2018 Hurricane Season

[glinda]

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Originally posted by Obie

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Originally posted by Carey

http://mauinow.com/maui-videos/does-the-...954759978/

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Thanks Carey !

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Yes, thank you Carey. I think that Malika Dudley says it all. Perfectly.

I especially like his description of how a direct hit to the Big Island tears up a system. He specifically, clearly, says this at 3:20 in that video at the link you provide. Which is all I have been saying.. all along.

And btw.. count me as one that thinks shear has pretty much put paid to Olivia before she got here. A look at the satellite sequence of vapor for today..

http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/satellite/sat...gi?res=8km&chnl=wv&domain=nep&period=720&incr=30&rr=900&banner=mkwc&satplat=goeswest&overlay=off&animtype=flash

Suggests she's had a very hard time of it already. Though I suspect as she goes through the islands the mountains to either side should ween off a bunch of energy as well.

My bigger question is whether the island's disruptive influence sets in motion weaknesses that can propagate towards the system's demise. I think we saw that with Lane, once he hit us he never regained his symmetry. And yes I know about all the other factors.. just advocating for the island's inclusion in the discussion. Though now, with Olivia, I suspect she's already too weakened, and has been too battered by other forces, to draw the same conclusions. Though it will be interesting to see how the islands effect what's left of her as she passes.