The jarring contrast between those holidaying and those hurting is hard to bear for many in Hawaii.
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That’s a bit of an incomplete quote. It’s referring to the other islands in the state.
“The rest of the state is open,” Tokioka said. Tokioka said rooms are available on Kauai and the Big Island, and that people “can find other accommodations.”
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If my house burns down, it has a tremendous effect on me and my circle. If someone else’s house burns down, it may not. We both need support in our individual cases, but life goes on. This is what therapy is for in my opinion, to not let others unaffiliated have a negative impact upon us. These folks experienced something traumatic, but I don’t know how much impact that needs to have on the greater island economy. I have never been there and do not know the culture.
