Blog 22: Kauai: Part III
On the plane going back to Oahu, many stories erupted. The horrors that many guests from the Sheraton Poipu shared, deadened superficial exchanges between passengers. Landing in Waikiki we were somewhat relieved. Everyone was cheering when we touched down. At the same time we almost felt guilty. In some ways it felt like we were abandoning the people left there. It would be months and maybe years before a sense of normalcy could return. And there was reality again, getting in the way of our fantasy trip. We could go home, but many had no home to go back to, and I read that around 500 people lost their homes. Many other structures, to include businesses, luxury hotels and condominiums were added to the statistics. In Kauai alone, 5,800 people were evacuated to higher ground, but in some cases not before IWA began ravaging the southern part of the island in Poipu. Then the justification for the departure came. I’d seen Hawaii. Enough. Take your beaches, no thank you! I had the
