King tides, causing flooding in Honolulu and on the outer islands is a cause for concern, but what makes it even more terrible is that the State and the City admininstrations knew about these "rising tides" for several years now and still have not bothered to put together any strategies to minimize the effects, it seems! 

As the old adage mentions: "forewarned is forearmed" and it's not like the City and State did not have advanced warning that the "king tides" were going to occur, yet nothing of substance has been developed to mitigate the effects and eventual damages that will occur.  A plan of action should have been in the works, but both the State and City are acting like "deer caught in the headlights" of an oncoming car and don't seem to know what to do about it.