Hawaii is facing roughly $700 million in storm damage this year, and Governor Josh Green is hunting for ways to pay for it without raising taxes.

• Back-to-back floods, an earthquake, and two hurricanes destroyed hundreds of homes and knocked out a hospital on Maui.
• Green wants to pull about $300 million from the state's $1.6 billion rainy day fund, plus money from the new visitor "green fee," rather than tax residents more.
• Tourism is the other lifeline — visitors are being steered to undamaged islands so the state keeps earning while it repairs.
• Talks with the Army over 17,000 acres of leased training land could bring in billions, but a new Secretary of the Army restarted the clock and Hawaii is warning against any move that looks like a land grab.
• A second shipping harbor is on the wish list: Honolulu Harbor is a single point of failure for islands with two weeks of food on hand.

Outlook: Expect Green to take a spending package to the legislature for storm-proofing infrastructure, with the military lease deal as the big unresolved piece.