ʻAʻole i haʻalele kekahi mau kānaka i ko lākou mau hale ma Leilani Estates.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o Mei, he Pōʻalua. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua pau ihola ka hū ʻana o ka pele a kahe mai loko aʻe o nā māwae he 12 ma Pāhoa. Akā, ʻo ia mau pua aʻe nō o ke ea ʻino mai ia mau māwae mai. Ua pau ihola he 35 mau hale i ka pele. Ua haʻalele ihola ka hapa nui o nā kānaka o Leilani Estates i ko lākou mau hale. Aia naʻe kekahi mau kānaka ke noho paʻa ihola ma ko lākou mau hale. He kanakolu paha lākou a ʻoi. He manaʻo ko nā luna aupuni o ke Kalana ʻo Hawaiʻi a me nā kānaka akeakamai o ka Hale Kilo Lua Pele Hawaiʻi, e mau aku paha ka hana a ka pele he mau lā, he mau pule, a he mau mahina paha.
Ua hoʻokumu ihola ka Panakō Hawaiʻi Mua i waihona kālā kākoʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Waihona Kālā Aloha no Hawaiʻi. I mea ia waihona kālā e kākoʻo ʻia ai nā hana kōkua no nā kānaka i pilikia i ke kahe ʻana o ka pele ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi a no nā kānaka i pilikia i ka wai hālana ma Kauaʻi a me Oʻahu Hikina. A he hiki nō i ka lehulehu ke hāʻawi aku i kālā manawaleʻa a hiki i ka lā 31 o Mei ma nā panakō he 61 o ka Panakō Hawaiʻi Mua ma Hawaiʻi, ma Kuama, a me Kaipana.
Ua nui loa ke kālā i lilo aku i ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Hawaiian ma muli o ka ʻauhau ukana a me ka ʻauhau kāpae likiki a hoʻololi manawa i ka makahiki 2017. ʻO ka huina pau, ua ʻoi aku i ka miliona kālā. ʻO ka ʻauhau ukana, he $81.2 miliona, a ʻo ka ʻauhau kāpae a hoʻololi, he $22.8 miliona. Ua like nō me ka makahiki 2016, he $104 miliona. A kohu mea lā, ua kūpaʻa ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Hawaiian ma hope o ia mau ʻauhau, ʻaʻole e hoʻēmi ʻia. ʻO kahi pilikia paha, e hiki koke mai ana ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Southwest ma Hawaiʻi nei. A ʻo ia hui mokulele, ʻaʻohe ʻauhau ukana o nā ukana mua ʻelua, a ʻaʻohe ʻauhau kāpae likiki a hoʻololi manawa.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Luahine moe nonō.
He ʻōlelo kēia no Pele.
Ke Aolama 