TOPEKA – He ʻino e neʻe mālie ana e hohola ana i ka hau, ka ua a me ka ua ma ka ʻaoʻao waena o ka ʻāina i hoʻomālamalama i nā alanui a hoʻopau i nā huakaʻi i ka Pōʻalima, e hana ʻino ai ka huakaʻi hoʻomaha hope loa akā e hoʻohiki nei i kahi Kalikimaka keʻokeʻo no kekahi.
Ua hoʻopuka ka National Weather Service i nā ʻōlelo luhi no nā ʻāpana o Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota a me Texas. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he pōʻino loa ka huakaʻi ma ia mau wahi a hiki i ka hopena pule a pono e hoʻopaʻa nā mea hoʻokele i kahi pahu ola hoʻoilo me ke kukui uila a me ka wai inā pilikia.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā alanui paheʻe no ka liʻiliʻi o 12 mau make mai ka Pōʻalua a ua ʻōlelo aku nā luna e ʻoi aku ka pōʻino, ʻoiai ma hope o ka pō.
Ua paʻa nā ʻōlelo aʻo ʻino i ka hoʻoilo ma waena o nā Plains a me Midwest, me kahi kapuaʻi a ʻelua paha o ka hau i kekahi mau wahi i kēia lā. Ma ke ahiahi Poaha, ua loaʻa i nā ʻāpana o Minnesota hema he 8 iniha.
Ua pani ʻia ka Oklahoma Highway Patrol ma ka hikina Interstate 40 ma El Reno no ka nui o nā ulia, akā e hana ana nā poʻe holo i nā hola he 12 no ka mālama ʻana i nā ala nui ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Texas Gov. Rick Perry i nā limahana koa a me nā kaʻa pilikia e kōkua i nā kaʻa. A ma North Dakota, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gov. John Hoeven i hoʻonoho i nā pūʻali koa mokuʻāina a me ka National Guard ma ke kūpaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Scott Blair, ka National Weather Service meteorologist ma Topeka, e lilo ana ka makani i mea koʻikoʻi, me ka wikiwiki o ka makani a hiki i 25 mph a hiki i ka 40 mph.
"He mea pepehi kanaka ka makani, ʻoiai ke kaʻawale ʻoe," i ʻōlelo ai ke kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Jim Reed i ka wā i kū ai ma Omaha, Neb., ʻoiai ʻo ia e hele ana i Lincoln e ʻohi i ka ukana pipi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna hopena pule hoʻomaha lōʻihi.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia mea i pahu ʻia, e like me ka pahu pahu hau e like me aʻu ... e like me ka peʻa nunui i ka makani," wahi āna.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia ke kiaʻāina ʻo Kansas Mark Parkinson e pani i nā keʻena mokuʻāina ma ka ʻāina ʻo Topeka i ka pō Kalikimaka.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Parkinson i nā limahana mokuʻāina ma ia wahi e hiki iā lākou ke haʻalele no ka lā ma ka hola 3 pm
Wahi a ka wahaʻōlelo ʻo Beth Martino, ua hana ʻo Parkinson e mālama i nā limahana.
Ma Kansas hikina, ua hele ʻo Tony Glaum me kāna wahine a me kāna kaikamahine i ka home o kona mau mākua ma ka ʻākau o Manhattan. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo ana lākou e noho i ka pō, ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i kā lākou huakaʻi Kalikimaka maʻamau i ka home.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Glaum, 43, o Leavenworth, ua ʻike ʻo ia a me kāna kaikamahine i ke anuanu o ka lewa.
“Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ea. Me he mea lā ua hoʻāla ʻia ma kahi ʻano ʻano ʻē, "wahi āna. "He hewa wale nō ka manaʻo."
Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ke kakali nei ʻo ia i kahi Kalikimaka keʻokeʻo: "Manaʻo wau he nani ka hau."
Ma kahi kokoke i 100 mau mokulele mai Minneapolis-St. Ua kāpae ʻia ke kahua mokulele ʻo Paul International i ka Pōʻalima a ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia he mau haneli. Ua pani ʻo Will Rogers World Airport ma Oklahoma City i kekahi o kāna mau alahele ʻekolu a kāpae i kahi kokoke i 30 mau mokulele. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā lohi ma luna o ʻelua mau hola ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Hobby ʻo Houston.
Nui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i lawe i nā pilikia.
