Ma kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi hou i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka lā Lāpule, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ke Keʻena ʻOihana o ko nā ʻāina ʻē a me Trade o ke aupuni o Australia i nā "pilikia kiʻekiʻe" o ka hoʻouka kaua weliweli ma nā mokulele kūloko a me nā mokulele i loko a i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
I ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hopena kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ka US Department of Homeland Security i ka System Threat Level Orange no nā mokulele āpau a me nā mokulele, e like me ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. "Aia ma Yellow a 'kiʻekiʻe' no nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe a pau, e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia nui o ka hoʻouka kaua."
Ua komo pū ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i nā kūlana ʻino a me nā hoʻoweliweli i ka poʻe huakaʻi e like me ke kauoha a nā luna e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo New Orleans ma muli o nā hoʻoweliweli mai ka makani ʻino Gustav. Eia naʻe, ua nāwaliwali ka makani ʻino, i kapa ʻia e kekahi poʻe ʻo "ka ʻino o ke kenekulia," i ka Pōʻakahi, ua hāʻawi wale i kahi ʻōpala liʻiliʻi i New Orleans i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka waikahe pōʻino i lawe ʻia e Katrina i ʻekolu makahiki i hala.
"Aia ka wā koʻikoʻi, me nā kūlana ʻino, e pili ana i ke kahakai hikina hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.
I ka hele ʻana o ka makani ʻino Gustav i ke kahawai ʻo Mexico me ka wikiwiki o ka makani he 125 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kahi Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti a me Jamaica me 81 mau make, e like me nā hōʻike hou loa.
ʻEkolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hahau ʻo Hurricane Katrina i ka US Gulf Coast, a make ma mua o 1,800 mau kānaka a ua hoʻopōʻino ʻia ma New Orleans e like me ka US $81 biliona. ʻO Katrina ka pōʻino kūlohelohe loa i hele ai ʻo US ma kahi kokoke i ʻewalu mau makahiki.
