Re: hurricane Iniki
Posted by hanna on 9/20/2009, 2:56 pm
Hurricane Iniki (from the Hawaiian language meaning "strong and piercing wind") a cat 4 was a very nasty storm.  It didn't even pass over Oahu and they had damage.  A friend of mine was going to buy a condo on Kauai.  The condo was gone as were many of the buildings on the island lucky only six deaths.   I like many never even knew about it because so much attention was put on the aftermath of Andrew.   Hawaiians take care of their people but the insurance people gave them the royal shaft like they have done to FL.

"Damage assessments, analysis and summary reports show that Hurricane Iniki was a very potent disaster, costing in excess of $2 billion. The potential impact on Honolulu if it is struck by a hurricane could be as much as $30 billion. Many insurance firms cut back or left the Hawaii market. Because of this, many changes were proposed and took place in the housing insurance market."  This information comes from http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/iniki/.   I found this to be a good over all of the Iniki filled with lots of info.  
"While neighboring Oahu and Niihau also suffered damage, the $1.6 billion total for Kauai rivaled that of 1992's Hurricane Andrew in Florida, with a fraction of the population."  http://www.kiahuna418.com/iniki.html  They have some good pictures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Iniki_11_sept_1992_2358Z.jpg

http://www.hawaiilogue.com/kauai
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