Wawāhonua...

With more hurricanes potentially on the way, I can't help but think of Beautiful Hina's wind gourd, Wawāhonua. When man in his arrogance disrespects and abuses the ʻāina, the land, the Goddess Hina cracks her gourd open and lets the first of three winds loose. 'Ilinahu. The first wind. The skin-biting wind that brings down the trees...