Chapter Three“Hawaii is the most remote land mass on earth,” Lilly said. “The radio stations are all we can count on to stay informed.”
“I'll bet stranded tourists appreciate that,” Ciara said.
Between playing music and commercials, the disc jockeys aired calls for help with swollen streams overflowing and other storm-related problems. The small beach town of Anahola to the north had already sounded its flood-warning siren. Evacuation of homes along the swollen Anahola River all the way down to the beach had begun. Reminders being aired told people to get out of low-lying houses and to higher ground as copious amounts of water poured off the Makaleha Mountains.
Before they reached the Kuamo'o turnoff, sirens blared and vehicles on both sides jostled to the shoulders of the road. Fire De
