John Cummings
John Cummings
effort fix major mountain road
It's not safe. It's going to take a major effort to fix it. There's a lot of road and mountain damage.
disaster entire last major might rains spread
With a combination of last week's rains and (yesterday's rain), we could end up with a sizable disaster situation. It might not be a lot of major damage, but if it is spread out over the entire island, it could be significant.
exceed expect harbor honolulu issues major model scientist similar speaking storm tsunami
Historically speaking, we have not had any major issues with downtown, ... Speaking with our tsunami scientist folks, a tsunami surge in Honolulu Harbor should not exceed 2 or 3 feet, 4 max. We expect a storm surge model to be similar to that.
event everybody starts thinking
When we have an event like Katrina, everybody starts thinking about it.
area confident damage downtown type wind
We are pretty confident that the downtown area is going to be OK, ... Of course, it is still susceptible to wind damage and those type of issues.
allow growth pay percent
The 2 percent would allow growth to pay for growth.
growth pay
We need growth to pay for growth. We need other solutions.
court investment known trust
We have known, as the trust has known and the court has known all along, that the day would come when the trust would monetize its investment in Johns Manville and diversify its portfolio.
It's getting better, but there's still a long way to go,
anybody fate pay specific value willing
The value is really what anybody would be willing to pay for it. But right now, there are no specific plans. Its fate is unknown.
forget love people remember
(It's) so we don't forget him. It's so other people can see we remember him and love him.
both company motivation optimize pressure trust value within
There is not pressure but there is motivation both within the company and with Manville Trust to optimize the value of this enterprise,
few homes quite road steep thankfully
It's a very steep area. Thankfully there are no homes here, but my road crews tell me they had been out here quite a few times in the past.
lie plan shelter talk
Right now, we can comfortably shelter about 257,000 residents on island. Now when we talk about shelter space, we plan for a 3-by-5 space, just enough for you to lie down and get in.