MENDICINO COAST, Kaleponi - Ua hoʻolaha aku nā luna o Stevenswood Spa Resort i kēia lā e palekana ka waiwai a me nā wahi a puni mai nā ahi ahi o Kaleponi. Eia hou, ke lawelawe nei ka hale hoʻomoana ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻomoana no nā luna ulia pōpilikia, mai nā mea manawaleʻa a i nā mea kuni ahi, e hakakā ana i nā ahi ahi e ʻā ana ma ia wahi.
"ʻOiai e loaʻa ana kahi uahi māmā ma ia wahi, e noho mālie a nani hoʻi mākou ma Stevenswood Resort and Spa," wahi a Connie Sackman, ka lālā o ka hui Stevenswood Spa Resort. “Maikaʻi a wehe ʻia nā alanui āpau e hele aku ai a mai ka waiwai no ka ʻoihana. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he mau haneli kelepona a me nā leka uila mai nā hoaaloha pili o ka hōkele a makemake mākou e hōʻike i nā mea a pau ua maikaʻi nā mea ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻO nā wahi kuni kokoke loa ma kahi o 30 mau minuke mai Stevenswood Resort Spa, a ua paʻa loa ia mau mea. ʻO nā wahi ahi nui ʻē aʻe he 45 a 70 mau minuke ka mamao, a ke puhi nei ka makani i ka uahi, ka lehu a me nā ʻōpala mai ke kahakai.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna kūlana ʻoihana-e like me ka maʻamau, ke hana nei ka hale hoʻokipa ma ke ʻano he home home no kekahi mau keʻena liʻiliʻi a me nā keʻena, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mau lekiō, kelepona a me nā laina fax no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻike a me nā kumu hoʻolālā. Paʻahana pū nā limahana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ko lākou manawa, a me nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu, i kekahi mau mea manawaleʻa.
"Ma ke ʻano he lālā o ke kaiāulu, haʻaheo mākou e hana i kā mākou ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e kōkua i ka palekana o ke kaiāulu," wahi a Sackman. "E hoʻomau mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia mau lawelawe i ka wā i manaʻo ʻia he pono e kēia mau kāne a me nā wahine koa e hakakā nei i nā ahi."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In addition to its business-as-usual status, the resort also is operating as a home base for several small departments and agencies, using its radios, phone and fax lines for information distribution and planning purposes.
- The other main fire zones are 45 to 70 minutes away, and the prevailing winds are blowing all smoke, ash and debris away from the coast.
- Additionally, the resort has been serving as a base camp for emergency officials, ranging from volunteers to firefighters, battling the wildfires raging through the area.
