MARCH 14, 2008 - Only a small handful of people showed up for a public informational meeting at Farrington High School Auditorium for the Act 2 Environmental Impact Statement for harbor improvements for the Hawaii Superferry. Exposure details: Canon EOS 20D , EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 (at 14mm), Aperture priority, 1/50 sec at f/4, ISO 3200, Auto white balance

What happens if they hold a Superferry EIS meeting, and nobody shows up?

Shoot an empty auditorium, I guess.

Yeah, it was a thrill-a-minute affair.

When I walked into Farrington Auditorium, there were about five “civilians” in the place, and a bunch of DOT folks, and EIS people as well.

I stood there and pondered my fate. Then gazed at my navel.

After a while the few who were there looked at some informational charts set up at the foot of the stage. I dutifully shot photos of that.

Then we waited.

At one point Scott Ishikawa from DOT came up and asked “Is there something going on tonight we don’t know about?”

I thought for a minute and responded, “Kamehameha Schools Song Contest?”

“Don’t worry, you’ll probably get more action on Maui and Kauai next week…” I added helpfully.

Then the action started.

A spiel from the company doing the EIS - replete with PowerPoint presentation, then instructions on how to give verbal testimony.

Then nobody got up to speak.

Thank you, and goodnight.