Hawaii’s Emergency Alert

Maui News, Jan. 20: Three West Maui condominium complexes are being sued individually over shoreline access issues in 2nd Circuit Environmental Court by two environmental groups and two watermen. The plaintiffs are Na Papa’i Wawae ‘Ula’ula, a West Maui shoreline and Native Hawaiian practices protection group; the West Maui Preservation Association; and longtime West Maui watermen Kanamu Balinbin and Archie Kalepa. The defendants are the Napili Point II, Hale Mahina and Hoyochi Nikko, all condo [...]

If you are still reeling from last week's false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii, now is good time to learn more about our emergency alert system. Alerting the community to an emergency and how to deal with it has evolved well past ringing a bell in the village square to state-of-the-art digital technology to distribute messages. Alert delivery is built into cell phones and other devices, and there are a variety of apps to supplement the official government system. However, mistakes can happe [...]