HPD Major Clifford Ramson on Kona Low storm preps and recovery

The One Oʻahu Podcast with Mayor Rick Blangiardi · Apr 9, 2026 · 13m · transcript

This week on the One O‘ahu Podcast, Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Major Clifford Ramson, commander of the Major Events Division (MED) joins host Brandi Higa, to talk about the role MED plays during large-scale emergencies like a Kona Low (0:32). Then, Major Ramson shares some messages for the public ahead of the next expected batch of severe weather (2:35). Later, Major Ramson is also a resident of Wahiawā, an area impacted by the last Kona Low. He explains what it was like for him to see his community come together, neighbors helping neighbors, to clean-up after a major disaster (7:53).