11-10-2011, 06:47 PM
A good friend of mine who has lived on the island for many decades told me that the thunderstorms in recent years have been very unusual. They said that many years ago there would be thunder and lightning around the mountains but rare in Hilo and other windward coastal areas. Up until the year 2000 when the great storm hit I didn't experience any storms other than a few I saw out to sea. Now we get them nearly every winter.
My house has been struck by lightning several times and I've also lost a few palm trees to lightning. These have all occurred since 2000. On one particular night, I think it was the winter of 2003/2004, my house was struck 3 times within twenty minutes. The next year I was literally blown back from my lanai by a lightning strike (leilaniguy - your story really brought back memories!). I used to love thunder and lightning but no longer. I get very anxious whenever I hear thunder or see lightning.
I've been meaning to tell my story in my blog but still haven't got around to it. In fact I was going to do it just the other day but then we had a couple of lightning strikes at work which took out a palm tree and some of the ground around it. I didn't hide under the desk but was close to doing so!
No matter. I've traveled the world and experienced some nasty storms but the ones I've seen here in the last few years, especially the lightning, is a new experience for me.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
My house has been struck by lightning several times and I've also lost a few palm trees to lightning. These have all occurred since 2000. On one particular night, I think it was the winter of 2003/2004, my house was struck 3 times within twenty minutes. The next year I was literally blown back from my lanai by a lightning strike (leilaniguy - your story really brought back memories!). I used to love thunder and lightning but no longer. I get very anxious whenever I hear thunder or see lightning.
I've been meaning to tell my story in my blog but still haven't got around to it. In fact I was going to do it just the other day but then we had a couple of lightning strikes at work which took out a palm tree and some of the ground around it. I didn't hide under the desk but was close to doing so!
No matter. I've traveled the world and experienced some nasty storms but the ones I've seen here in the last few years, especially the lightning, is a new experience for me.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/