Big Waves Bury Highway, Hilo Locals React (Nov. 26, 2022)

[@westrnite]

Never turn your back on the ocean. Aloha

[@davel4708]

Also never turn your back on the land. You gotta stand sideways I guess.

[@arctic_haze]

I grew up close to the beach. I know that the waves that can reach you are the quiet ones, the ones that do not break.

[@n.waters7222]

Says the Haole 😂

[@1dash133]

I know that it is hard to tell, but there is a highway lying under all that water and debris. The only hint of the roadway is at the 4:00 mark, where you can see the white lane edge line. Bayfront Highway, State Route 19.

[@aitutaki50]

I lived in Hilo, Pepeekeo, & Puna (Hawaiian Paradise Park) in the 1990's...&, I used to love to surf 🏄‍♂️ Bayfront...under the right conditions, it's an unbelievably great & super long left...I surfed Bayfront during that similar huge NE swell in the 1990's that others have recalled here...one left I caught from outside doubled-up as it peeled down the line in front of the breakwall fronting the roadway...mostly, when that starts to happen, you just kick out & paddle back out...this time, I decided to keep riding the wave & I just prayed I wouldn't fall off & be hurled up against the break wall...fortunately I made the wave, but by then I was already so far down from the outside lineup that I decided to just paddle all the way down to the beach park & get out.. I'll never forget that long walk back up Bayfront with big rocks strewn all over the road & huge set waves breaking way outside...that was one of my most amazing days of surfing ever...I'll always love Hilo & the Big Island & the people who live there

[@SuperShelbyBillionaire]

Cuz got the boogie board ready to go.... cruise down th street or stream. lol

[@noelani240]

Gotta love Hilo ..time kind of stands still in those parts and Mother Nature rules. Cool commentary ! More videos like this plz

[@kananik5985]

Lesss goooo surf

[@genelamkin1766]

Never turn your back to the ocean.

[@hebneh]

Up till the 1946 tsunami there were railroad tracks along this stretch which carried sugar from the different plantations along the Hamakua Coast to be shipped out of the Hilo docks. After the tsunami wrecked the railroad it shut down and sugar was transported only by trucks. To avoid having the huge cane haul trucks using Kamehameha Avenue through downtown Hilo, the Bayfront Highway was constructed by 1950. And yes, it’s had storm waves ash over it exactly like this multiple times in the past. The sugar industry is long gone, so the reason for the Bayfront Highway to still exist is also long gone.

[@donmiller8152]

aloha from N Georgia mountains.. Displaced native here.. love to see nature in the islands.....beauty at its best!

[@dogsense3773]

Don't vote for walker

[@DABIGRAGU1]

@@dogsense3773 You're a funny thing.

[@jaydubb2]

Love it! Not too often Hilo has surf like that. I'd never even think of surfing there... props!

[@erictaylor5462]

You haven't seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High have you?

[@hawaiisage]

Hire that guy at the end to be a newscaster. Off the cuff, he was making excellent remarks.

[@mariarohmer2374]

I think that guy at the end is a star in the making. He is smart, witty and charming. I mean what else do you need, give him his own surf show.😄

[@adamrifenburgh9741]

Dude sounds like he’s from Michigans Upper Peninsula haha

[@dianalee3059]

Oh God, thy sea is so great and my boogie board is so small….

[@stonew1927]

No, it is not "normal in winter." I drive that road almost every day. It's normal to get big swells that spray the road in winter, maybe some rocks pushed onto it. But personally, I've never seen it flooded like that.

[@jamesmurphy2192]

Happened once in the 90s, can't remember exactly when. I went for a run on Bayfront hwy one morning and was amazed to see it completely buried with black sand and rocks. Soccer fields were flooded as well. Very rare occurrence

[@luckydubefan808]

Yup, very strange. Next they'll be blaming it on climate change and giving reasons for more restrictions.

[@inboxnews]

It floods in Hilo every once in a while when a big storm hits. Plenty of videos here on YT.

[@inboxnews]

​@@jamesmurphy2192 November 1996 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmbTZ3qqnLJ4bdE

[@inboxnews]

Hilo flooding in August 1994 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2iWqnSvj7WWlZo

[@keaka560]

I just miss this. Wonder how the hotels along Banyan held up?

[@Kamehaiku]

I'm assuming the pools are now saltwater.

[@charlesschuster7963]

Gotta think sometimes, those hotels are much more protected from the Bayfront area where the swell comes in past the end of the breakwater.

[@forthefunofit3230]

can't STOP mother nature!!!!

[@shermanfunk]

2:14 Hoh Auntie where you stay

[@williamckama8470]

Yay, our yearly back on track

[@Cola64]

This is the 1/2 century swell

[@808zhu]

Brilliant video..

[@dannyabe6452]

Wow I've never seen the road wave damaged like that.

[@luckydubefan808]

Me neither. Strange.

[@kukuipupule4415]

Dats nuting... look up the hill... Volcano action

[@erictaylor5462]

00:25 That can't be good for the grass.

