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Kauai small businesses ask tourists to return after Hurricane Lowell, with aloha and some patience

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Kauai small businesses are inviting tourists to return following Hurricane Lowell, which caused power outages and road damage across the island. While business owners initially focused on providing community aid, they are now seeking economic recovery. Visitors are encouraged to return to the island with patience and aloha.

Watching her staff happily hand out free meals for hundreds of residents outside their Wailua commercial kitchen, food truck co-owner Kelly Kakalia felt fulfilled. It was the day after Hurricane Lowell finished knocking out power, washing out roads and felling trees across Kauai, and Kakalia was focused on her community, not sales. The island where...

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