Hurricane Iniki was the event that got me back into preparedness in the 90's- Hawaii definitely reminds you of how fragile the infrastructure can be, more so when you realize there is nowhere to "bug out". Our thoughts are with you, bruddah.

We went to Holiday Mart (now Daiei?) at 6 a.m., already sold out of rice (of course), batteries, and candles. When we began to mobilize our staff (we were healthcare workers) everyone was home cooking rice and buying or making Musubi. It was hard to get folks moving, but once their families were secured, we got our patients squared away and then went home to ride it out.

We took a walk into Waikiki, the tourists were freaking out, I recall a Honolulu PD car driving up and down Kalakaua Avenue (it's one way, but had been closed) shouting through his PA "Get of the beach 'fore one coconut hit you in da head, brah". In English (pidgin) and Japanese.

Only time I've ever seen the beaches of Waikiki completely empty, it was surreal.

Hope you had your rice, Aloha! Aloha.