Thursday, December 11, 2008

Thursday, December 11th - Updated with photos

Boom! Boom! Craaaack! We woke to thunder and lightning. Huge waves out front, and amazing rain, but I'm too chicken to go out on the lanai with the camera. Here's a photo from behind the screen.


We moved the rest of the food from the old condo, and have sort of settled in here. I walked to the office to turn in the keys, and got completely drenched. Pouring down rain, but it's still 75 degrees. Quite a treat!

Not sure what kind of photos we'll get today -- depends on the weather.



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The storm has continued
all day. There are flash flood warnings for Maui, and several of the other islands.

In the last 24 hours, we've received two inches of rain, although other parts of the island have received as much as eight inches.


Here's a snippet from the KHNL website:
A flash flood watch is in effect for Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui and western and southern portions of the big island of Hawaii. A strong kona low northwest of kauai will maintain the threat of heavy showers over the state through friday. While the greatest threat for flooding rains will be over Maui county Thursday night. Additional heavy rainfall is possible over all islands.
















Jerry made tacos for lunch. We spent the afternoon reading, loafing, and addressing Christmas cards. Hopefully we'll be able to snorkel into town tomorrow to mail them.

We did venture out for an afternoon walk. Windy, rainy, but perfectly warm. Sadly, the beach was littered with (former) jellyfish, which we think were Portuguese Man Of War. We were spending more time watching where we stepped than enjoying the view, so we came in early.

Tonight is the banquet up at the golf course, but neither of us like buffets, or driving at night. We'll curl up with a movie and leftover spaghetti.

Today's book count: Started Iris Johansen's Pandora's Daughter.

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