Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Neighbors were taken by surprise last month when more than 5,000 tons of Kona low storm debris — from wet, rotting furniture to carpets and wood — landed on a grassy field above the baseball diamonds at Patsy T. Mink Central Oʻahu Regional Park.
Some park users are getting in the faces of city crews and leaving ugly voicemails, demanding the debris be taken elsewhere.
City officials said they had little choice; they had to move fast. Waialua flood debris was quickly piling up at two makeshift dump sites after a historic storm dumped more than 2 trillion gallons of water across the state. They needed to get all that wreckage to the best available site as soon as possible.
The Waipahu park, known as Corp, for short, fit the bill. It had been designated for alternate temporary storage of debris after a disaster such as a hurricane or major storm, along with 19 other parks across the island. That list includes prominent locations such as the Ala Wai Golf Course, Ala Moana Beach Park and Kapiʻolani Regional Park.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2026/04/disaster-debris-park-near-you
Neighbors were taken by surprise last month when more than 5,000 tons of Kona low storm debris — from wet, rotting furniture to carpets and wood — landed on a grassy field above the baseball diamonds at Patsy T. Mink Central Oʻahu Regional Park.
Some park users are getting in the faces of city crews and leaving ugly voicemails, demanding the debris be taken elsewhere.
City officials said they had little choice; they had to move fast. Waialua flood debris was quickly piling up at two makeshift dump sites after a historic storm dumped more than 2 trillion gallons of water across the state. They needed to get all that wreckage to the best available site as soon as possible.
The Waipahu park, known as Corp, for short, fit the bill. It had been designated for alternate temporary storage of debris after a disaster such as a hurricane or major storm, along with 19 other parks across the island. That list includes prominent locations such as the Ala Wai Golf Course, Ala Moana Beach Park and Kapiʻolani Regional Park.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2026/04/disaster-debris-park-near-you
