04-29-2018, 03:50 AM
Amrita, you haven't seen anything yet... I recall in the 80's a caller to the Myna Bird show telling everyone that his rain gauge had hit 59" for the month of March and with two days left, was wondering if he would see 60" for the month - that night we had a monstrous downpour and light show...
In the fall of 1980, we had a 24"/24 hr storm and through the rest of the week, rainfall totaled 96".
And the November 2000 storm with 24 hour totals of something like 27" in Hilo and 36" in Pahala. That one killed two hikers caught out on the lava flows during the storm - steamed them or asphyxiated them...
In the fall of 1980, we had a 24"/24 hr storm and through the rest of the week, rainfall totaled 96".
And the November 2000 storm with 24 hour totals of something like 27" in Hilo and 36" in Pahala. That one killed two hikers caught out on the lava flows during the storm - steamed them or asphyxiated them...