On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 1:13:52 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > You are correct about that, the trouble is that it was supposed veer away faster and be at a more comfortable distance away from us. What kind of world is this where you can't even depend on a hurricane? As it goes, there was a hurricane watch issued for this island today - it's the first one issued for Oahu since hurricane Iwa in 1982.
>
> Wow. So hurricanes are rare in Hawaii? Guess that makes sense. You live
> out in the middle of the ocean.
>
> Here on the east coast of the US, the continent funnels hurricanes up
> the coast. We get watches or warnings almost every year here....and
> maybe several of them.
>
> Big wind and rain event here tonight and tomorrow. Supposed to be winds
> gusting up to 50mph and 3-5 inches of rain in just 24 hours. Nothing
> serious but I hope we don't lose electricity. That's never any fun.

Oh yeah - good luck to all ya'alls!