Hawaii Thunderstorms Kept Us Offline Again

Aloha Everyone! I'm back!!

I have not been online much due to the awful thunderstorms on the Big Island we are experiencing.

The weather has been really terrible all week for all the islands in Hawaii with flooding, downed power lines, no electricity service, etc. The storm system is slowly moving away but it is still wet and rainy on the Big Island.

Last night the thunder was so loud and so close that I saw the walls and windows of our house shake! My husband saw a large lightning bolt strike the ground near our house. We heard a loud crack and this morning found two large Ohia tree trunks and branches that had cracked off from the tree top. They were both about 35 feet long and grazed our telephone line so that it was lying on the ground.

Since our phone still worked, my husband was able to secure the line back where it belonged. (I did call the phone company first just to make sure it was safe.)

It was also super windy and we have Ohia tree branches all over the driveway and everywhere. While in Keaau last week around 2:30 in the afternoon there was a black out for a couple hours due to the windy conditions. Many businesses closed down and everyone got to go home a little early. I was extra careful driving through intersections with no traffic lights.

Earlier in the week we were also experiencing vog (which I will post more about later).

Note: I wrote the above a few days ago, and was not able to finish because I heard thunder and quickly unplugged my computer and moved it to the other room again for the umpteenth time! Read my post, "Did you know you could lose your computer from lightning?" and you will understand why I do this.

It has been raining hard all day and night here, but thankfully no lightning for now.

Evelyn from Homespun Honolulu and
Kailani from An Island Life, what was Oahu like last week for you?

Comments

[Mauigirl]

Wow, sorry to hear about the violent weather! Somehow I don't think of Hawaii having thunderstorms as much as we do here on the east coast but I guess it happens! Glad I didn't pick this week to visit your fair island! ;-)

[Sheila]

I hope the weather gets back to a normal calm for you soon. We've miss you. :)

[HawaiiVacationGifts]

It's days later and it is still raining! At least we haven't had any thunder and lightning. The bummer thing about a wet winter is it is usually followed by a drought!