Tropical Storm Ana Heads for Honolulu
Source: NBC News
Tropical Storm Ana was headed straight for Hawaii Wednesday morning and was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Thursday night and impact Honolulu.
As of 5 a.m. local time (11 a.m. EST) the storm was about 680 miles south east of Hilo, on The Big Island, and about 900 miles from the capital, according to the National Weather Service. Ana had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and was moving west at about 9 mph, forecasters said. The storm is expected to turn northwest later Wednesday night or early Thursday and become a Category 1 hurricane, meaning winds of 74-95 mph.
While there is still much uncertainty, the storm could hit the Big Island by 2 a.m. Saturday local time, and Honolulu about a day later. The islands may see heavy rain and stronger winds as soon as Friday.
“There’s still a big question of a lot of error," Weather Channel Senior Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross told NBC News. "In Honolulu, it could be anything from passing showers and gusty winds all the way to a significant storm — which hasn't hit Honolulu in some decades." Since 1950, only four hurricanes have come within 150 nautical miles of Hawaii's capital city
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/tropical-storm-ana-heads-honolulu-n226581
Not this shite again!
Stay safe Hawaiian Islands!
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We'll leave the light on.
Good Luck to Bermuda~ Mahalo
which will surely be canceled as this gets closer. 
Kaua'i hoping everyone is safe and we don't get hit hard..
don't be out there at the water's edge taking photos for our sake. get thee to safety!
i have dear friends on the big island and the last hurricane was hard on them and their farm.
hoping the best for them! And, again and the whole chain! We just don't know what's going to happen so we have to be prepared.
Mahalo, hopemountain~
fresh. 
with the buying non perishable food supplies. We just ate the last of our stash from August!
At least we have plenty of warning.. with Iniki in September '92 we had NONE!
Stay safe, Cha, and all Hawaiians.
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bob and a weaver, though.. we don't know what's going to happen.. just deja vu and get ourselves stocked up on non perishables, water, and batteries.. again!
Mahalo treestar!
When hitting the Islands.
Glad you are prepared and hope it turns out unneeded! Hatches battened! ucks 
be safe Cha
Have you heard anything new about it? I was just going to check to see if there was an update.
Yes, it does Suck!
Duke's. Then the other night as I was watching something on Hulu online.. I saw Duke come on for what I thought was an ad for him.. but turned out it was Ige's people talking about how Duke was for No Choice whatsoever for an woman's abortion.. if she were raped or anything. And, then David Ige came on talking about how he respected women.
I was thrilled! Interesting how that ad was geared toward me on a national online streaming service! I had been thinking maybe David Ige's name wasn't as well known and Duke ran the last time. But, I thought if we get him it will be Lingle all over again.. possible worse!
"Behooves"?! Who talks like that?! So David did good in the debate!
Mahalo for all the info, mahina.. I really appreciate it! Good Luck to us with Ana~
running against the GMO Mayor(Bernard Carvalho).
Barco's a former pro surfer/ taro farmer guy from the North Shore who decided to run because he didn't like how all the giant GMO companies were spraying their poisons around don't want to be held accountable... and Carvalho is okay with it.
Aloha, mahina~ Mahalo and Good Luck to you!
Tropical Storm watch issued for Big Island as Ana nears state
Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus and all Hawai'i Island preschools will be closed on Friday, Oct. 17. All athletic and after-school activities on Hawai'i Island are cancelled beginning Thursday, Oct. 16, and extending through the weekend.
Saturday, October 18 Refuge Open House event at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge is cancelled.
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be closed Friday, October 17.
and so on..
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26793665/blog-list-of-closures-due-to-tropical-storm-ana
Such a track would keep the strongest and most destructive winds offshore. The same cannot be said for other impacts, which will spread across Hawaii in an east-to-west fashion late Friday through Sunday.
The Big Island, mainly southern areas, and Kauai are at greatest risk of experiencing flooding rainfall and tropical storm-force winds. Such winds could cause tree damage and power outages, while isolated mudslides may result.
The Hawaii State Department of Education announced on Wednesday that Hawaii Island public schools will be closed on Friday as a result of the pending storm.
More..
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hawaii-may-escape-direct-hit-b/35772449
When I visited Hawai'i back in 1986 and got chance to pop over to Kaui'i to tour around the island, the guide talked about the devastation from Hurricane Iwa there in 1982. When we stopped by the Fern Grotto, the guide mentioned about how the ferns were just starting to recover around the cave entrance some 4 years after Iwa (they were sparse but building back up again when I saw them). Sadly, Iniki stripped the ferns again but that was 20+ years ago.
took us 5 years to rebuild.
Wow! 4 years for the Ferns at the Grotto to grow back! .. It seems surreal to be talking about another hurricane so soon again after we dodged the storms in August. Reports say there's going to be more and more activity like this in the Pacific waters due to Global Climate change in the coming years.
Take Good Care.. to all those in the path of Hurricane Ana~ and Bermuda, too!
much as 'Iniki did in 1992.
But unlike 'Iniki, it is forecast to weaken back into a tropical storm.
Fun fact: 'Iniki made landfall on Kaua'i on... wait for it... September 11.
we didn't have all this warning then. And, thankfully it should be much weaker.
Mahalo for the update, KA!
Just not wanting to do this again.. like everybody else is Not!
A hug for you~
upthread.. it looks like it's passing O'ahu and headed for Kaua'l like it did in '92. Only not nearly as strong. Whew!
So, we could be without power for awhile.. I love my power!
Mahalo for the Hug, Sweetie!
Tropical Storm Ana is expected to deliver heavy rain and potentially destructive winds to the southern half of Hawaii's Big Island in the next couple of days, meteorologists said Thursday.
Ana likely will become a hurricane by Friday evening but return to tropical storm strength Saturday morning, National Weather Service meteorologist Ray Tanabe said.
That's also when the storm is forecast to be closest to the island — about 85 to 90 miles offshore to the southwest.
The storm will be farther from the coast than predicted earlier, forecasters said Thursday. It also will be a hurricane for a shorter period than previously thought.
"Right now, we expect the main impacts to be on the Big Island," Tanabe said. The weather service has issued a tropical storm watch for the island.
The storm likely will bring 40 to 50 mph winds to the Big Island's Kau, Puna and South Kona districts. Tanabe warned that winds of this strength can blow down trees and knock out power.
The soil in the Kau district already is heavily saturated from recent thunderstorms, raising the risk of flooding there.
More..
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ana-forecast-bring-hawaii-40-50-mph-winds-26256549
