Posted on: Sunday, November 23, 2003
PHOTO GALLERY
Big surf aftermath
| • | Residents begin cleanup as high surf subsides |
Photos by Bruce Asato
Advertiser Staff Photographer
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| The second day of big waves on the east shores brought out curious spectators to Sandy Beach. |
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The second day of big waves on the east shores brought out the surfers to Sandy Beach where the rare huge waves were the rule today. |
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| Top: Josh McElury and Julie Schmidt sit on their car, one of many that was pulled over off the roadway of Kalanianaole Highway at Sandy Beach, where spectators got a good look at the huge waves hitting the beach. | |
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Left: The second day of big waves on the east shores brought out more people and made for a busy Kalanianaole Highway as onlookers pulled over on the side of the road to get a good look at the huge waves. |
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| Top: Kenneth Hee, left, and Zachary Matthews, 11, look under the bridge near Pokiwai Place in Hauula where they tried to clear the sand from blocking the drainage back to the ocean during the height of the large waves last night. They were not successful as the waves kept washing sand back. Many yards of homes in the area experienced flooding. | |
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Left: Jeff Tilley sweeps away sand from the bedroom floor as he helps his friend, Tom Coffey, clean up the devastation to his Kaimalino home. The waves burst through the patio door and swept through the beachfront home. |
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| Tom Coffey cleans up the devastation to his Kaimalino home. The high waves burst through the patio door in the area behind the sandbags and swept through the living room and kitchen of the home, also spreading sand into the downstairs bedroom and garage. |
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| Isaiah Tuifua, 14, and his brother, Pate, 6, lead their dog, "Fear" from its doghouse across their backyard, which was flooded during the high waves. The large surf washed sand under a Kamehameha Highway bridge which cut off drainage of the area, resulting in the flooding. |
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| Broken coastal vegetation and rocks litter Ahukini Road near LIhu'e Airport, where surf swept across the road, and ripped up sections of asphalt.
Photos by Jan TenBruggencate |
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Boulders lie strewn across Ahukini Road in Lihu'e Airport, the result of heavy surf Friday and yesterday. |
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A beach home in 'Aliomanu on Kaua'i's east side had already been undermined by coastal erosion, but last week's storm pushed the beach farther under the house.
Photo by Jan TenBruggencate |
