Makau ʻo Samoa i ka "kai eʻe ʻelua" o nā hoʻokahakaha hoʻomaha

APIA, Samoa - Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ʻo Samoa hopohopo ʻo ia i kahi "kai eʻe ʻelua" o nā hoʻokahakaha hoʻomaha ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā ōlaʻi e nā ʻōlaʻi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā ʻōlaʻi a me nā hōkele kai manuahi o ka Pakipika Hema.

ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻoihana nui a Samoa, a ʻo nā ʻelele ʻoihana huakaʻi e kipa aku ana i ka mokupuni hema i hōʻino ʻia i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka Pōʻalima e pili ana i ka hapaha o nā wahi hoʻokipa i luku ʻia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nynette Sass, ka luna nui o ka Hui Hōkele ʻo Samoa, ua pīhoihoi ka ʻoihana e nā hōʻike anecdotal o nā hoʻopau hoʻomaha nui mai ka pōʻino o ka Poalua.

"Inā hoʻomaka ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻopau, e like ia me ke kai eʻe ʻelua ma luna o mākou," wahi a Sass. ʻO ka ʻoihana ka 25 pākēneka o ka huahana kūloko nui o ka ʻāina, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o ka poʻe make i 170, a ʻo 129 hoʻi ma Samoa, 32 ma nā panalāʻau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a ʻeiwa ma Tonga.

Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā lawelawe uila a me ka wai ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā kauhale i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma Samoa a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe kamaʻāina e hoʻi i nā mea i koe o ko lākou ola.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e nā ʻelele ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Samoa ʻo ka poino ma ke kapakai hikina o ka mokupuni nui o Upolu i komo pū me ʻehā mau hōkele a ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 mau hana a ka ʻohana i hoʻolimalima ʻia i nā hale kuʻuna maʻalahi i kapa ʻia ʻo hale.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sass ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā mea huakaʻi i ke kai eʻe i luku ʻia i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ke kahakai, ʻoiai ʻo ka wahi kahakai ʻoi loa ka maikaʻi, ma waena o nā kauhale o Saleapaga a me Lalomanu, i ʻike nui ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he nani loa.

"Minamina mākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻoia i ka poʻe ʻaʻole ia ʻo ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa ka wai i kahe, aia nō nā ʻōnaehana a me ka holo wikiwiki ʻana o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sass he mea nui ka kōkua ʻana o ke aupuni i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kahi ʻoihana hoʻokipa e waiwai ana he 300 miliona kālā Samoa ($ 130 miliona) i ka makahiki.

ʻO ke kaomi hou aku naʻe, ke ola o nā kamaʻāina.

Ua ʻōlelo ke kiaʻāina ʻo ʻAmelike ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Tulafono Law e hoʻokumu kahi keʻena ʻo Federal Emergency Management Agency i kahi keʻena kahi e hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina neʻe ke loaʻa i nā kōkua hale.

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna e loli ana ka nānā ʻana mai ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā ola i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea ola i ka meaʻai, ka wai a me ka mana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ken Tingman, ka luna hoʻomalu pekelala o ka mokuʻāina ʻo FEMA, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo no ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mea nalowale no ka poʻe make.

"ʻAʻole loa ʻoe e haʻalele i ka manaʻolana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua manaʻo ʻo Tingman kokoke i nā panalāʻau āpau e loaʻa ka mana mai nā mea hana i loko o ʻekolu a ʻelima mau lā.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tauleʻalea Laavasa, ka luna o ke Kōmike aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo kūloko no ke aupuni Samoa, ua holo maikaʻi nā hana kōkua me ke kōkua o nā hoalauna e like me New Zealand a me Australia.

Akā hōʻole ka nui o nā mea i pakele e hoʻi i ko lākou mau kauhale.

“Makaʻu lākou; ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka ʻike ʻana i ka make ʻana o kā lākou mau pilina ma nā helu he nui, "i ʻōlelo ʻo Laavasa.

Ua koi ʻia kekahi mau Samoa e haʻalele i nā hana kanu kupapaʻu no ka mea ua hala ko lākou mau kauhale. Ua pono i nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe e hoʻolalelale i ke kanu ʻana no ka mea ua loaʻa nā kino o nā mea aloha i loko o ia mau mokuʻāina popopo.

I Samoa, ua hāpai ke aupuni i ka hoʻolewa lehulehu a me ke kanu ʻana i kēia pule aʻe.

ʻO ke kauhale o Leone, ke kikowaena o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma ka mokupuni, kahi ʻāina pōʻino o ka ʻōpala. ʻO nā hale hālāwai kahakai ʻo ia ke kikowaena o nā hana moʻomeheu a me nā hālāwai ʻohana i luku ʻia. Ua kuʻi ʻia kahi van i kahuli ʻia i ka hale o hoʻokahi hale kahakai.

Kuhi ka poʻe noho Leone i ke kai eʻe i luku ʻia ma kahi o ka hapakolu o ke kauhale, nona ka nui o 3,000. He ʻelemakule a he kamaliʻi paha ka hapa nui o nā mea i hōʻino ʻia. ʻEhā mau kamaʻāina i luku ʻia i ka hana ʻana i nā limahana ma kahakai.

Ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua koa koa a me nā mokulele mokulele mai ka Puʻukū Aupuni ʻo Hawaii i loaʻa ka hana hōʻeha puʻuwai i ka Pōʻalima o ka ʻimi ʻana ma waena o nā ʻōpala lepo o ke kauhale no kahi keiki kāne 6 makahiki i hala i kapa ʻia ʻo Columbus Sulivai.

ʻO Bill Hopkinson, kahi aliʻi o nā kauhale, ua hele ke keiki i ke kula me kona mau kaikuahine. "I ka wā o ke ōlaʻi, ma kahi o ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻi mai lākou i ka home," i ʻōlelo ʻo Hopkinson. Make nā kaikamahine ʻelua.