PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Ua kaapuni ka Peresidena Obama i na kai o Panama City, Fla., ma kahi huakai i manaoia e hoomaka i ka hoala hou ana ma kekahi wahi i hoopilikiaia e ke Kaiono o Mekiko, i olelo ai na luna.
ʻO ka pelekikena, ka wahine mua a me ke kaikamahine ʻōpio ʻo Sasha i holo i ka lā Lāpule ma kahi moku huakaʻi, i hele pū ʻia me nā moku US Coast Guard a me kekahi mau porpoise lele, ua hōʻike ʻo CNN.
Aia lākou ma luna o kahi hoʻokele Navy 50-foot i hoʻohuli ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Bay Point Lady" no ka huakaʻi kakahiaka, wahi a ka Hale Paʻa.
Ma mua o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka Pōʻaono, ua haʻi hou ka pelekikena i kāna hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana no kahi wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka pōʻino.
"Ma muli o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe, maʻemaʻe nā kahakai a puni ka Gulf Coast, palekana, a wehe ʻia no ka ʻoihana," wahi āna. "ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu i hiki mai ai ʻo Michelle, Sasha, a me wau ma ʻaneʻi."
Ma kahi kaona hoʻomaha ʻo Alabama 175 mau mile ma ke komohana o Panama City, ua ʻōlelo nā luna e hana mau ana lākou i ka hopena akā ke lana nei ka manaʻolana e hoʻi mai nā malihini kauwela.
"ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai a ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻike i ka hana ʻana me ia - ʻaʻohe hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻaʻohe kumu a he lā ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft.
Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Maʻemaʻe nā kahakai, ua hāmama ka wai, a ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hoʻopakele i kahi hapa maikaʻi o kēia makahiki."
