Hurricane Lowell Relief: September 23 Update
Island Updates & Ways to Help
Three weeks after Hurricane Lowell, Kaua'i's recovery is moving into a longer, slower kind of work, the kind that calls for the same Service Above Self spirit that got us through the first two weeks.
Power Holds at 98%, and a Sept. 30 Deadline
KIUC remains at 98% restored, with about 732 members still without power, concentrated in Wainiha, Ha'ena, and Koke'e. Separately, the September 9 fire at the Lihu'e Civic Center's Kapule Building destroyed property records and closed the DMV. Property owners whose tax exemption paperwork was on file with the county should confirm their status before the September 30 deadline to resubmit.
Faith Communities Carried This Island
At St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in Kapa'a, Father EJ Resinto fed roughly 300 people with chili and rice cooked from defrosting pantry food. In Kalaheo, Holy Cross Church ran two days of distribution alongside LDS and United Church of Christ volunteers. And at St. Theresa School in Kekaha, families turned an expected two-day cleanup into three hours. It's the same spirit our own club tries to live by, ordinary people showing up for each other without being asked twice.