Thanks everyone- your good thoughts helped blow these buggers away from us
The Big Island- Hilo side- did take a hit but when Iselle landed she was a strong tropical storm instead of a hurricane. Whew, still lots of flooding, wind, trees, poles etc down but it could have been so much worse. The storm leftovers are just some strong wind and rain- not unusual weather for us here on Kauai. We are still watching Hurricane Julio carefully- he seems to be heading North and away from the islands but we know all too well from Hurricane Iniki in 1992 that the course can change on a dime and the storm can head in straight toward us. Fingers crossed for dodging another bullet. There is another disturbance gearing up behind Julio. Sigh. This is the year!
Thanks for all your good wishes.