08-23-2018, 01:56 AM
You know Tom it is interesting. An older Hawaiian Kupuna told me that as a kid and I have heard it from MANY, MANY other people as I grew up here for about 40 years. "Our mountains protect us from the storms."
Heck I could be wrong. I have said that in the past and will again. I am not ever embarrassed to be wrong. I love learning.
All I know now is that we aren't getting any storm force winds from this hurricane here in Puna. Kinda like I was predicting yesterday.
So I when I looked, all I found was a site saying that my suspicion is a myth:
http://www.air-worldwide.com/Publication...l-Cyclone/
Still I think that Carey was underplaying it when the mountains were called a speed bump rather than what I have learned over the years that they are a wall that protects.
What do you think Tom? They provide little or no protection or significant protection from winds?
Heck I could be wrong. I have said that in the past and will again. I am not ever embarrassed to be wrong. I love learning.
All I know now is that we aren't getting any storm force winds from this hurricane here in Puna. Kinda like I was predicting yesterday.
So I when I looked, all I found was a site saying that my suspicion is a myth:
http://www.air-worldwide.com/Publication...l-Cyclone/
Still I think that Carey was underplaying it when the mountains were called a speed bump rather than what I have learned over the years that they are a wall that protects.
What do you think Tom? They provide little or no protection or significant protection from winds?