Certainly, there's always the possibility of people becoming ill if they're swimming in contaminated water.

We do urge people not to go into the water with open wounds. If you do and you don't clean them, an infection could set in a matter of days.

Even when we do survey work for the department we may ask for ethnic background or the number of people in the family, but never their Social Security number or date of birth.

The water is really nasty. So don't go in the water.

The water right now on the Windward and North Shore is really not the place to be.

Any types of buildings, parking lots, barricades, etc. can potentially obstruct the water flow and heighten the possibility of flooding.