Hope that the first hurricane headed toward hawaii would weaken as it moves west across the pacific. It did not. And now hawaii is poised to take its first direct hurricane hit in 22 years. Hurricane iselle is expected to hit the big island as early as this evening. Heavy rains and wind gusts up to 85 miles an hour are expected along with flooding in some areas. State officials are telling people on all of the Hawaiian Islands to get ready, but not to panic. The American Red Cross is setting up some nofrills shelters. Just providing a safe place to get out of the storm basically. There are no amenities, maybe no Running Water or food. Reporter and another hurricane, julio, is lurking right behind. Tourists and locals have been getting in some lastminute beach time. Bottled water and other items are quickly disappearing from grocery stores. And for travelers, Hawaiian Airlines did waive reservation change fees and fare differences today and tomorrow because of the storms. Roberta gonzal
Now the fourth, iselle, is expected to come ashore here in hilo in just a few hours. Workers at Hawaii Hotels are boarding up. Emergency responders are planning for the worst. A potential backtoback hit from a pair of powerful storms. Barney sheffield is the disaster coordinator for the red cross in Hawaii County and hes worried about potential damage to the islands ports. If it rains enough in hilo, we would probably catch enough water for people to supply, but theres a food problem. Theres a limited amount of food at any one time. Reporter ivan piilani has seen a hurricane firsthand. He lost his home to flash flood when it came through more than 30 years ago. Im not worried but pretty anxious to see what happens. Reporter drivers face long lines to fill up on gas and many rush to fill up on food and water. But within hours some store shelves were empty. We have run out of water and we might not get shipments of that until thursday or friday. Reporter by then iselle is expected to hav
Dont experience very often, two hurricanes and the first now zeroing in on the big island later today. Lets go to kpix 5s anne makovec live in the newsroom with more. Reporter the second of the two expected storms, julio, was just upgraded to a category 2 hurricane. Now hawaii is poised to take its first direct hurricane hit in 22 years. Hurricane iselle is expected to hit the big island as early as this evening. Heavy rains and wind gusts up to 85 miles an hour are expected along with flooding in some areas. State officials are telling people on all of the Hawaiian Islands to get ready, but not to panic. The American Red Cross is setting up some nofrills shelters. Just providing a safe place to get out of the storm basically. There are no amenities, maybe no Running Water or food. Reporter so we have iselle coming first then julio as i just said now a category 2 lurking right behind. Tourists and locals have been getting in some lastminute beach time. Bottled water and other items are
Expected to come to shore here in hilo in just a few hours. Workers at Hawaii Hotels are boarding up. Emergency responders are planning for the worst. A potential backtoback hit from a pair of powerful storms. Barney sheffield is the disaster coordinator for red cross in Hawaii County and hes worried about potential damage to the ports. If it rains enough in hilo we would probably catch enough water for people to supply but theres a food problem. Theres a limited amount of food at any one time. Reporter ivan piilani has seen a hurricane firsthand. It came through more than 30 years ago i im not worried but pretty anxious to see what happens. Reporter drivers face long lines to fill up on gas and many rush to fill up on food and water. Within hours store shelves were empty. We have run out of water and we might not get shipments of that until thursday or friday. Reporter by then iselle is expected to leave hawaii with plenty of water of her own. An emergency spokesman said if there is a
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Well obviously, you have to be on the watch for me. This woman stowed away on a flight from the bay area tonight. She explains why she did it. Tonight, that serial stow away is still out of jail, but christin, there are lots of questions. Reporter 52yearold Marilyn Hartman tried to explain why she snuck onto a plane at the san jose airport monday and flew to la on a southwest flight without a ticket. Im homeless. I had been in some pretty awful situations, and, uh, so i took desperate measures. And ironically, im a student of the 60s. I view myself more of a sitin at the airport. It got out of control. You were trying to demonstrate something . Draw attention to another issue. It was not the appropriate way to go about it. Reporter hartman says she has no family and has run into problems staying at homeless shelters. My debit card was stolen august 1 when i would have gotten a check for Social Security and i was in a shelter wher