11-17-2011, 05:12 PM
Hope this will help on the rain question...
In March of '06 a Chicago aquarium dive buddy came for a visit. She was fed up with the rain & dreary of Chicago & planned her first trip to visit us in Hilo. The trip was planned on the spur of the moment & she was heavily entrenched in a SAD episode.
March of '06 was the middle of a VERY long 40 days of rain here (longest stretch in the 6+ years we have been here).
She arrived in Hilo the day before we had one of the most rainy days ever (over an inch an hour for the whole day & night...)
She had a blast, even though every where we went it rained (even the Ka`u desert & Kawaihae....) Every day there were peaks of sun, rainbows & rain, lots of rain, puddles, & waterfalls at the Mall parking lot.... One thing is for sure, Hilo shines in the rain.... outdoor sports are stilled played, even the umbrellas can be fun (co-ordinated to outfits & such).
The clouds here are normally not as dark grey as the upper midwest, even puddles warm up with overcast skies... It really helps to get to a place where you have a good sky view if clouds really get to you, as usually there are some blue sky areas somewhere in the horizon...
In March of '06 a Chicago aquarium dive buddy came for a visit. She was fed up with the rain & dreary of Chicago & planned her first trip to visit us in Hilo. The trip was planned on the spur of the moment & she was heavily entrenched in a SAD episode.
March of '06 was the middle of a VERY long 40 days of rain here (longest stretch in the 6+ years we have been here).
She arrived in Hilo the day before we had one of the most rainy days ever (over an inch an hour for the whole day & night...)
She had a blast, even though every where we went it rained (even the Ka`u desert & Kawaihae....) Every day there were peaks of sun, rainbows & rain, lots of rain, puddles, & waterfalls at the Mall parking lot.... One thing is for sure, Hilo shines in the rain.... outdoor sports are stilled played, even the umbrellas can be fun (co-ordinated to outfits & such).
The clouds here are normally not as dark grey as the upper midwest, even puddles warm up with overcast skies... It really helps to get to a place where you have a good sky view if clouds really get to you, as usually there are some blue sky areas somewhere in the horizon...