Sad to say, Vern Miyagi, administrator for the state agency, doesn't know what he doesn't know.
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HECO's flimsy, cheap wood power poles will all come crashing down as they did in Kauai. https://sometimesinteresting.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/iniki_2.jpg
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State could have worked with HECO to replace with steel poles as Japan does on Okinawa. Poles do not fail during a Hurricane. https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/pp-4.png
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State also could have added a minor charge to power bills, other small tax, and put more lines underground in older neighborhoods as many cities do. 
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State could work with gas stations, set them up for easy backup generator connection, but no.
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Sad point is our state is the perfect poster child for The Ant & Grasshopper moral story. State = Grasshopper.  It's what the state does. Nothing.
http://alltimeshortstories.com/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper/