Updated July 8, 2019 for 2019 hurricane season As an island chain in the center of the Pacific Ocean, 5000 miles from anything, Hawaii is understandably concerned about sustainability, resiliency, and independence in the face of disasters. And the potential disasters are many: cyclone, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, nuclear missile impact... Hawaii Hazards Awareness and Resilience Program (HHARP) I lived or worked in every state on the East Coast. I've visited every state in the union except North Dakota. I have never encountered a State sponsored neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Team before, nor a statewide training program. Hawaii has 2 statewide training programs. The first is HHARP. This is the training and planning process every neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Team (DPT) goes through. Most DPTs are on Oahu, we have the highest concentration of people and state and federal resources that would have to be mobilized to the other islands in
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