07-22-2023, 05:48 PM
(07-21-2023, 07:25 AM)HiloJulie Wrote: "And still, our Maunas disrupt hurricanes, weather systems of any kine, and whether or not you're able to grok it makes no never mind"My apologies if the following story is a repost. It's dated 7/19.
And yet, after 2 links were posted to articles written by numerous scientists and metrologists saying the opposite, you still believe your myth.
https://bigislandnow.com/2023/07/18/myth...-cyclones/
“No,” said John Bravender, the warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service forecast office in Honolulu. “The terrain does not protect us.”
But while the mountains don’t stop the island from being struck by tropical cyclones, storms are affected by Hawai‘i’s terrain once they pass over land — just like their Atlantic counterparts.