Remember this? That was taken 5 weeks ago when Kelley was here. You won’t believe what it looks like today after we’ve been hit with 20-25 foot waves.

The folks from the newspaper were here. That’s how bad the erosion is right now, not just at my house but up and down the entire eastern side of the island. The Big Island is getting it, too. Thing is, these waves aren’t even associated with a hurricane, which makes me worry how safe we’ll be if one ever hits.

On the other hand, I’m expecting a call from another reporter any minute. After hearing about how much property we’ve lost all along the shoreline – and all because the city won’t permit us to guard against coastal erosion (our property) since that might result in beach erosion (their property) – the newspaper is just about as up in arms over the matter as I am.

Hell, if the newspaper can get results it might actually be worth knowing that the pictures they’re running tomorrow show me without benefit of a shower since the power was out, without makeup, and still in my pajamas at noon.

UPDATE: You may recall what my beach looked like back in April, and now you’ve seen the pictures above which were all taken prior to the second high tide hitting this afternoon. The aftermath is now worse. Much, much worse. My house is raised 3-feet off the ground, so we haven’t had any flooding yet although many of my neighbors have and the local school cancelled classes because of it. So far, nobody has had to evacuate their homes but about 30 minutes ago they let us know that tonight’s high tide (around 3 a.m.) may change all that.

So no Snark Hunt today. Sorry about that, but I need to go pack an overnight bag. Just in case.

UPDATE: Here’s the first of the Honolulu Advertiser’s stories, but no pictures. I don’t know whether they’re running another story later tonight or tomorrow, but Bruce Asato is the gentleman who came to take pictures at my house today.

From our local station, KHNL, comes another story. The pictures show a house about 1/2 mile away from where I live in Hau’ula.