Torrential Rains, Thunder, Lightning, Floods......... and Snow? Only in Hawaii!

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Whoa!  Torrential rains, flooding, high surf, lightning and booming thunder! That's the way it was Saturday night on Oahu. Sleeping soundly until BOOM!  And blinding light in our bedroom that startled us awake. The dog's head was under the bed. Okay. She's cool. And my heart is beating because my husband JUMPED at the BOOM!

It was still raining hard on Sunday and because of the storm we didn't get to cut down the junk in mom's valley in the back of her house. Shucks???

I worked in our office all day yesterday and there wasn't much going on in the way of excitement going on there either because of the continuing on again off again rain. 

Here's something you won't hear about on the mainland. Open House's were thriving on Sunday!  During our Monday morning Sales Meeting my Principle Broker ran around with his client's in the rain to Open House's on Sunday and he said ....there was a lot of activity in Mililani! Whaaaa? Only in Hawaii!

Me?  I stayed in the house ALL weekend and blogged while hubby played his Everquest II ;) 

It's not sunny today and the air is getting cooler as I type. On last nights news they announced that on Mauna Kea (dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii aka The Big Island) had a blanket of snow after this weekend storm. 14 degrees atop Mauna Kea?  Only in Hawaii!

We have our "seasons" (I guess you'd call it) and this was a long awaited "cooling off" that was very much needed after the recent fires here. We don't get extreme changing seasons because we live in a tropical climate but the temperatures change a little and we do get rain and a snow cap while you folks on the mainland get heavy duty snow storms.  

Following are some articles for November 4, 2007 from our local newspaper www.honoluluadvertier.com  regarding the storm:

BREAKING LOCAL NEWS
•	Oahu, Molokai under flood advisory (Updated at 10:16 p.m.)
•	South shores to see surf up to 16 feet today - video (Updated at 5:34 p.m.)
•	No injuries after boulder crashes through Palolo home (Updated at 3:11 p.m.)
•	Boulder crashes through window of Aina Haina home (Updated at 4:35 p.m.)
•	Acre-sized pond at Kailua Beach Park; homes flooded (Updated at 3:52 p.m.)
•	Red Cross assisting in Kailua after homes flooded (Updated at 3:30 p.m.)
•	Health officials warn about contaminated flood waters (Updated at 3:15 p.m.)
•	Rainfall totals around parts of Oahu (Updated at 3:45 p.m.)
•	City closes Waipio Soccer Complex (Updated at 12:03 p.m.)
•	Home in Waimanalo flooded by rainwater (Updated at 5:08 p.m.)
•	Homes in Kaneohe, Nanakuli flooded by heavy rain (Updated at 5:03 p.m.)
•	Loud thunder, heavy rain, blinding lightning reported (Updated at 11:39 a.m.)

Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman, Realtor Associate ®

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