Churing away out in the Pacific, we haven’t heard much about it
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. but the Hawaiians DID.
See, the hawaian islands have historically been protected from the majority of hurricans by a coincidence of geography and trade wind patterns.
Most hurricane are broken up by that and never hit the islands.
This one was different, and the hawaians had been warned there were going to be stronger than usual winds in advance.
They knew they were coming, they knew fire danger would be elevated, they knew arson has been an issue of late, they knew to be extra carefull, they knew to be extra watchful.
This fire storm was no “ accident “ imho.
Good point.
I’ve been watching the track since last week, and it’s certainly impressive. As you point out, most of these will turn north and peter out long before hitting Hawaii.
Have family on the Big Island, but they haven’t really said anything about the high winds. The fire does seem suspicious.
Hurricane Iniki