Hawaii Department of Transportation

The, uh, airport and, uh, Kauai's commercial ports closed, uh, on September 8th for Hurricane Lowell.

And, uh, Hawaii DOT since then had worked to get the roads and harbors reopened again, including, oh, good night, how'd I say that? Kau- the main harbor in, uh, Lanai.

[laughs] Starts with a K.

Which, uh, opened, reopened on September 13th.

The Big Island was expected to see up to 20 inches of rainfall.

The Hawaii Department of Transportation has posted several videos on Facebook showing flash floodings on the roads.

But before Hurricane Nalo, the island was hit by Hurricanes Lola and Lowell.

Hawaii representative Jill Tokuda says that no crop has been spared.

Young Brothers reports ports have reopened on Kauai and Lanai, but storm relief cargo gets priorities on the first barges.

HDOT is still doing repairs at Kamelapo.

Young Brothers hauled Hawaiian electric vehicles to Kauai so HECO crews could help restore the KIUC grid.

Mokulele Airlines has won a multi-year $19 million contract to keep flying to Lanai.

Hurricane Lowell hit the island Monday night.

The Hawaii Department of Transportation shared several photos and videos as conditions deteriorated.

Several roads and highways had to be shut down due to flash flooding.

This is Hawaii's third major storm in many weeks.

And that status can change quickly.

So if you're hearing this later, check HDOT and your airline, your specific airline.

If you actually happen to be on Kauai right now and you're listening to this episode, local officials and emergency alerts should be your primary source of immediate safety information of what you want to do, what you want to focus on.

But what I want to focus on for this episode is what this means for an upcoming trip, because I can't tell you the amount of emails and DMs that I've gotten and comments on on social media that I've gotten about, should I be postponing my trip? Should I cancel? So let's say you're flying to Hawaii in the next couple of days, next week or so.