E lawelawe ʻia ana ka hana i mea e palekana ai ke Awa Kū Moku o ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 6 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
E hoʻomaka ana ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana aku i ke Awa Kū Moku o Lāhainā, kahi i pōʻino ai nā moku he nui i ke ahi o ka lā ʻewalu o ʻAukake. ʻAʻole i maopopo ka nui o nā moku i pōʻino, akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ua ʻaneʻane piha ke awa kū moku i ia pō. ʻAʻole i maopopo ka lōʻihi o ka hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi a me nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha kekahi e hoʻopiʻi ʻia aku nei ma muli o ka manaʻo, ua kū lāua i ka hewa, ʻoiai ʻo lāua ka mea nona ka ʻāina i mālama pono ʻole ʻia a ʻo ia ka mea i lapalapa ai ke ahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka hoʻopiʻi, ua ʻike lāua a me kekahi mau mea e hoʻopiʻi ʻia nei i kekahi hōʻike o ka makahiki 2014 e kuhikuhi ana i ka uluāhewa o ka mauʻu ʻōiwi ʻole e ʻā koke ʻia ai ke ahi ma ia mau ʻāina. He mau ʻāina mahi kō ia ma mua. A ma muli o ia mauʻu maloʻo loa i hōlapu ai ke ahi ma ia mau ʻāina ma ka lā ʻewalu o ʻAukake, ʻākeʻakeʻa ʻia kekahi mau ala e pakele ai kānaka, a ʻo ia ka mea i pōʻino ai ke ola o Rebecca “Becky” Rans. ʻO ia ke kaikamahine a Harold Dennis Wells, ka mea nāna i waiho i ka hoʻopiʻi.
Kau aku nei i ka hano hāweo ʻo Teani Arakawa o ka hui pōpō wāwae o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. ʻO ia ka Mea Pāʻani Pōpō Wāwae ʻOi o ka Pule aku nei i hala. A ma ka ʻAhahui PacWest, ua koho ʻia nō hoʻi ʻo Arakawa, ʻo ia nō hoʻi ka Mea Pāʻani ʻOi o ka Makahiki ma mua o ke Kikina. Mai ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo King Kekaulike i puka mai ai ʻo Arakawa. A ma ka Lāpule nei, ma ke kūʻē ʻana aku nei iā Kololako Kololako Pūnāwai, kāʻili mai nei ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo i ke eo ma ka helu ʻai he ʻalua i ka ʻakahi. A na Arakawa nō ia mau ʻai ʻelua, I kēia manawa, ʻo Hawaiʻi Hilo ka hui helu 12 ma ke ana manaʻo mua o ke kikina o ka Māhele II o ka ʻAhahui ʻĀlapa o nā Kulanui o ʻAmelika.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau.
Ka leo o ke ola.
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