08-06-2009, 08:57 AM
kimo,
nobody can predict that stuff until the experts see whether the storm diminshes as predicted. With these hurricane watches, you have to wait until it's almost here and sometimes - like with Flossie -- it's unknown right up until the arrival.
Flossie was a dud on the wind level. At the time I was moving out of an oceanfront place in Vacationland and had to rush the process because of the feared surge. There was flooding on Wai Opae. It doesn't take much. It got wet under the house which is on twelve foot columns. A lot of debris and trash was floating around. That was it.
I'll never forget that sequence. The quake was my first night in my new house. Talk about testing out the property!
So I went to Safeway and Walmart late last night and the bottled water was all gone in both stores. Seemed plenty of spam. Flashlight sales busy at Walmart. Had been a run on the cheap camping stoves.
To make matters worse, the barge bringing Safeway's dairy and other goods that day had broken down and returned to Oahu, meaning no barge until Friday.
nobody can predict that stuff until the experts see whether the storm diminshes as predicted. With these hurricane watches, you have to wait until it's almost here and sometimes - like with Flossie -- it's unknown right up until the arrival.
Flossie was a dud on the wind level. At the time I was moving out of an oceanfront place in Vacationland and had to rush the process because of the feared surge. There was flooding on Wai Opae. It doesn't take much. It got wet under the house which is on twelve foot columns. A lot of debris and trash was floating around. That was it.
I'll never forget that sequence. The quake was my first night in my new house. Talk about testing out the property!
So I went to Safeway and Walmart late last night and the bottled water was all gone in both stores. Seemed plenty of spam. Flashlight sales busy at Walmart. Had been a run on the cheap camping stoves.
To make matters worse, the barge bringing Safeway's dairy and other goods that day had broken down and returned to Oahu, meaning no barge until Friday.