Great Escape

A Snail’s Escape from the Eye of the Storm

Inside the race to save endangered wildlife in Hawaii amid the growing threat of climate-related storms

Kim Steutermann Rogers
GEN
Published in
6 min readAug 31, 2018

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Aug. 23, 2018 — The Wailuku River flood waters run downstream on the Big Island in Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Lane has brought more than a foot of rain to some parts of the Big Island which is under a flash flood warning. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty.

Water and ice are two common staples in most hurricane preparedness kits. Fungus is not.

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Kim Steutermann Rogers
GEN
Writer for

I am a writer covering science nature in Hawaii. Currently, I’m working with Kauai Invasive Species Committee to save ohia, Hawaii’s native tree.