Watson Okubo
Watson Okubo
conditions height standard
During the height of the spill, the conditions were 20,000 times over our standard and we find that very alarming.
beaches levels magnitude six talking
The levels here have, we're talking about, a magnitude of six times. It indicated to us there is some fecal contamination making its way to the beaches here.
ambient levels returned
The levels have returned to normal, ambient levels.
north shore water
The water right now on the Windward and North Shore is really not the place to be.
signs stay
If no improvements are done the signs just stay up.
city deputy director numbers post signs stand state
No one in state government, no one in city government, no politician, the director of health, the deputy director or my supervisor told me to post the signs now, or you need to take the signs off right now. We go by the numbers and we stand by the numbers.
water
The water is really nasty. So don't go in the water.
assumed lessen surf
We assumed the sewage would lessen the salinity, but at surf sites, that wasn't the case.
rain stops until
Until this rain stops and we get a lot of sun, it's going to take awhile.
site web
Unfortunately, our Web site is not where we want it to be.
numbers
When you see the kind of numbers we've seen, it has to be a high-volume operation.
assuming case hopefully pull signs sun thursday
Tomorrow, hopefully there's a lot of sun like today, and if that's the case we may be able to pull signs off Thursday or Friday, assuming we don't have any more rains.
might post
With more data, we might have to post for more beaches.