More Tropical Weather heading our way

[TomK]

Carey - thank you for your post. Ask any qualified meteorologist about the effect Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa have on hurricanes will basically say the same thing you have. It's a myth that they deflect hurricanes away from the island. Right now, and I will admit this is just a gut feeling and not based on anything scientific at all, I'm a little more concerned about that second system, currently named Ten-e. It's still a long way from us though, so a lot can happen. The track for Iselle has been quite consistent for a while now apart from some small shifts north and south (and some uncertainties about its westward acceleration in a few days), so think it'll likely pass through the islands, but not as a hurricane.

Also wondering why there is a long post on earthquakes in this thread and how an earth it's related to hurricanes.