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You do not seem to understand the issue.
If a category five hurricane hits anywhere in the continental United States, people have the ability to leave - get in their car and drive. In Hawaii, a category five hurricane would consume the entire island - there would be no place to go where the story wouldn't hit. Also, anywhere in the continental United States... Help is a few hours a way. Moments after it's decided it's safe, emergency staff, support, equipment, and supplies would be rolling in. In Hawaii, such support would be days away and even then, only by plane, which would severely limit the amount of support they could get.
It's just like Puerto Rico. It's not that they weren't prepared, it's just that they were completely wiped out. Trump mentioned something about "their own people need to take care of the problem". Well, their own people can't take are of the problem. Their cars are destroyed, they don't have gas, and the roads are impassible - not to mention they have to house and feed their own families.
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