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Tropical Storm Calvin has passed to the south of Hawaii island, which has escaped the serious flooding that was anticipated.
Further good news: Counties seemed prepared for something much worse. Hawaii County had shelters ready, and even on Oahu, officials had crews out in advance to clear trouble spots: a clogged drainage culvert in Waimanalo, a sand plug in a Waianae stream, a drainage channel in Ewa Beach.
Let’s hope residents don’t shrug off their own preparedness for the next hazard.