Hawaii residents are stocking up and hardening their homes after an unusually stormy year, a sign the islands are bracing for more severe weather ahead.

• A Manoa community disaster fair drew residents rattled by how often and how hard storms have hit the islands this year, including Kona lows, a tropical storm, and Hurricane Lowell.
• Agencies handed out emergency water storage bags and Food Bank Hawaii gave survival rations to 750 households, since many people lost power for days between storms.
• Owners of homes built before 1988 are being urged to add hurricane clips, and maker Simpson Strong-Tie ramped up production for this season.
• With communications usually the first thing to fail in a disaster, neighbors are being told to plan together and keep enough food and water for two weeks or more.

Outlook: Hawaii Emergency Management and Sea Grant will hold a free statewide webinar on preparing for the rest of hurricane season.