07-21-2023, 12:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2023, 01:00 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
And still, our Maunas disrupt hurricanes, weather systems of any kine,.. Calvin's path as it approached the islands was wholly disrupted, ... the eye wobbled all over the place and only stabilized again after it left our sphere of influence.
Back on page 3 of this thread a new member asked:
I was wondering... What should people with homes on 200 foot cliffs do during a hurricane.
Do you think telling him that Big Island is protected by Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea because the mountains tear hurricanes apart is the correct reply? Don't Worry, Be Happy? What if some people reading Punaweb then do nothing to prepare for a hurricane because the advice given them by one or two members was the mauna will protect them?
Semantics can be important when you believe the wind can never blow higher than 74 mph, especially if it starts coming at you at a far higher speed from the north, then south, east, and finally west during the hours a storm passes over.
Which has occurred. Here's an account of a major hurricane that damaged Big Island in 1871:
https://hawaii.edu/epscor/uh-news-hawaii...hurricane/
Back on page 3 of this thread a new member asked:
I was wondering... What should people with homes on 200 foot cliffs do during a hurricane.
Do you think telling him that Big Island is protected by Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea because the mountains tear hurricanes apart is the correct reply? Don't Worry, Be Happy? What if some people reading Punaweb then do nothing to prepare for a hurricane because the advice given them by one or two members was the mauna will protect them?
Semantics can be important when you believe the wind can never blow higher than 74 mph, especially if it starts coming at you at a far higher speed from the north, then south, east, and finally west during the hours a storm passes over.
Which has occurred. Here's an account of a major hurricane that damaged Big Island in 1871:
https://hawaii.edu/epscor/uh-news-hawaii...hurricane/