Hurricane Lane - Hawaii, August 2018

[EstrellaEspectral]

I lived there when Darby hit, which this is now starting to remind me of. This one has been worrying me so much the last few days. More than anything when I lived on Maui. So much love to my Maui ohana!

 

[Jax49]

KHON2 News

Storm is becoming less symmetric. Good news.

 

[Jax49]

Authorities report increased wind speeds, blown roofs as Lane nears Oahu

Honolulu officials are responding to several reports of outages and blown roofs as Hurricane Lane nears the Gathering Isle.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service posted that at about 10 p.m., peak wind gusts of 68 mph were recorded at Kohala Ranch in Waimea

ETA twitter feed for National Weather Service in Honolulu.

NWSHonolulu (@NWSHonolulu) | Twitter

 

[Jax49]

NWSHonolulu on Twitter

Preliminary storm totals from Big Island: Hakalau Station 31.21", Waikea Experimental Station 23.67". #HurricaneLane #HIwx

3:58 AM - 24 Aug 2018

bbm

 

[Gnatcatcher]

Do we have a WS members' check-in going? I want everyone to be safe!!!

 

[Jax49]

Weather Channel is reporting a brush fire on Maui...at least one woman suffered burns and was evacuated.

 

[BeachSky]

I have a cousin in Oahu. I'm watching the earthcam webcams (surprisingly few cameras in Hawaii!) and it seems ok for the moment.

Cat 2 , approaching Oahu ...my daughter says it feels like they are in the zone ...It hasn’t come down on them yet.


Pray for Hawaii

 

[Jax49]

Downgraded to a Tropical Storm.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Downgraded to a Tropical Storm.

By the sounds of it this weather system has followed the usual pattern of storms declining in ferocity as they approach HI. One starts to appreciate why so few hurricanes (or should they be termed typhoons since we're talking about the Pacific?) hit the islands.

So far the Atlantic hurricane season has been remarkably quiet.

 

[Jax49]

By the sounds of it this weather system has followed the usual pattern of storms declining in ferocity as they approach HI. One starts to appreciate why so few hurricanes (or should they be termed typhoons since we're talking about the Pacific?) hit the islands.

So far the Atlantic hurricane season has been remarkably quiet.

They did a segment on the Weather Channel explaining why Lane was a hurricane, not a typhoon. Also, I found this:

It is not until you head much farther west in the Pacific where such storms are called "typhoons".

Is Lane a hurricane? Or a typhoon? Or a cyclone?

 

[FlossyMay]

My niece and her family were safe as of last night. Waiting for her morning update.

 

[Jax49]

My niece and her family were safe as of last night. Waiting for her morning update.

Hopefully they're fine. Honolulu, right? One of the weathermen on the Weather Channel made a comment several hours ago, "Honolulu, this isn't your storm."

 

[BeachSky]

My niece and her family were safe as of last night. Waiting for her morning update.

Myself also waiting for Oahu update.
My family lives on the north shore.

 

[BeachSky]

Just heard from north shore Oahu..
they say it’s just drizzling there.

 

[FlossyMay]

I've also heard from my niece. They're good. Just raining. Thank goodness.