No mo Poi

[Kauai Kid]

As you cross the river into Hanalei there is an enormous field of Taro on the Mauka side of the road. That is the source for most of the Poi on Kauai.

The floods have completely destroyed the crop. I've met the family that farms the Taro and I sure hope they have crop insurance. A friend sent a picture taken from the overlook and Hanalei will be renamed Lake Hanalei if it keeps raining.

There was a landslide by Lumahai Beach that closed the road,.I understand it has been cleared.


My friends by powerhouse road are fine but I hope that dam holds because there are a lot of people that would get wiped out if the dam failed.

 

[slip]

There was a flood warning on the last Sunday we were there. The bridge by
Hanalei was closed for a short period of time. We were lucky, the weather was
Nothing like this. Hopefully this stops soon so they all can recover. Maybe it's
Not too late for the poi?

 

[slip]

I just looked and the north and east sides of Kauai were getting one to two
Inches of rain an hour.

 

[tfalk]

Hope we don't have Ka Loko 2.....