Hurricanes!

 Lions and tigers and bears -- OH MY!  No, we're not in Kansas but this weather is getting serious.  It took two weeks to get internet and phone back up after Lala.  In the meantime, half of the population here in Volcano village area is still without internet -- due to crappy Hawaiian Tel service.  We are thankful we have Spectrum and while we do have one additional loose wire to hook up, that is a minor fix.

Today, the project was to squeegee all the standing water out of the carport that was threating the indoor lanai area.  That meant cleaning off all the storage shelves, sweeping out both the debris and the water, but that project is now done.  We have someone scheduled to come on Friday to clean out the debris in all of our buildings' gutters and power wash the roofs. Given the upcoming additional storm threats, that may be postponed.

Anyway...here's the latest on the next LINEUP of potential disasters headed our way. Life in rural Hawaii on the Big Island....stay tuned! 

Rack 'em Up!!

We are as ready as we can be, having had some experience now....so how about some MUSIC??

MUSIC!!  Play "Rack 'em Up" while you read!

Madeline is expected tomorrow followed by Hurricane Lester

We aren't very far into hurricane season here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but it looks like we have some serious weather headed our way.

Looking at this NOAA image that was in the Star Advertiser, all I could think of was "rack 'em up." and of course a great song by Jonny Lang.  We have had pretty good luck so far because our "storm cruncher" volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea do tend to disrupt the arms of the storms as they approach the Big Island.  But, as always, the east side of the island, where we live, is pretty much where they all swing in to upon arrival. And, for better or worse, we have had some practice! We'll just make a bowl of pop-corn, light the candles, put on some good music, and dive into our favorite books....

"Oh NO, Mr. Bill...not the blender!!" 

All we could think of with this photo was SNL's -- Mr. Bill

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