Rain Rain Go Away!

Rain Rain Go Away! was Originally Posted on April 3, 2006 by lavarock

We REALLY want the rain to go away!

The state of Hawaii has been drenched the past month and we are really tired of it. The weather department just released its rainfall totals for March. Mount Waialeale on Kauai received 93 inches of rain in the past month! I have to admit that it is also the wettest spot on earth, but even so…other places have received 37″ of rain in a month.

The Big Island (where I live) has a waterspout advisory issued tonight (waterspouts are tornados over water).

Many storms have contained hail, thunder and lightning, all very uncommon out here.

Flash flood watches and warnings have outnumbered luaus. One place near Honolulu had 6 landslides in 5 days.

I hope that our bad weather does not spoil our visitor’s vacations, but I can understand why they may be less than thrilled to have been here the past month. Still, the weather is outside our control and we DO try to keep the Aloha spirit alive even under adverse conditions.

Speaking of visitors, I had fun last night at the “Aloha Hawaiian Night” festivities at the Kailua-Kona pier. The event helped generate funds for Destination Kona Coast, the group who welcomes visiting cruise ships.

Along with great food, these was a silent auction, live music and hula. As I walked around, I passed the world-famous chef Sam Choi, who was watching a relative hula. Even though Sam is quite famous, he seems quite approachable.

Sam is not the only famous person on the island, but you will probably see him more often than Bette Midler, Steve Case or even Jason Scott Lee, who I heard has been seen often in the Home Depot over in Hilo! Oprah has some property on a few islands and well, the list goes on.

All I can say is, if any oof them are on island this month, they too are tired of the rain!