Well, I feel that I can now sympathize with the poor folks living in the Midwest and eastern states who are being pummeled by these freezing storms. Today, it is cold here in Maui.
How cold, you ask?
Cold enough that I have to wear a T-shirt instead of my normal tank-top.
Yowzaa! It’s downright chilly!
Brrrrr…….it appears that Winter does arrive in Hawaii. Yesterday, the temperature at the house dropped to a brisk 74 degrees. Can you believe that? Plus, it has been raining all day and night. My sweetie and I made our regular trek to the Bake Shop this morning. As we sat at a table with our coffee and newspaper (and PC Magazine for him), the rain started pouring down in sheets. There were two rivers of water on each side of the street. It was taking everything in its path down the hill and out to sea. They’ll be talking about this on the news tonight, you bet.
Why is it that, everywhere I live, the local news is obsessed with the weather? In Sacramento during the summer, all they talk about is how hot it is. Record heat wave, high temps, blah, blah. In winter, each local station has a reporter up at Blue Canyon every night, shivering in the snow, telling the folks back home “It’s SNOWING up here!†Not a fun gig. Piss off the station manager and Whoops!, your next assignment is reporting on snow conditions up at Blue Canyon.
In Hawaii, it makes sense that weather conditions can be important. We have surf advisories every night (usually for Oahu). We have the Severe Weather Tracker. We have the occasional vog alert. Vog? Is there really such a thing?
Yes. Vog is volcanic smog. Another uniquely Hawaii phenomenon that I have learned about.
So, for the weather-obsessed out there, it is currently raining and 75-degrees outside here in Maui. Hope you are all staying warm and dry, wherever you are.
pppbbbbttthhhh! 😉 (Sheila, shivering here in Kansas)