Hawaii jobless claims pass 200K, swamps system, total population 1.4 mil

[msongs]

like many places the sudden demand for unemployment relief has swamped the system but its getting back up and running. state employees furloughed from other offices are getting trained and transferred over to the labor dept

the tourist industry is pretty much totally shut down these days but a few visitors still coming in thru HNL

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/08/unemployment-numbers-surpass-k-mark-due-covid-closures/

[Demovictory9]

1. hotels at 7% occupancy. Also Hawaii said "stay away"

[stopbush]

2. A friend of mine in HI said tourists are still showing up, ignoring the two-week

isolation directive of the government. Says the government is going to track down these people at resorts and force them into isolation housing.

[msongs]

3. get off the plane, get on the bus, go to quarantined. they were warned already nt