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Excerpt: This is the "most intense" drought in Hawaii since the 1999 inception of the U.S. Drought Monitor, said Kevin Kodama, a senior hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
Source: West Hawaii Today.
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http://westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010...ocal01.txt
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In a different impact report, Ocean View residents said they were paying up to $350 monthly for water to be transported to catchment tanks.
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The report seems mostly concerned with the leeward side. What about Puna's rainfall?
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What about Puna's rainfall?
Check page three of the report available free as a pdf at this link
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_S...ent_hi.pdf
Specific sites in Puna are detailed.
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I'm in HPP (close to the ocean) and our catchment is at the brim. No water shortage problems here. We seem to be getting consistent overnight soakings which is keeping everything green
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Pahoa Rainfall Stats in inches comparing average A=Average to R=Recorded for 2010
Jan A13.9 R1.1
Feb A10.9 R1.5
Mar A10.5 R8.8
Apr A13.9 R7.8
May A10.5 R3.8
Jun A7.1 R4.6
Jul A9.8 R5.1
Aug A10.6 R5.0
Total for 8 months A87.2 R37.7
In Pahoa we got less than half of the average of rain this year.
Edited to include year to date total
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