02-11-2009, 09:50 PM
yep, and I was driving through it ...
one of the hairiest drives I've done on this island this afternoon ..
couldn't really turn around at a certain point as it was no better behind me.
The police and county were showing up and I was trying to get through while it was still possible.
Lightning, thunder, white out rain, streams springing up, mud, gravel, it was crazy.
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The crazy part was I had my radio on switching channels trying to find something anything to tell me how widespread or serious the conditions were and there was nothing.
KAPA's news at 4:55 didn't even mention it.
Damon, I was definitely thinking the Civil Defense should have been on the radio, interrupting programming. There were LOTS of drivers caught in this thing and many not knowing what to do, go forward, stop, it was confusing.
I kept the advice in mind not to cross fast flowing streams, but at that time the streams were starting to spring up everywhere but the water on the road was still more like a big puddle than a stream, and I have a 4WD, so I forged through it.
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/...reak10.txt
one of the hairiest drives I've done on this island this afternoon ..
couldn't really turn around at a certain point as it was no better behind me.
The police and county were showing up and I was trying to get through while it was still possible.
Lightning, thunder, white out rain, streams springing up, mud, gravel, it was crazy.
[:0]
The crazy part was I had my radio on switching channels trying to find something anything to tell me how widespread or serious the conditions were and there was nothing.
KAPA's news at 4:55 didn't even mention it.
Damon, I was definitely thinking the Civil Defense should have been on the radio, interrupting programming. There were LOTS of drivers caught in this thing and many not knowing what to do, go forward, stop, it was confusing.
I kept the advice in mind not to cross fast flowing streams, but at that time the streams were starting to spring up everywhere but the water on the road was still more like a big puddle than a stream, and I have a 4WD, so I forged through it.
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/...reak10.txt