The empty supermarket shelves Hawaii residents are finding this week as they try to prepare for Hurricane Lane are a byproduct of the cost of shipping and industrial real estate in the Islands.
Supermarkets and even Walmart and Costco ran out of water, bread and other non-perishables as people tried to prepare for the arrival of the Category 4 storm, which already began dropping rain on parts of the Big Island Wednesday.
Unlike places on the Mainland, where goods can be shipped by rail or truck…
