‘Hobbit House’ hit hard by Hone

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Sharon Mastandrea, 78, and her beekeeper son, Jacob Satterwhite, are the residents of the former Hobbit House bed-and-breakfast in Waiohinu, which sustained major flood damage over the weekend from Tropical Storm Hone. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help them. (Courtesy photo/ Mariah Satterwhite)

The former Hobbit House bed-and-breakfast in Waiohinu, now home of Sherry Mastandrea and her beekeeper son, Jacob Satterwhite. (Courtesy Photo/Trip Advisor )

Mud and debris left by Tropical Storm Hone are piled high in the living quarters of the former Hobbit House bed-and-breakfast in Waiohinu, home of Sherry Mastandrea and her beekeeper son, Jacob Satterwhite. (Bob Martin/GoFundMe)

The flood waters from Tropical Storm Hone cut a path through the yard of the former Hobbit House bed-and-breakfast in Waiohinu. (courtesy photo/ Bob Martin)

Boulders and smaller rocks were deposited at the rear of the former Hobbit House bed-and-breakfast in Ka’u by the flood waters of Tropical Storm Hone. (courtesy photo/ Bob Martin)

A well-known house in Ka‘u that once was a bed-and- breakfast sustained major flood damage as Tropical Storm Hone passed to the south of the Big Island over the weekend.