Handover of registry didn’t inspire confidence

It is disappointing that the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission handed over such an unorganized registry of more than 100,000 people who could form the voting base for a Native Hawaiian government. The han- dover demonstrated a lack of transparency and does not inspire confi- dence in the commission, which released the list only after being sued by open-government advocates. The unalphabetized list of names it pro- duced under court order was not user-friendly. The groups that sued to get the roll ended up having to digitize the 2,020-page, hard-copy docu- ment into a more usable format. It can be viewed at http://bit.ly/1IjvUu5.

Check options now before having to flee

Plainly people living near the south shore on Oahu have cause for additional worry, now that the revised tsunami evacuation zones have been posted. Our map published Friday focused there.

But residents interested in seeing how close the new “extreme tsunami evacuation zones” come to their own homes can enter their address in the search tool at honolulu.gov/dem.html.

Back out of the zoom level and some interesting patterns become clear. Kaneohe Bay area is somewhat more protected, and so is the Kaena section of the Waianae coast. For most places, though, it would be wise to take a look — and prepare.