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

This preceded the Mauna Loa eruption 🌋. Id would theorize that these two events are connected. As they were saying in the video it's not being like this s ever before "unprecedented"

[@catalinafirefly4685]

All warnings from Pachamama. Pele is about to show her power. I felt the Big Island energies living and working both sides 10 winters in the 90's.

[@Detcaligirl]

And the amount of hair she is producing in such vibrant gold 🤩 oh yes this is going to be amazingly powerful ✌🏼❤️

[@MiC-T]

Good for da rippahz, shaddy for da kooks!

[@barbrahlivingston8971]

That would be awesome to see.

[@rondrake3720]

Dude taking an awakening Sea salt shower. Love it

[@marsorozco4800]

Awesome video 😎 Thanks and everyone stay safe!! 💕 🇺🇸

[@rubytuby6369]

I miss that Hilo fruit market.

[@kickerbacker837]

Nothing new for people born and raised Big Island 👍 Just another epic moment 😀 Storm chasers 💪🌺

[@inboxnews]

Breaking news. BTW, it's been way worse than that.

[@bradbugado4814]

Ho bruddah Samson Amisone!!! Yeah you!

[@NoName-vq3zo]

Oh, haoles...!

[@luckydubefan808]

People who own those electric cars had better stay far away from bayfront and all that salt water that can cause those car batteries to explode and catch fire. That's what happened in Florida after hurricane Ian.

[@staffordchock6399]

Big swell...no big deal..just nature's way of telling man you nutin in the scheme of things...

[@dianalovato6106]

We are surrounded by electricity look up and now electric cars

[@hwn8088]

Even Though You No More Money U Still Gotta Pay Attention 💯 lol 🐵

[@charlesschuster7963]

0:57 and 1:13 don't feel bad for the County workers b/c Bayfront Highway is a STATE road. Lived in Hilo a long time myself, surfed Bayfront when I could, which back then was pretty seldom. I understand it's a lot shallower now than it used to be, with all the gravel coming down the river. Having seen large sharks pulled from the water at the small lighthouse at the foot of Waianuenue Avenue, I would NEVER boogie board there. 1:31 "never seen it that high" well you shoulda seen the swell of December 1965 that largely wiped out the North Shore of Oahu. 4:26 "job security for the County guys" is another moron that doesn't know the difference btw State Highways (baseyard 50 Makaala Street) and County (where?) You want outer reefs? Jump on your tow-in rig and surf Blonde Reef, on which the Breakwater is built, best place to watch for the boatless among us is Scenic Point, almost to Honoli'i.

[@cg00000]

🤙👍

[@bluebee5266]

Is that a Hawaiian accent? It sounds like California Mexican mixed with Canadian...Uh?

[@PACbelltech1]

Think i would move to another island 😂

[@bryanhaynes4941]

It's a island in the middle of the ocean people think there invinsible.

[@rdbchase]

"Bury", huh?

[@budgiebreder]

Water of lava… something. Seems to want to cover highways…

[@konastyle5682]

Ho mean dakine akshen laddat .

[@bristleconepinus2378]

meen akshen

[@vincekapuras8114]

Bradduh SaM I see U 🤙🏼

[@ohwell2790]

The guy is just standing there and out of breath.

[@kelsins.kandrade163]

Yessahhh Sammy 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🦾

[@alldayeveryday6464]

And this is this guy saying this

[@thesidewalksaint6236]

Hawaiian style

[@waimeagrl5142]

You feel bad for the County workers? LMAO!!! Maybe now they’ll actually work, or are we going to see the typical 1 guy working and 10 guys holding up their shovels watching?!?!?!

[@kaskahea1274]

no thanks to Leptospirosis water!

[@pencilmug]

‘Sharks’…..

[@donfields1234]

Bury... you mean drown or flood.

[@takotako808]

That water is Soo nasty 😂 not to mention the sand fleas

[@n.waters7222]

Dude was taking a damn shower scrubbing his ass off out there 🤣🤣

[@jessepatrick4714]

Careful for Sharks

[@luckydubefan808]

That's not normal for Hilo. Those roads are usually flooded from a rain storm not waves. Watch them blame it on climate change.

[@inboxnews]

Way worse in 1996 from big waves. Video here on YT kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmbTZ3qqnLJ4bdE

[@arctic_haze]

Mean se level is some 10 inches higher than 100 years ago. This overspill would not happen without the sea level rise. So yes, I do blame it on climate change.

[@inboxnews]

@@arctic_haze Electric cars will not fix it, only hurt the environment.

[@arctic_haze]

@@inboxnews Have I said anything about electric cars or any other solutions? It is Arctic, not Electric 😀

[@inboxnews]

@@arctic_haze That's your sides solution.

[@adonijah7774]

oompa loompa @2:13

[@user-qr6gu8hh4l]

Phony Hawley talkin pigeon get real homie

[@hokuponopono4415]

Likeing and sharing with my aloha fam. No more outsiders. Sorry eh they no more aloha from what I can tell.. Cant teach it either!

[@stonew1927]

Sounds like you never had it to begin with.

[@vikingsecurity9455]

Daaaaaaaamn! Is the swell still going? I’m coming over hilo! 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@anthonywike8042]

who the f washes with soap and rinses with ocean water? wtf?