Welina mai iā Natique, kāu hale kūʻai hoʻokahi no nā lāʻau makika ʻala. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia kā mākou huahana mai nā mea hoʻolako hilinaʻi a me nā mea hana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa no kā mākou mea kūʻai. Me kā mākou mau koho kūʻai nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i kēia mau mea koʻikoʻi a hāʻawi i kāu mea kūʻai aku me ka palekana hilinaʻi mai nā namu pesky. Ma Natique, haʻaheo mākou iā mākou iho i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kūʻai honua me nā huahana kiʻekiʻe e kū pono ana i kā lākou mau pono a ʻoi aku i ko lākou mau manaʻo. ʻO kā mākou mau lāʻau namu mea ʻala maikaʻi loa no nā hui waho, nā huakaʻi hoʻomoana, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka ʻala ʻoluʻolu e mālama i nā makika, e ʻae iā ʻoe e leʻaleʻa i waho me ka hopohopo ʻole. E koho iā Natique no kāu mau mea ʻala makika pono a ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa o ka maikaʻi a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku. E kūʻai pū me mākou i kēia lā a mālama i kāu mea kūʻai aku i ka hauʻoli a me ka manuahi.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki mai ka hōʻailona o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau makika ma ke ʻano o ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ma ko mākou ʻili. ʻO ka makika, hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia, ka mea hoʻonāukiuki loa o ke kauwela. Hoʻohui pinepine mākou iā lākou me nā lā wela.
Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe no ke aha i ʻeha ʻia ai kekahi poʻe e ka makika, e kāʻili ana iā lākou a mālama i kā lākou nahu ʻino, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pilikia kekahi?
ʻO nā ʻino hoʻoilo ikaika, ka wela o ke kauwela, a me ka ʻino ʻino ʻo Hilary i hoʻoulu ai i ka nui o nā makika Aedes e nahu lā i ka lā ma Kaleponi, e hānai ana ma kekahi mau wahi ka mea i hōʻike mua ʻia nā hihia kanaka o West Nile virus i nā makahiki.
Hoʻolohe mau ka ʻoihana i ka dinamika mākeke. Hoʻoikaika lākou i ka hui kūpono o ka ʻoihana a me ka lawelawe a hāʻawi iā mākou i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe ma mua o ko mākou manaʻo.
I ka hiki ʻana mai i kā mākou hana me Piet, ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa paha ka pae kupaianaha o ka kūpaʻa i nā hana. I loko o nā kaukani mau pahu a mākou i kūʻai ai, ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o mākou. I kēlā me kēia manawa he ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo, hiki ke hoʻoholo koke ʻia me ka ʻoluʻolu.
I ka makahiki hoʻokahi i hala iho nei, ua hōʻike mai kāu hui iā mākou i kahi pae ʻoihana a me kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi a kuleana. Me ka hooikaika pu ana o na aoao elua, ua hoopau pono ia ka papahana. Mahalo iā ʻoe no kāu hana paʻakikī a me nā haʻawina koʻikoʻi, e kakali i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hui ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a makemake i kāu ʻoihana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma ke kaʻina o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me mākou, ua koi mau lākou iā mākou ma ke ʻano he kikowaena. Ua kūpaʻa lākou e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā pane maikaʻi. Ua hana lākou i kahi ʻike maikaʻi no mākou.