I've been to Kaua'i multiple times as I contract for a monastery there. It is a very wet place and I remember the first time I've been there and saw houses buil

I've been to Kaua'i multiple times as I contract for a monastery there. It is a very wet place and I remember the first time I've been there and saw houses built on "high stilts", I remember thinking that was a smart solution for flooding on my own home country of Brazil where flooding happens annually. Then, after about 14 years without ever hearing about flooding over there in Kaua'i, this news struck quite close to home. I lost contact with the monastery on that day and then someone there messaged me: "heavy rain, the network is down". I didn't imagine the rain was that heavy... Lucky for them, the monastery is on high ground and wasn't affected as much as shore properties. Can't fathom what those in Hanalei might be handling, heck, I wanted to move to Hanalei for many years. Climate change is something that people in the US should take more seriously, I can't believe the amount of deniers in that country. It is very depressing to watch from afar as people deny science as if it was merely opinions. Kaua'i is one of the most amazing places I've ever been, somewhere I consider a home away from home. Can't believe that government will not take action to course correct their recent snafus related to the Paris accord. They recklessness will make beautiful places such as Kaua'i suffer. noho palekana, my friends.