a dangerous storm system but one that forecasters first predict will bypass kauai. >> it was gorgeouso think that there was going to be some devastating factor in your life within a few hours was kind of pretty far off in the distance. >> hurricane warning flags are flying over the northernmost hawaiian islands. >> but unexpectedly, defying all predictions, hurricane iniki takes a 90-degree turn for the north, completely changing direction and heading straight for kauai. forecasters scramble to issue a warning. >> hurricane iniki, they have hurricane warnings out for kauai. >> a category 4 hurricane, iniki is packing winds up to 125 miles per hour. tony quickly comes up with a plan. >> i decided that the ground floor should be the bunker, and i only had enough plywood to cover up all the doors and windows for the ground floor. >> tony's neighbor beth rushes over with her husband, children and pets to ride out the storm. >> the first thing in my mind was to protect as many of my belongings as i could, thinking that i was going to lose most everything, and get my family to what i consid

the next is from the beautiful town of kauai in hawaii. you're on the air, good morning. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> you're on the air, we're listening. >> caller: okay, thank you. i want to comment on the last two vietnam veterans. my dad, 36 years in the marine corps, retired. the only thing he could tell me was the only woman that he served with in vietnam was in a clerical position. and that was that time. i want to say that the last few callers, although they differed as vietnam veterans, it's a double edged sword for me. i feel that i wouldn't want a woman to -- i just wouldn't want to see a woman have some -- you know what i mean. i support that. i can't imagine see a woman pass in front of me. >> you mean not in the battlefieldle? you said you couldn't imagine a woman die on the battlefield in front of you? >> caller: yes, ma'am. they go in the service knowing that that's a fact in reality. as a man, i -- you know, there's a lot of women who are -- they're believing they're tougher than some men and a lot of women have

you can still find empty beaches on kauai. "the artist" brings up old los angeles. there's stuff you can see in l.a. >> that movie you want to jump in there and stop talking a little bit. there's a do it yourself walking tour, discoverlosangles put together. the movie where he has his premier, where charlie chaplain did "city lights" maybe the best silent movie of all time. >> i really want to go. if we're not here after the break, that's the story. robert, thank you so much. come see us again. >>> we've been asking all of you today about the oscars, what film do you want to win and why? herbert simmons says i've only seen three nominations, "the descendants" is my choice. the ar rift. i feel like i was trance part r ported back to hollywood land. flavio writes "the descendants" because it captures the reality of our everyday lives. my handle is @alexwitt. >>> aaa is reporting the national average fuel price is $3.69, up 11 cents from a year ago. if you look at numbers here, way worse than that. drivers in california saw price

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i would say it is not -- kauai yet. i would say it is not quiet at all. and the -- as well. we also find a great engagement with the uprising on part we can refer to as -- on the edge of the city, particularly the -- two of the corridors for instance, in the north. these are on the northern gate of damascus. these are also been on the forefront of the uprising. if you google them or look at facebook, you'll see people in the hundreds of thousands going out every single day. today we still have -- students going out for demonstrations. they have evening demonstrations. these are largely peaceful. the army is now providing some protection in some of these areas. in the third area, just what is referred to as rural damascus, really on the edge of damascus. these are the -- of damascus. much of this has been urbanized and we have seen great movement. damascus has 20% of its original inhabitants. we can differ on the numbers but 50% of places or 25% are -- and this has played an important variable. part of the explanation why we see movement in those places, people know each othe