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It does seem Puna got just a wee bit damp lately, doesn't it? The further up the coast, the less pouring rain, though. Forty some odd miles on the other side of Hilo and there were a few rainy days, but not a lot of huge downpours. Once or twice it got to the torrential downpour stage, but it didn't last long. Never really saw much wind, either. Right now (Tuesday morning) we're doing a beautiful sunny breezy day. My neighbor has his laundry hung out in the sun and it's doing the classic swinging in the breeze. It should be dry in mere minutes with this weather.
My biggest concern is we take the reports seriously. Sure 99% of the time its a no show. Its that 1% that gets us. Waiakea Town in 1960s is an example of how false alarms can make people complacent. Waiakea Town along with part of the business district, was destroyed by a series of eight waves emanating from an undersea earthquake near South America, with a magnitude between 8.25 and 8.5. Residents had warning, but some stayed -- there had been false alarms before, and the Waiakea area hadn't been as badly hit in 1946. But when the seismic sea waves arrived that night, some were as high as 35 feet, and ultimately destroyed or wrecked over 500 buildings. 61 residents died.
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