Damaging winds approaching Big Island

[Cindy Blankenship]

I just spoke with HELCO and was told that it was as you suspected, tree branches blowing against power lines, and just rubbing against them can cause the off and on effect we had today. Not related to Mt View outage. She said they are still working to "address these issues" by trimming branches. Couldn't get her to come to my place though - ha!

Have been following weather and don't see any high winds predicted for BI other than summits.

Edit: Forecast was updated after I posted - yikes 40mph gusts for Keaau Friday. So much for computer work...

Cindy