ʻO David Teater, 58, a me Aaron Mayfield, 29, ʻelua o Minneapolis, e lele ana i Los Angeles ma ko lākou ala i Australia no kahi hoʻomaha luʻu. Ua hāʻawi lākou iā lākou iho i kahi lā hou no ka huakaʻi, me ka manaʻo e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia lākou ma kahi o ke ala, a hōʻea i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Minneapolis me nā mea heluhelu a me nā meaʻai ʻai.
"Ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ke ala holo," wanana ʻo Teater.
ʻO Nick Shogren, 56, a me kāna kaikamahine 17 makahiki, ʻo Sophie, o Park Rapids, Minn., e lele ana i Cancun, Mexico, no kahi hoʻomaha lā 10 ma Isla Mujeres. Ua holo lākou i Minneapolis i ka Pōʻakolu, ʻo kā lākou huakaʻi maʻamau ʻekolu hola e lawe i hoʻokahi hola ma muli o ka hau hau, a noho ma kahi hōkele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Shogren, ke kakali nei lākou i ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻomaha "inā hiki iā mākou ke haʻalele i ʻaneʻi."
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā lāua keiki muli loa ma ke kahua mokulele, ua hele ʻo Theresa lāua ʻo Frank Gustafson o Chaska, Minn., i ka Mall of America ma Bloomington, kahi i liʻiliʻi ai nā mea kūʻai.
"I kēia manawa ua pau mākou i ka lawe ʻana i nā poʻe ma nā wahi āpau, ua hauʻoli mākou i ke kakahiaka," wahi a Theresa Gustafson, 45, e kūʻai ana i nā makana Kalikimaka i ka minuke hope loa.
Ua hoʻolālā nā Gustafsons e hoʻi i ka home ma hope a noho i loko. Manaʻo lākou e maopopo nā alanui i ka Kalikimaka no kā lākou kaikamahine hiapo e holo kaʻa mai kahi kūlanakauhale kokoke.
Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻino ma ke Komohana Hema - kahi i pani ʻia ai nā ala e like me ka blizzard a hoʻoulu i kahi pileup e pili ana i 20 mau kaʻa ma Arizona i ka Pōʻalua - a hoʻolaha i ka hikina a me ke kūkulu ʻākau, e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai nā mauna ʻo Rocky a hiki i Lake Michigan.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā alanui maʻemaʻe a me ka hau no nā pōʻino i make i ʻeono mau kānaka ma Nebraska, ʻehā ma Kansas, hoʻokahi ma Minnesota a hoʻokahi kokoke i Albuquerque, NM Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻino lepo ma ka hema o Phoenix i kahi ʻano o nā hāʻule i make ma kahi o ʻekolu mau kānaka i ka Pōʻalua.
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokahi e lawe mai ana i ka ua nui a me nā ʻino hekili ikaika i nā wahi o ke Kai Kaiwaʻi a ma uka loa. Ua pani nā luna ma Arkansas i kahi hapa o Interstate 30 hema o Little Rock i ka Pōʻalima ma muli o ke kahe ʻana ma hope o ʻelua mau lā o ka ua nui. Ua hoʻohiolo ka makani kiʻekiʻe i kahi lāʻau ma luna o kahi home ma Louisiana, a make kekahi kanaka, wahi a nā luna.
ʻO ka makani ikaika a me ka hau i pau ai ka mana ma Nebraska, Illinois a me Iowa.
Ua koi ka ʻino i ka pani ʻana o ka Mount Rushmore National Memorial ma South Dakota a alakaʻi iā Gov. Mike Rounds e kāpae i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi a noho ma Pierre no ka Kalikimaka. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Rounds i kahi kūlana ulia pōpilikia i ka Pōʻalua ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka ʻino.
I ka Pōʻalima, ua ʻōlelo ke kiaʻāina i ka poʻe ʻaʻole e hoʻopunipuni ʻia e ka lull o ka ʻino, me ka hoʻohiki "e hiki mai ia."
ʻO nā mea kākau a Associated Press ʻo Martiga Lohn ma Minneapolis, Jean Ortiz a me Josh Funk ma Omaha, Neb., Michael J. Crumb ma Des Moines, Iowa, James MacPherson ma Bismarck, ND, Tim Talley ma Oklahoma City, a me Caryn Rousseau a me Michael Tarm ma Chicago hāʻawi i kēia hōʻike.
