Disaster Hurricane Lane barrels into Hawaii - Because a currently erupting volcano is not enough

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Lane had previously crossed the Category 5 line. "It's one of only two recorded Category 5 hurricanes to pass within 350 miles of the Big Island's South Point," KGMB reported. "The last: Hurricane John in 1994."

On Tuesday, the weather service issued a hurricane warning for the Big Island and a hurricane watch for Oahu, Maui and other smaller islands.

"On its forecast track, the center of Lane will move very close to or over the main Hawaiian Islands from Thursday-Saturday. ... Slow weakening is forecast ... but Lane is forecast to remain a dangerous hurricane as it draws closer to the Hawaiian Islands," the weather service's Central Pacific Hurricane Center, in Honolulu, warned late Tuesday.

The center said Lane's heavy rain and strong winds could bring heavy swells, flash flooding and landslides. Even if the center of Lane doesn't make landfall, the islands could be walloped with rain and wind.

NASA and NOAA shared an view of the hurricane from space showing the huge swirling storm clouds closing in on Hawaii. The image, taken by the GOES-15 satellite on Wednesday, reveals the well-developed eye of the storm positioned about 300 miles south of the Big Island.

This image from the GOES-15 satellite shows Hurricane Lane, with a well-defined eye, positioned about 300 miles south of Hawaii's Big Island at 2 p.m. ET on August 22, 2018.

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Public schools on the Big Island and in Maui County were closed Wednesday until further notice.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige is allowing non-essential state employees on the Big Island and Maui to go on administrative leave from Wednesday to Friday as Hurricane Lane approaches. Employees on Hawaii and Maui islands who work in disaster response as well as in hospitals and prisons are required to report to their jobs, the governor said.

Longtime Hawaii residents recalled a devastating 1992 hurricane as they prepared for Hurricane Lane.

Kauai resident Mike Miranda was 12 when Hurricane Iniki struck the island 26 years ago. "A lot of people are comparing the similarities between Iniki and Lane," he said.

Iniki's turn into the islands was sudden, he recalled.

"I remember how very little rain fell. But I remember the wind being the strongest force of nature I've ever witnessed and probably the scariest sounds I've ever heard in my life," he said. Utility poles were down all over the island, and his 7th-grade classes were held in Army tents for several months.

Miranda said his family is used to preparing for hurricane season.

"A lot of people who moved here and never experienced a hurricane. They're the ones rushing to the store," he said.

Any Hawaiian Kiwis out there?

 

[Red Hood]

Why not head east and hit Los Angeles or San Fran? Come on, Lane, Hawaii already has volcanoes, brah!

 

[Antipathy]

Welp, I guess Hawaii is going to explode. I wonder if their recovery will be as slow as Puerto Rico's.

 

[Iodised Ant]

The hurricane will cool off the volcano or the volcano will evaporate the hurricane.

Win win.

 

[Coster]

The hurricane will cool off the volcano or the volcano will evaporate the hurricane.

Win win.

Or, the hurricane picks up the lava and becomes a badass lava hurricane, and everyone in Hawaii collectively loses.

 

[ASU]

I'm visiting one of the smaller islands right now. Lines for gas were an hour long yesterday. A lot of the old-timers want the storm to hit because it would stop tourism for a while and set things back a few years, which they see as a plus because they are tired of all the development. A bunch of other people are quietly panicking. Most people I know are just going to buy a couple cases of beer and see what happens. Many houses here are very shoddily constructed relics from the plantation era so if it hits hard it'll be pretty destructive. I'll take pics and post them if anything fun happens.

Our last big storm resulted in this:

Yes, that's a buffalo.

 

[DuckSucker]

If it does hit the island reconstruction is actually going to boom pretty quickly because people will buy up the destroyed land to redevelop since it's such a hot place. I mean the US takes its time with FEMA and shit and it's pretty shoddy and slow, but it's not going to really push much back. I live in a city that has the same problem with booming fucking development that wont stop because theyve milked everywhere else to the point where nobody can afford the ballooned prices and shit.

