I ka wā i hōʻeha ka makani ʻino ʻo Harvey iā Houston a hōʻino ka makani ʻino ʻo Irma iā Miami, ua pani lāua ʻelua i nā kahua mokulele, ua hoʻohaunaele i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi o nā tausani o ka poʻe. He mau lā wale nō ia ma mua o ka wehe hou ʻana o nā kahua mokulele akā ʻo ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā malihini kipa i kēlā mau wahi ʻelua i hala mau pule. Ua hele mai ka ʻikepili mai ForwardKeys, ka ʻoihana e kōkua i ka wānana i ka huakaʻi e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻimi ʻana ma kahi o 17 miliona lele ʻana i nā hana i ka lā.
I ka hihia o Houston, hāʻule nā hōʻea honua i 56.9% i ka wā o ka makani ʻino (25-31 ʻAukake) a ʻeono pule a hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana o nā malihini kipa i nā pae mua o ka makani pāholo. I ka hihia o Miami, hāʻule nā hōʻea honua he 36.7% i ka wā o ka makani pāhili (7-17 Kepakemapa) a ʻeiwa mau pule a hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana o nā malihini kipa i nā pae mua o ka makani pāholo.
Ua like ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole ma kā lākou mokuʻāina, Texas a me Florida akā ʻaʻole i haʻi iki ʻia, me nā hōʻea ʻana o ka honua i ka wā o ka makani ʻino i 23.4% ma Texas a me 31.9% ma Florida. Ke nānā nei i ka manawa he ʻumi hebedoma ma hope o ka makani ʻino, ua hōʻemi ʻia ʻo Houston a me Miami i ka hōʻemi pālua ʻana o nā malihini kipa o ka honua, me 11.6% a me Miami he 12.8%.
Ma Texas, Dallas a me Austin i pōmaikaʻi maoli i ka wā a Houston i kaupalena ai i kāna hana mokulele. I loko o ka wā pōpilikia pōpilikia, ua lele ka 13.3% o nā hōʻea honua ma Dallas a ma Austin 23.1%. Eia nō naʻe, i ka hopena, ua hāʻule ka huakaʻi i nā kahua mokulele ʻekolu o Texas ma lalo o nā pae mua o ka makani pāholo.
ʻO Olivier Jager, CEO, Forward Keys, i ʻōlelo: "ʻAʻole e manaʻo kekahi i ka haunaele huakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi ʻinoʻino loa, i kahi kūlanakauhale nui o ka honua mua, e hala ma mua o kekahi mau lā. No laila, ke ʻike ʻoe i ka hopena o kēia makani ʻino i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā malihini kipa, e hoʻomanawanui nei no kekahi mau pule, hōʻike ia i ka nui o ka poino a lākou i hana ai.
