Monday, April 16

Kauai Flood...

Our beautiful Kauai is deeply wounded. Our favorite beach area in Hanalei is a disaster and hardly recognizable, in fact the entire north shore of Kauai is a mess. The following are photos of  the damage at our home and neighborhood caused by 32 inches of rain on the island in less than 48 hours.  Both our cars were totaled, fortunately the rest of our damage is minimal. Cleanup is going take time.  We are both exhausted and praying for relief from the rains. Thanks for checking in--please continue to keep us and our Kauai Ohana in your thoughts and prayers as they are predicting more rain beginning Wednesday . 
Val and Ron

Our beach car floated off and got caught on a fence row, our landlord's car traveled
the same line but continued on to the river and finally landing in Anahola Bay.


The lanai view of the back yard.

The water is running at over 4 feet in this shot

Trees and brown water

Our escape...somehow it didn't float away, but totaled :(

The water as it was receding.



Beach car

disconnecting battery so horn won't honk


The hood


You can see the high water line

New blue rain boots!!

Notice car on the neighbor's stairs




Inside the escape

Found my turkey

shoots....Monk seal ornament

5 comments:

  1. this is so heartbreaking for you and your hubby and for all of your Hawaii paradise.. unbelievable view from your deck, and your poor cars.. hope the rain stays away and allows for clean up. when i saw your post yesterday i feared for all the seals that live on your beaches. i know they live in the sea, but not this kind of sea.

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  2. How devastating and incredibly sad. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers♥

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  3. So very sorry for all of the destruction Val. Glad you and Ron are safe. John saw pics of the golf course he played on when we were there and it was flooded. I was having some blood pressure issues while we were there; glad we left when we did, otherwise I'd be having more issues.
    Hugs and prayers.
    Noreen

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  4. We cannot even imagine that kind of rain! When we were there some years back it rained really hard, flooding roads, etc. It was on the day we left so we didn't witness the rest of it but it was nothing like this! We hope everyone gets cleaned up and restored. We are glad your losses weren't worse!

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  5. How awful and scary. So glad you are alright and only the cars were lost.

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