At the risk of "playing meteorologist", I'm not sure how much solace to take from that wedge of "cold" water as isn't it like 26 deg C that is warm enough to spawn and maintain hurricanes? That means all but the left-most color (violet?) on that graph is perfectly copacetic to Kiko which leaves little solid barrier indeed from the impacts from an Iselle-like, or even Dora-like (Lahaina fire), southerly storm path. Of course, only time will tell but hopefully such events remind us to not become overly complacent.
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/ocean/sst/contour/
![[Image: hawaii.fc.gif]](https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/contour/hawaii.fc.gif)
As for anthropomorphizing, nothing wrong with making some entreaties to the larger possible powers at play - maybe Edge can lead us all in some Amagoi (rainmaking) or Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) as conditions require?
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/ocean/sst/contour/
As for anthropomorphizing, nothing wrong with making some entreaties to the larger possible powers at play - maybe Edge can lead us all in some Amagoi (rainmaking) or Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) as conditions require?