On 2016-08-30 2:22 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 7:18:25 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> I see two hurricanes are headed toward Hawaii - are the Big Island
>> and Maui in the most danger at this point? Is Lester still
>> predicted to miss the islands? Are you looking at the usual amount
>> of rain, heavy rain, or something more on Oahu? I haven't seen
>> Oahu mentioned, so that's a good sign.
>>
>> -- I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
>
> Tropical storms coming our way are fairly common this time of year.
> Last month we had 7 named storms heading towards us. It's getting so
> that we're pretty complacent these days. It looks like we won't see
> any action on Oahu but the Big Island will but who knows what could
> happen?

Bummer about the hurricanes. My niece lives in California and got
married there last year. Her anniversary is Sept. 5th and her husband
is taking her to Hawaii for their first anniversary. They are headed
there tomorrow or Friday.



> We'll probably be in for a lively time in the future if the
> Earth gets much warmer.
>


Call me a skeptic, but I live at the southern edge of the glaciers of
the last ice age. There is a hill about a mile north of us that is sand
and gravel that was deposited when the glaciers started to recede.