HONOLULU (KHON2) - The City and County of Honolulu will activate the island-wide Outdoor Siren Warning System at 4 p.m. today, Thursday, August 23, as Hurricane Lane approaches the state.
This is meant to alert the public to the potential of severe flooding from Hurricane Lane, and the possibility of damaging winds, and will coincide with an Emergency Alert System (EAS) message (text of EAS message attached).
The Attention Alert steady tone will sound for three minutes on O‘ahu only, as each county controls their own sirens. The Outdoor Siren Warning System on O‘ahu is the primary means of alerting residents who are outdoors about island-wide emergencies or evacuations.
At 4 p.m. when the sirens sound, service on TheBus will be free to all patrons, including transportation to the twenty (20) evacuation shelters throughout O‘ahu. This is being done now so that anyone who wants to get to a shelter can do so safely while there is still daylight. As of noon today, seventeen (17) of the city’s twenty (20) shelters reported a total of 350 people.
If you live next to a waterway or the ocean and witness rising water, don’t hesitate – evacuate and get to higher ground. Call 911 to report flooding conditions, or 768-CITY. In addition, be aware of the potential of landslides and rock falls if you live next to a cliff or ridge or valley
