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Maui is running dangerously low on orange rubber safety cones, the County of Maui warned on Wednesday as part of an emergency declaration.
A recent survey by county staff of supplies at Lowe's, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and other retailers revealed that there might not be enough safety cones in the case of a big emergency.
"Part of the problem is, workers might set all the cones they have around what looks like small or kind of non-hazardous spots," said Barton Puu of the county Public Works Department. "Secondly, they forget to go pick them up so the cones stay there for weeks and months at a time. Sometimes years."
County officials called the emergency in an effort for Maui residents and businesses to conserve cones, or recycle the ones they have.
"Certainly, please at least for the time being refrain from buying brand new orange rubber safety cones," said Mayor Richard Bissen. "I mean, we do tend to have these really big disasters fairly often on island. It would be a shame to run completely out of safety cones at the precise moment we need them."
Meanwhile, locals offered to pitch in to help in case of emergency, while the stores re-stock.
"We have a big orange rubber safety Cone right behind the bar that we can use out on the street on a moment's notice if we have to," said Joe Henderson, a bartender at Maui's local dive bar, Kahale's in downtown Kihei. "That is, if the guy who wears it on his head all the time did not forget and wear it home. Hate it when that happens."
Patchy rain nearby, with a high of 79 and low of 74 degrees. Patchy rain nearby in the morning,
Thank goodness Alanui is on the job! I heard even Bezos is in on it
“Maui is our number one safety cone account!” They helped
me buy my house by buying 1 million safety cones at $100 each “
Haha! Long Beach does not have the beauty of Maui but she is trying.
Whales breaching or sunset any day would have been a better choice.
The LBC (Snooop Dog calls it this and you can too) loves Maui!
Yes! The LBC. Snoop's old record store on Anaheim St. is now a 7-11.