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Cars lined were lined up at the McDonald’s next to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, which is closed with its parking lot uncharacteristically empty.
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Birds fly over Kailua beach today as most of Oahu waits for Hurricane Lane miles away.
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Birds fly over Kailua beach today as most of Oahu waits for Hurricane Lane miles away.
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Birds fly over Kailua beach today as most of Oahu waits for Hurricane Lane miles away.
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Few people brave Kailua beach today as most of Oahu waits for Hurricane Lane miles away.
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Honolulu police try and persuade metal detector hobbyists to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Honolulu police try and persuade metal detector hobbyists to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Honolulu police try and persuade Herb Knudsen to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Honolulu police try and persuade Herb Knudsen to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Honolulu police try and persuade Herb Knudsen to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Honolulu police try and persuade Herb Knudsen to leave the ocean at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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A man uses a metal detector near the ocean's edge as storm surge comes ashore at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Herb Knudsen uses a metal detector amidst storm surge at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Herb Knudsen uses a metal detector amidst storm surge at Sandy Beach on Friday, August 24, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hurricane Lane was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane and continued its northerly path towards the Hawaiian Islands, with an anticipated turn towards the west sometime Saturday.
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Aaron Sickel, of Aina Haina, watches large surf from Hurricane Lane at Halona Point today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Waves crash on the beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Waves crash on the beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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A man is reflected in the door of Foodland in Aina Haina Shopping Center today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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A Starbucks Coffee store is seen boarded up and sandbagged at Aina Haina Shopping Center today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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A Starbucks Coffee store is seen boarded up and sandbagged at Aina Haina Shopping Center today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Joe Mercado, delivery man for HPC Foods, wheels his cart under dark skies at Koko Marina today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Matthew Kaminer, 10, sits on the sand as storm surge pounds the beach at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Hawaii Kai residents Stacy Delmonte, middle, fiance Andy Alers, and Delmonte's son Matthew Kaminer, 10, watch storm surge and waves at Sandy Beach today in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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NOAA meteorologist Leigh Anne Eaton peaks at a hurricane update press conference today at the State Emergency Operations Center.
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Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell speak at the hurricane update press conference at State Emergency Operations Center on today.
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Alan Oshima, HECO President & CEO, speaks at a hurricane update press conference at State Emergency Operations Center on today.
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Hawaii Governor David Ige speaks at a hurricane update press conference at State Emergency Operations Center on today.
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HECO employees work on electrical lines along Liliha St. today as Hurricane Lane approached the island.
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Cedric Kinder takes cover behind a corner while talking on his cellphone today while on Nuuanu Ave.
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A pedestrian loses his hat by gusts generated by Hurricane Lane today along Nuuanu Ave. near N. Beretania Street.
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Volunteers prepare for incoming evacuees at a Red Cross emergency evacuation center set up in the cafeteria at Stevenson Middle School on Oahu.
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Stevenson Middle School is one of the emergency evacuation centers on Oahu. Sandra Kane is there with her family there as Hurricane Lane approaches.