After Oahu’s worst floods in 20 years tore through the North Shore, residents are flocking to affected areas to help. One of those residents helping clean up neighborhoods was waterman, big-wave surfer, and North Shore resident Jamie Mitchell.
“It’s a disaster zone,” Mitchell told The Inertia, taking a phone call while he was shoveling mud. “Houses are flooded. There’s the thickest, gnarliest mud you can think of that ran through houses, all through backyards.”
Parts of Oahu received eight to 12 inches of rain throughout a series of storms last week, saturating the land, threatening the integrity of a dam, and forcing 5,500 people to evacuate on Friday. More than 200 people were rescued from the rising waters…