Two-thirds of the single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that’s home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections. Many are single-wall construction, a style phased out in the 1970s.
A neighborhood of single-family homes in Honolulu. Two-thirds of the single family homes on Oahu have no hurricane protections.
Hawaii’s experience stands in contrast to the U.S. territory of Guam, where stronger building codes and years of rebuilding after powerful storms means most homes are now made of sturdy concrete. In May, a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph slammed into the island. The storm destroyed some older homes, but the concrete ones generally emerged unscathed.
Children play in the rubble left by the fury of Hurricane Iniki, Sept. 15, 1992, at Brennecke's Beach near Poipu Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. Homes built before the building code changes aren’t required to have these features, and few homeowners have retrofitted with hurricane clips like Pappas and Yasuda. Sixty-four percent of single-family homes — or 125,000 houses — on Oahu lack any hurricane protections, according to a 2019 study by Honolulu.
“But it starts with the individual house — taking a look at, ‘How vulnerable is my house to winds?’” he said.The U.S. territory nearly 4,000 miles west of Hawaii tends to have more — and more powerful — tropical cyclones because its sea surface temperatures are higher. The ocean around Guam is also warmer year-round, so cyclones can form anytime. Such storms are called typhoons west of the international dateline and hurricanes to the east.
To cool their homes, many people on Guam paint their roofs white to deflect the sun or plant rooftop gardens, said Kyle Mandapat, a spokesperson for University of Guam Sea Grant. Mandapat has even heard of people installing rooftop sprinklers and using drains to catch the water to irrigate their gardens.
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Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't readyTwo-thirds of the single-family homes on Hawaii's most populous island have no hurricane protections
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Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't readyTwo-thirds of the single-family homes on Hawaii's most populous island have no hurricane protections.
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Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't readyTwo-thirds of the single-family homes on Hawaii's most populous island have no hurricane protections
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Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't readyTwo-thirds of the single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that's home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections.
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Most homes in Hawaii aren’t prepared for hurricanesHawaii’s experience stands in contrast to the U.S. territory of Guam, where stronger building codes and years of rebuilding after powerful storms means most homes are now made of sturdy concr…
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