 

[White bubblegum]

I wonder if the Hawaiian government is helping people with shoddy homes prepare for the hurricane, or if they're expected to do that on their own.

 

[Spooky]

I remember how very little rain fell. But I remember the wind being the strongest force of nature I've ever witnessed and probably the scariest sounds I've ever heard in my life," he said. Utility poles were down all over the island, and his 7th-grade classes were held in Army tents for several months.

This is dumb. Hurricane winds are mildly destructive usually taking out a few trees, chimneys, and telephone poles at most. Even the tornadoes they sometimes spawn as the interior hits land generally aren't too bad. The real issue is the rain and storm surges with their associated flooding and damage to flood control infrastructure.

 

[Hux]

All the governmental body of Hawaii has to do is declare the hurricane unconstitutional and it'll magically go away

Totally worked the last time

 

[Super Collie]

This is dumb. Hurricane winds are mildly destructive usually taking out a few trees, chimneys, and telephone poles at most. Even the tornadoes they sometimes spawn as the interior hits land generally aren't too bad.

Tell that to my former home on the Texas gulf coast.

 

[sasazuka]

Regarding the volcanic activity from Kilauea, the lava flow has actually tapered off over the past few weeks and Fissure 8 has crusted over, USGS hasn't even issued an updated lava flow map since August 14th (or the 15th for the thermal flow map).

The next step is probably Halema‘uma‘u crater refilling with lava, though it will need to clear debris first.

 

[Spooky]

Tell that to my former home on the Texas gulf coast.

I too have lived through a number of hurricanes that have damaged homes of friends and family. I generally stayed for the clean-up and repair. The wind has never once been remotely as bad as the flooding along the Louisiana Mississippi florida bama gulf south

Turns out a mini tsunami followed by more rain than most cities see in a year tends to be more destructive than 110 mph winds

Edit: maybe because homes are built for that along that hurricane corridor

 

[AF 802]

Why not head east and hit Los Angeles or San Fran? Come on, Lane, Hawaii already has volcanoes, brah!

Are you silently suggesting that it should wipe out the commies?

 

[Lysol]

I'm shocked that the volcano is still erupting. When the hell is that thing going to finish, anyway?

This is dumb. Hurricane winds are mildly destructive usually taking out a few trees, chimneys, and telephone poles at most. Even the tornadoes they sometimes spawn as the interior hits land generally aren't too bad. The real issue is the rain and storm surges with their associated flooding and damage to flood control infrastructure.

It really, REALLY depends on the hurricane.

 

[CWCchange]

Welp, I guess Hawaii is going to explode. I wonder if their recovery will be as slow as Puerto Rico's.

Well do you ever see Hawaiians hula dancing on street corners in major American cities like Puerto Ricans shaking their asses to their shitty music? No, because Hawaii is functional as a working colonial model unlike that brown shithole also known as Puerto Rico.

 

[TowinKarz]

Or, the hurricane picks up the lava and becomes a badass lava hurricane, and everyone in Hawaii collectively loses has the most metal death ever

Fixed that for ya.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Must be another HAARPicane like Harvey and Irma and Maria.

Why not head east and hit Los Angeles or San Fran? Come on, Lane, Hawaii already has volcanoes, brah!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Current

California is afraid of global warming because then their cold water current will be messed up and they'll finally get the hurricanes they deserve.

 

[MrLobe]

I'm shocked that the volcano is still erupting. When the hell is that thing going to finish, anyway?

It was edging for a long time.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Hawaiian Kiwi here, reporting in.

The island of Oahu (the one where it really matters) is now under a Hurricane Warning.

I too have lived through a number of hurricanes that have damaged homes of friends and family. I generally stayed for the clean-up and repair. The wind has never once been remotely as bad as the flooding along the Louisiana Mississippi florida bama gulf south

Turns out a mini tsunami followed by more rain than most cities see in a year tends to be more destructive than 110 mph winds

Edit: maybe because homes are built for that along that hurricane corridor

On the other hand, Hurricane Iniki in 1992 hit the island of Kauai HARD, and caused significant damage. Being a Category 4 storm at the time of landfall, the winds did contribute significantly to the damage.