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So how come it looks like we are getting slammed and it's just a grey day outside? Just doesn't make sense...
oh yeah - and the eye DOES look more defined. I guess I was more rattled that I needed to be. (Anyone need a drink of water? We've got plenty. LOL!)
P.S. - As I finish this post it is starting to pour outside :/
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/sat_Hawaiiir.php
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Edited by - Carolann R on 08/14/2007 12:36:12
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Oh, I remember the storm of 2000 -- watching as rocks the size of cars rolled onto the soccer fields in downtown Hilo.
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I do remember the storm of 2000!!!!!
Update as of 1:00 PM - high tide is actually at 3:50 (i had it incorrect) - water just starting to cross Waiopae (small puddles so far). Just started to rain a bit. But air is very heavy and moist. Seems like the same grayness all day - light hasnt changed much. Poohiki is completely closed off to Lookey loos and surfers alike. Not even pedestrian traffic down that portion of red road.
I feel like something is going to happen - or maybe it is the Twin Peaks music because the kids are watching that! It is eerie down here now.
Newspaper and CNN down here also.
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Should i put my kite away ?
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As Laura Dern said in Jurassic Park when she turned the lights back on, "Looks like we're back in business!"
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If it seemed to you like it has slowed down, you were right. It is only going 8mph now, which is good in that it may be weakening, but somewhat bad in that any heavy rain is likely to stick around longer than it would otherwise.
The latest bulletin from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center:
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FLOSSIE ADVISORY NUMBER 26
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP092007
500 PM HST TUE AUG 14 2007
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...
...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...
THE BIG ISLAND WILL SEE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS... 39 MPH AND HIGHER...THIS EVENING. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY AS HURRICANE FLOSSIE PASSES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ANY SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK TOWARDS THE NORTH...CLOSER TO THE BIG ISLAND... WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WINDS.
SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL REMAIN 20 TO 25 FT TONIGHT. SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL REMAIN 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT.
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS MAY PRODUCE 10 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALLER AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES...MAY FALL ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AT 500 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 155.5 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 305 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU...OAHU.
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FLOSSIE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 PM HST POSITION...17.5 N...155.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...978 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM HST.
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Check out Kapoho in these pics taken at 4:30 PM yesterday, 10:30 AM and 3:45 PM today.
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Wow, nothing like pictures to tell the story! I'm glad that the winds are mild and the rain is not heavy.... in the Volcano area, that is. What's been going on in your neighborhood?
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I spoke too soon. The raindrops have weight now. I'm glad that it's still not windy.
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Tiki Gardens (aina pua) just cloudy and light rain.
