Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oʻahu's North Shore on Friday, lifting homes and cars and prompting evacuation orders for 5,500 people. Meanwhile, authorities cautioned that a 120-year-old dam upstream in Central Oʻahu could fail.