On August 16, 2026, Hurricane Lala left thousands of people throughout Hawai’i Island’s Ka’ū district without electricity, phone service, gas, and water. So the residents of Ocean View, a remote community with a population of about 5,000, began a grassroots disaster relief effort, organizing to provide information, supplies, and even helicopter transport to get commodities to impassable areas.
On August 16, 2026, Hurricane Lala left thousands of people throughout Hawai’i Island’s Ka’ū district without electricity, phone service, gas, and water. So the residents of Ocean View, a remote community with a population of about 5,000, began a grassroots disaster relief effort, organizing to provide information, supplies, and even helicopter transport to get commodities to impassable areas.
