good morning. gosh, last night was nuts. i thought my house was going to fly away. the winds were clocking at 50mph when i checked at 2am in the morning. there is a HIGH WIND WARNING, HIGH SURF WARNING, FLASH FLOOD WARNING, AND EVEN A SNOW BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND. this is pretty much the worst it gets here in paradise. feel sorry for those tourists coming off the plane today. in fact, the honolulu marathon is this sunday so a lot of japanese tourists here in waikiki. hotels are full, rent-a-cars sold out, and waikiki packed. more bad weather on the way….
this is the winds as of 7:50am. wahiawa had wind gusts of 70mph and maui had gusts of 79mph. that’s typhoon strength winds. but for now, the winds are a little lighter than last night but still blowing out there. hundreds of schools closed today. all schools on the north shore, all schools on the east side, all schools on the west side, and a lot of schools in town. no electricity on the north shore in many other areas, still dangerous winds, trees on the road, and a bus got struck by lightning on the east side too.
as for the surf, check out bowls now. it gets like this only a couple of times a year. victory at sea. so the best thing to do today is stay indoors. forget the surf, forget school, and forget work. haha. just joking… as for me, i’m going to catch up on emails and maybe watch a dvd or something. i ain’t leaving my house…. have a nice day…
and last, check out this photo. this was a picture of the week. this photo was taken in indonesia. the first time i went on a boat trip to indonesia, i saw a volcano erupt right in front of my face. it was nuts. i thought that was a once in a lifetime thing but a few years after that, i saw another volcano erupt right in front of my face again. that time was in japan. i was on my way back from okinawa to tokyo and i was looking out of my window and seen the top of this mountain start to smoke. luckily i had my video camera and shot it. the people on the airplane were freaking out. that was nuts too. 2 live volcano’s? lucky….
