Heads up: drought!

[EightFingers]

I thought the leeward sides of the islands were supposed to brown. I'm not really getting the idea that cutting trees will have that much of an effect on the trades and how they interact with the islands. Usually as moist wind is forced upward, it cools and rain is formed. Trees or lack of are not going to make a lot of difference considering the highest 4000 or so feet of the volcanoes are basically tree-less. Forest acreage on Hawaii is very small compared to Central America where the trees definitely have a huge affect on the climate.
I'm not for clear-cutting either so don't go after me for that - I love trees and plan to leave 90% of my land in forest.
If I'm wrong, let me know, I don't mind someone showing me I'm wrong and it makes for good discussion. <<smilie>>