The lesson is that most here would be toast if a hurricane hit us here on Oahu, not that any of the
other islands would fare any better except for the Big Island where the two mountains, Mauna Kea and
Mauna Loa would probably break up some of the hurricanes impact.  We would fare no better than
Puerto Rico and things on Oahu would be dire especially as our water supply would not be accessible
without power and there are few other sources of surface fresh water. Looking to government, either
State or City for Hurricane preparedness would be useless.  People need to look to themselves to
be prepared with food, water, and other essentials and generators and fuel for at least 3 weeks if
not longer. Those who require ongoing medical care, dialysis, etc will be in dire straits very quickly
as our hospitals have very limited ability to function on generator power alone.  Maybe five days to 
a week tops.