua pe fakahisitōlia ʻi Kilohana. ‘E ‘i ai ha tokotaha ‘ākeolosia ‘i he feitu‘ú ki he ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē ‘oku fakahoha‘asi ‘a e kelekelé ‘i ha hoko ha me‘a ‘oku ‘ikai ke ‘ufi‘ufi.

‘E fakafuofua ki he mahina ‘e ono ‘a e ngaue koe’uhi ko e lahi ‘o e poloseki pea mo e ‘i ‘olunga ‘o e maka fefeka ‘a e feitu’u. Ko e taimi pe ‘e ‘osi ai ‘a e langa, ‘e tukuange ‘e he Corps of Engineers ‘a e feitu’u ki he FEMA ke fokotu’u ai ‘a e ngaahi ‘iuniti fale. ‘I he hoko ‘a e ngaahi feitu’u ‘o ma’u, ‘e lava ke kamata ‘e he FEMA hono fokotu’u ‘o e ngaahi ‘iuniti fale kimu’a pea toki kakato ‘a e feitu’u kotoa.

‘E fai ‘e he kau konituleki honau lelei tahá ke fakasi‘isi‘i ‘a e ngaahi fakalavea ‘i he lolotonga ‘o e langá, neongo ‘oku ‘amanaki ke fakautuutu ‘a e fefononga‘aki ‘i he langá.