Mini Essay

                Many tourists are dying or getting injured from visiting the many spontaneous views Hawaii has to offer. They don’t use their common sense when they are walking the trail or looking at a blowhole; as in other words they don’t think before they act and from that they are killing themselves. Wouldn’t you listen to signs or at least think about the consequences that would happen if you act foolish around dangerous places? Either the state isn’t making it sound so serious or the tourists just don’t think about what will happen.

                One of the incidents that happened was in 2002, 18-year-old, Daniel Dick was killed when he straddled the explosive water spout at the Halona Blowhole, where he was lifted five feet in the air and falling head first down to the ground. This would have been prevented if the state put signs along the shoreline from Sandy Beach where Daniel was walking. Another incident was when 29-year-old Paula Ramirez and 35-year-old Elizabeth Brem died when they walked off of a steep cliff near Opaekaa Falls on Kauai. They found a way to lead them to the fall on the internet but some of those sited list as an unofficial hike. They should’ve followed the route the hike was instructed to go, if they did they wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

                Some incidents were the state’s fault and some were the tourists fault. It’s the state’s fault because they should’ve put signs where tourists could possible enter the attraction, if they do it will be more safe and will help tourists understand what they have to do so they won’t get hurt. But it is also the tourist fault because they have to use their common sense and know what might happen if they decide to dance on the blow hole or take an unauthorized trail.