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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
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a brush truck to control
the fire, according to a
press release.
Also involved have been
volunteer
firefighters,
Army firefighters and the
National Park Service.
The Puukohola Heiau
National Historic Site was
closed Monday and will
remain closed today as
staff survey damage to the
area and any risks to the
public.
The park may open as
early as Wednesday, the
NPS said, depending on
firefighters extinguishing
hotspots and archaeolo-
gists examining any dam-
age to cultural sites.
“Puukohola Heiau, the
massive stone temple
where King Kamehameha
the Great launched his
successful quest to unite
the Hawaiian Islands in
1810, did not sustain any
damage in the fire, nor did
the older Mailekini Heiau
below it. The homestead
site of British sailor John
Young, who served as King
Kamehameha’s adviser,
also appears unscathed,”
the NPS wrote in a press
release.
The fire burned 90
percent of the native and
non-native vegetation of
the 80-acre park.
The brush fire came
within “a few feet of the
visitor’s center and park
headquarters,” the NPS
wrote, but firefighters
halted it. Both lack phone
and Internet service, but
the visitor center still has
water and electricity.
“Weareincrediblygrate-
ful to all the agencies and
volunteers who banded
together to fight this fire,”
said Park Superintendent
Daniel Kawaiaea in the
release. “Thankfully, there
were no injuries to vis-
itors or park staff. We
also appreciate the kokua
from our sister parks,
Puuhonua o Honauanau
National Historical Park,
Ala Kahakai National
Historic Trail, and Hawaii
Volcanoes
National
Park, who are providing
resources and staff,” he
said.
A decision to hold
or cancel the 43
rd
annual
Hookuikahi
Establishment
Day
Hawaiian
Cultural
Festival, scheduled for
Aug. 15 and 16, will be
made by Tuesday.
“Our biggest concern at
this point is the safety for
the public, our employees
and the festival partici-
pants,” Kawaiaea wrote in
the release. “In addition
to the fire damage, there
is also a tropical storm
expected to impact us
later this week.”
Administrator
Darryl
Oliveira said the agency
is continuing to monitor
the storm and is working
to ensure all partner agen-
cies, as well as the public,
stay informed. Updates
are being posted online
at
.
gov/active-alerts and are
being broadcast on radio,
he said.
Current wind speed
probabilities for Kailua-
Kona indicate an 11
percent chance of tropi-
cal storm-force winds
between Wednesday and
Thursday mornings. The
probability of tropical
storm-force winds increas-
es to 14 percent between
Thursday morning and
Friday morning and 15
percent between Friday
morning and Saturday
morning.
Though wind is of
concern, Brenchley said
Hilda’s main impact to the
Big Island could be heavy
rainfall.
“A lot of times, with a
tropical storm or depres-
sion, the biggest impact is
going to be the rain. A lot of
times we get all the mois-
ture of a hurricane but the
winds are not quite as fast,
so, it sticks around quite a
bit. Historically, the heavi-
est rain producers have
been tropical storms and
depressions,” he explained.
“It’s still uncertain, but if
we do see it ride through
the islands, we do expect
there’s going to be a threat
for very heavy rain.”
The heaviest rain often
falls where winds from a
storm are heading ups-
lope, Brenchley said.
Should Hilda continue on
its current forecast track,
moving over the southern
portion of the Big Island,
the heaviest rain could be
expected in East Hawaii.
Should it track a little far-
ther north, a west or south
wind would result in rain-
fall along the Kona and
Ka‘u slopes.
“Anywhere could get
very heavy rain —we don’t
want to say one spot in
particular is more a threat
than the other at this point
it is too early to tell,” he
said.
With surf generated
by Hilda already impact-
ing Big Island shores, the
National Weather Service
has issued a high surf advi-
sory for east-facing shores
that will remain posted
until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The east-southwest swell
is forecast to bring 6- to
10-foot waves Monday
that are forecast to
increase to 8- to 12-foot
waves Monday night and
Tuesday.
Brenchley said wave
heights of 6 to 8 feet had
been reported along the
island’s east-facing shores
on Monday.
A hurricane warn-
ing is also in effect for
Hawaiian offshore waters,
including the portion of
the Papahanaumokuakea
Marine
National
Monument east of French
Frigate Shoals. Seas of 12
feet or higher have been
reported.
Hilda, the eighth named
storm of the 2015 Eastern
Pacific hurricane season,
peaked as a Category 4
hurricane packing 140
mph winds on Saturday
before beginning the cur-
rent weakening trend. It is
the second storm to near
the islands in less than a
week following Guillermo,
which approached the
state as a hurricane before
weakening to a tropical
storm and ultimately pass-
ing north of the state.
“Don’t use Guillermo
as a gauge for Hilda,”
Brenchley cautioned.
Also being monitored
Monday was disorganized
showers and thunder-
storms associated with an
area of low pressure about
1,300 miles off the tip of
the Baja California pen-
insula and an area of low
pressure that is expected
to form several hundred
miles south of Mexico
during the coming days.
Forecasters said both
weather systems have a
low chance of forming into
a tropical cyclone within
the coming 48 hours.
The Central North
Pacific and Eastern Pacific
hurricane seasons contin-
ue through Nov. 30.
HILDA:
Storm’s main impact could be heavy rainfall, wind possible
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National Park Service firefighters work to extinguish hot spots remaining
in Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site on Monday. The park will be
closed today, although it may reopen Wednesday.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PHOTO
FIRE:
Ninety percent of park vegetation burns; heiau not damaged
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