Kaneohe to see increase in Navy noise

William Cole of the Star-Advertiser reports that two squadrons and 18 sub-hunting and surveillance planes are expected to be stationed in Hawaii in 2015.

Kaneohe resident Elayne Pool, who has lived along the bay for 32 years, said she expects the P-8As to add to the din.

“I don’t want them to be here,” the 83-year-old said. “The noise factor is going to be incredible. Noise is a factor in this bay — it’s a basin and it resonates.”

She added that she can clearly see the underbellies of the P-3C Orions on approach from her condo a block off the beach, and she’s concerned about the torpedoes, cruise missiles, bombs and mines the planes can carry.