| Hurricane Iniki 9/11/92 September 5 - 13, 1992 (HURRICANE INIKI) a very nasty cat 4. Hurricane Inikiki Natural Disaster Survey Report http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1992.php Images. http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Hurricane%20Iniki&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=582 Trivia, many do not know about the filming of Jurassic Park. The 130 cast and crew members, including the stars of the film -- Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough -- waited out the storm in a hotel. "This was a real zinger," Spielberg told NBC News of the storm. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/hurricane/poststories/iniki.htm The production notes for "Jurassic Park" describe the tense situation: The lush green resort-land near Lihue was an ideal setting for the Jurassic Park exteriors, but after three weeks of filming under the tropical sun, a real-life drama overshadowed the movie. Hurricane Iniki was fast approaching Kauai, and the crew was asked by the hotel to pack their suitcases and fill their bathtubs with water in case of future power and water shortages. Next, they were instructed to pack a day bag and meet in the ballroom of the hotel on the basement level. By 9:00 a.m. the storm was headed straight for the island. Kathy Kennedy recalls, "We started pulling all our supplies into the ballroom, and the camera crew was quickly packing their things in the trucks. But if you're going to be stranded with anyone, be stranded with a movie crew," says Kennedy. "We had generators for lights, and plenty of food and water. We were self-sustaining because we moved around on location all the time." ... Although the company had scheduled one more day of filming, the sheer force of Iniki literally struck all the sets. There was no power or working phones on the island, so at dawn the next morning, Kennedy jogged two miles to the airport to explore their options. "The destruction in the airport was unbelievable," she recalls. "All the windows were blown out in the terminals, and the buildings were full of palms, trees, sand and water. Every single helicopter had been tipped on its side." Thanks to her relentless efforts among airport and military personnel in Lihue, Kennedy was able to hitch a ride to Honolulu on a Salvation Army plane and began organizing from a pay phone. Over the next 24 hours, she not only coordinated the safe return of the company, but also arranged for more than 20,000 pounds of relief supplies to be transported from Honolulu and Los Angeles into Kauai. On the plus side, Hurricane Iniki provided some dramatic footage for the film. Spielberg and a camera operator went to the beach near their hotel to capture the crashing waves of Nawiliwili Bay. And, the hurricane did not deter the two JP sequels from returning years later to shoot on Kauai. http://hawaiifilmoffice.blogspot.com/2005/08/hurricanes-movies.html Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Vqn-Xjgpw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fZ67y3YJdI&feature=related These three are from same person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zye2IyVNbjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zye2IyVNbjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zye2IyVNbjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5v-7TDtfYY&feature=related http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6819874203962657200# Track: http://csc-s-maps-q.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/viewer.html |