CNN is incredibly over-dramatizing the situation in Kona. They are getting over-wound-up quotes from people who are saying "like a war zone." This is not true!
One of the "highway blockages" is 100 yards from my house -- it's a couple big rocks in the road. Too big for a person to roll away but hardly cause for national coverage. It's a beautiful day here (unlike the rest of the state), power's back up, water's on.