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Mix of sun and clouds in Kailua with brief light showers. Warm and STEAMY.
Took down the hanging baskets and anything that could fly around the yard.
Heading out to town in a few minutes then I'm coming home to hunker down and hope for the best.
Thought maybe I could get a little beach time in this afternooon at ala moana park, but I guess not. Its raining off and on downtown.. I was looking at the Sheraton Waikiki web cam and no one is in the water (they were an hour and a half ago) and it looks rainy over there too.
1:30 pm Waikoloa/West Hawaii. Some short heavy showers, totally overcast, humid, little wind. The birds are coming out between rain bursts. The rain is needed and great. I am thankful there are not destructive winds. I hope the other islands have the same good luck.
You can also see a webcam of Hilo Bay from hawaiinewsnow
HILO, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - Big Island residents are reporting high winds, flying debris and trees snapping as Tropical Storm Flossie moves across the island chain.
Forecasters say the heavy rain has begun to fall on the Big Island and is expected to begin shortly over Maui County. Flossie is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 2 – 4 inches over the Big Island with isolated amounts up to 6 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
At 11:53 a.m., the National Weather Service recorded a 32 mph gust at Hilo International Airport.
Big Island officials say route 132 between Nanawale and Lava Tree park is closed due to down trees and power lines. They recommend using Leilani Avenue to bypass. There is also a report of a power outage in Pahoa.
Kaumana rssident, Tyler Knorr, tells Hawaii News Now "the wind is blowing trees taller than 80 feet around like it's nothing."
High surf is also a factor, affecting east shores of Maui and the Big Island.
Thanks for the updates! I can see the concern about the flying coconuts, I get concerned about the apples from the tree we have when we get storms here. Coconuts are so much bigger!
I suspect some of the poeple on the mainland who are overly concerned maybe have never gone through a tropical storm? We had a couple tropical storms here and one low category hurricane since I moved here, and the concern is flooding more than anything and other than that they're really not a huge deal. Yeah there's strong winds and can be strong rain, but nothing worse than a strong thunderstorm.
Sounds like this one has some of the stronger winds hitting the islands though than we usually get here from ours!
Thanks for the updates! I can see the concern about the flying coconuts, I get concerned about the apples from the tree we have when we get storms here. Coconuts are so much bigger!
I suspect some of the poeple on the mainland who are overly concerned maybe have never gone through a tropical storm? We had a couple tropical storms here and one low category hurricane since I moved here, and the concern is flooding more than anything and other than that they're really not a huge deal. Yeah there's strong winds and can be strong rain, but nothing worse than a strong thunderstorm.
Sounds like this one has some of the stronger winds hitting the islands though than we usually get here from ours!
~Katy
Im guessing storms are storms regardless and people on the mainland experience bad rains and winds just as much as we do. In fact, I dont think it gets that bad here. At least in Honolulu, I can seemingly count the number of torrential downpours on two hands that come to mind in the past 8 years. I may be wrong, and there very well may have been more, but rainy Honolulu is not a description I would use. Although this year has been odd weather wise.,..but I sort of wish we got to experience some something as depicted in Somerset Maugham's novel "Rain and other South Seas Stories". lol yes, Im a visionary...
I am guessing coconuts in urban areas are pretty much denuded or denutted, what ever it is called. I don't ever recall seeing one in town or anywhere that I can recall? Are there a variety of coconut trees which have no nuts? I know in the south pacific, where its impossible to remove the nuts for the most part, (except maybe in Papeete or Suva or Nadi.., more urban areas) you will always hear the unmistakeable sound of the coocnut falling to the ground, Thump. Thump. thump. I just don't see to see the average coconut nut laying randomly on the ground.
Thanks for the updates! I can see the concern about the flying coconuts, I get concerned about the apples from the tree we have when we get storms here. Coconuts are so much bigger!
I suspect some of the poeple on the mainland who are overly concerned maybe have never gone through a tropical storm? We had a couple tropical storms here and one low category hurricane since I moved here, and the concern is flooding more than anything and other than that they're really not a huge deal. Yeah there's strong winds and can be strong rain, but nothing worse than a strong thunderstorm.
Sounds like this one has some of the stronger winds hitting the islands though than we usually get here from ours!
~Katy
Yes katy, some of us mainlanders are former Hawai'i residents. For me i was in the big storm in 80 in oahu. Nothing is more scary for a kid then feeling the skyscraper u live in rock back and forth from the heavy winds. And the flash flooding is terrible there. I remember.
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