Big brush fire upcountry on the Big Island has forced the evacuation of a couple of communities, including the one - Waiki’i Ranch - that KonaCoffee moved to.

Now it appears to be headed downhill towards Waikoloa Village - it jumped the upper road:

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/...ared-for-evacuation/

Smoke is all over the place - we haven’t caught it yet in North Kohala (a couple of miles north of Kawaihae), but you can see it coming. Here’s the current view from the lanai:




Normally you’d be seeing the Hualalai volcano and the little bump at Kua Bay. It looks much worse at the northern part of the Queen K going south from the Mauna Kea resort.

KonaCoffee, hope you’re doing ok and managed to find a place to shelter. PM me if you need anything.

Ian