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...vacationing. One power plant continued to operate and parts of the island's western sector continued to have electricity. The compound where the Obamas are residing in an $11 million home was reported to have a power generator. But the rest of the island, including the state capital Honolulu, was plunged into darkness and confusion for nearly twelve hours. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...panicking residents flooded 911 with calls. Most islanders received news by way of car or battery-operated radios, which included Japanese-language announcements to keep tourists informed of developments. Some mobile phone users had spotty reception because a number of cell towers apparently were not equipped with efficient generators. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann said over the radio that power would not be fully restored for at least 12 hours. After a recent earthquake that affected Hawaii's largest city, it took two days before electricity came back completely. By 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, however, most of the island...
...Local enterprises were eager to latch on to the state's most famous son in hopes of reviving business. Indeed, as early as November, the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau unveiled a micro site at www.gohawaii.com/Obama, that tracks the President-elect's Hawaii, including everything from his Honolulu birthplace to the exclusive Punahou School where he studied to the place where he ate shave ice, a local palate pleaser, during his previous vacation in August...
...called "toot," his version of the traditional Hawaiian word for grandma, "tutu." He and his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, a history teacher at local La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls, scattered Dunham's ashes at Lanai Lookout in the afternoon after a private service at a church in the Honolulu neighborhood of Nuuanu. Dunham died Nov. 2 at the age of 86, two days before her grandson's victory in the general election. (Obama visited her the week before she passed away. See pictures of Obama's family tree...
Despite the star crazed atmosphere created by Obama coming home, many in Honolulu are urging the public to let Obama and his family enjoy their time in peace. "I just want him to have a good time," said Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann. "I want the people of Honolulu and the visitors to be respectful. He's been at it for a long time and he needs a vacation...