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August 3, 2023
Global warming means Hawaii could face a big hurricane season — most homes aren't ready
By AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
Associated Press
AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file
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Children play in the rubble left by the fury of Hurricane Iniki, Sept. 15, 1992, near Poipu Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai.
HONOLULU — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to their walls with metal plates and nails so high winds of a potential hurricane wouldn't blow it away.
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