Hawaii and the hurricane

[ismaelg]

Hello,

   As I'm typing this, Hawaii is been affected by a hurricane.  Needless to say,  I know what that is first hand.  Eleven months after our wild rodeo we are still struggling to recover.  My prayers and best wishes for Hawaii, especially to our own, Gregg.   I truly hope it doesn't get bad.

Thanks,

[Gramps46]

I share Ismael's thoughts for  you.  

[High octane]

Yes thoughts and prayers to all the people living on the Hawaiian Islands as it is my most favorite place to visit.

[iamsuperdan]

DId I read it right? 79mm of rain? That's over 2ft! 

Hope our Hawaiian friends stay safe.

 

 

[Deano]

On 8/25/2018 at 11:33 AM, iamsuperdan said:

DId I read it right? 79mm of rain? That's over 2ft! 

Hope our Hawaiian friends stay safe.

 

 

Uh, no!  That's more like 3.11 inches; still a lot of rain but not THAT much!

[iamsuperdan]

4 hours ago, Deano said:

Uh, no!  That's more like 3.11 inches; still a lot of rain but not THAT much!

Holy geeze. Lolz

Aaaaaaand I'm dumb. Okay. Roughly 8cm. That's not horrible.

 

 

Still, combined with a hurricane...

[OldTrucker]

Heard on the weather Channel today that the Big Island has seen up to 4 foot of rain !

That is hard to to even visualize!

[OldTrucker]

On 8/24/2018 at 8:55 AM, ismaelg said:

Hello,

   As I'm typing this, Hawaii is been affected by a hurricane.  Needless to say,  I know what that is first hand.  Eleven months after our wild rodeo we are still struggling to recover.  My prayers and best wishes for Hawaii, especially to our own, Gregg.   I truly hope it doesn't get bad.

Thanks,

Have they been able to keep the lights on for you down there? I know it seems to be a really big issue because of the poor condition of the power grid prior to the hurricane.

Had a neighbor who's son was down there trying to help.(woks here for ComEd)  He was there for 5 months until he got too sick and had to come home!

He dropped 30 pounds while there. Said he was spending most of his food money on the poor little kids that were hungry.

[ismaelg]

11 hours ago, OldTrucker said:

Have they been able to keep the lights on for you down there? I know it seems to be a really big issue because of the poor condition of the power grid prior to the hurricane.

Had a neighbor who's son was down there trying to help.(woks here for ComEd)  He was there for 5 months until he got too sick and had to come home!

He dropped 30 pounds while there. Said he was spending most of his food money on the poor little kids that were hungry.

We are doing ok.  Lots of mis-information floating around.  Yes the grid was facing many challenges before but personally I don't think it was as bad as they want to make it look.  Politicians are worst than hurricanes....

Please thank your neighbor for me.   Tell him to contact me if he ever comes back.  I would like to personally thank him!

Back to the topic of Hawaii, it seems they did not get major wind damage but the heavy rain was apocalyptic.   Up to 52 inches of rain at a mountain station.  That is catastrophic in terms of flooding.

Has anyone heard from Gregg?  I sent him a note over messenger but no response so far. 

Thanks,

[Jantrix]

I've heard theres some epic surfing.

[OldTrucker]

5 minutes ago, Jantrix said:

I've heard theres some epic surfing.

Saw that on the news! While they were telling people to get awat from the shore, surfers were heading to it!

[Jantrix]

2 hours ago, OldTrucker said:

Saw that on the news! While they were telling people to get awat from the shore, surfers were heading to it!

Yep and if they couldn't get to a beach they were body boarding on the rivers.

[ismaelg]

Just got a note from Gregg.   Glad to know he is ok after the hurricane.

[High octane]

9 hours ago, ismaelg said:

Just got a note from Gregg.   Glad to know he is ok after the hurricane.

That's good news, and glad to hear it.