Hurricane Lowell hit Kauai overnight Monday into Tuesday, passing west of the island and leaving nearly the entire county without power. Roads were a mess, coastal infrastructure was destroyed, and residents are now faced with a massive clean up effort. By the time the sun came up on Tuesday, September 8, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative was reporting that 33,000 of its 36,000 customers were without power — roughly 92% of the island. Sustained winds topped 50 mph with gusts recorded at 75 to 85 mph in several locations. The rain was heavy and went on for hours and hours. The North Shore took a beating with trees down across roads, flash floods running through neighborhoods, streams over their banks. Rescue crews airlifted hundreds of people stranded by washed-out roads throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. View this post on Instagram The South Shore got hit heavy during the peak of the storms. Waves reached the first floor of the Sheraton Kauai Resort in Poipu.…