I have jugs and jugs of water I need to pour out. I’m very glad I didn’t need them, though. The canned tuna and Spam and corned beef hash will come in handy in the future, and anyway, hurricane season lasts through November. Two close calls were a-plenty, though. No más, storms, no más!
We may have dodged this one. Meanwhile, our Governor may have been swamped by a different kind of hurricane. After the first of four printouts, the one with all the absentee ballots and many of the early walk-in ballots, he trails his opponent by 30,000 votes in a Democratic primary election. State Senator David Ige …
From Events Iselle, you won’t take any of our poolside furniture when you go by us! At 5:00AM today she was 70 miles WSW of Hilo and 180 miles SE of Honolulu. Here’s the expected track:
I have every hope that I won’t need this 5-gallon cooler or the other four 2-quart containers of water. I have the same hope that we won’t lose power, as I’ve got a freezer-full of meat and vegetables and bread and burritos and stuffs.
Hawaii News Now Hurricane Tracker We’re gonna get wet and windy, but hopefully no worse than that.
Considering that neither Iselle nor Julio are expected to be at any more than tropical storm strength by the time they arrive, my fellow residents obviously concluded that their hurricane kits needed updating. And the earlier storm isn’t scheduled to be here till the day after tomorrow! I’m impressed with the pre-planning! (Photo from HawaiiNewsNow) …
Well, probably not. It’s expected to be downgraded from its current Category 3 hurricane status to tropical storm levels by the time it reaches the Big Island Thursday.
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