High Surf, Rain, Thunder, Lightning.....

This picture is the result of a huge storm we had that started Wednesday night. Heavy rain, thunder, lightning, all night long and into the next morning. The debris shown in the photo washed down from the Wailua river and ended up on the beach at Lydgate. About 50 people were evacuated from low lying property along the river Wednesday night. A friend of mine that lives on the north shore couldn't get home because the Hanalei bridge was closed. He spent the night in his truck in the parking lot at Foodland in Princeville. Because it was the day before payday he didn't have any money to get gas to drive someplace he could stay. There was more rain on Thursday and Friday was mostly overcast with a little rain.



The same time the storm hit there was a huge south swell. Beaches from Lydgate to Kekaha were closed because of the dangerous surf. That's a hugh chunk of coastline to be closed. Salt Pond is closed because of debris and poor water quality. I heard the waves at Pakala's were 6 feet. That doesn't sound too big but waves that size pounding the beach do some real damage. It should be interesting to see what condition the beach is in next time we're there.

But today the overcast skies began to clear and we headed for the beach. We did get sprinkled on once and there were some clouds but it was mostly sunny. Several kitesurfers were taking advantage of the brisk breeze. After the beach we drove to Nukolii and walked along the beach in front of the Radisson. Lots of driftwood along the beach and the water looked kinda yucky. We might check out Salt Pond tomorrow.

The ex-boyfriend has finally stopped calling me collect from jail. After about three weeks of not picking up the phone I think he finally got the hint.

Just after we pulled out of our driveway to head for the beach today I saw a guy driving a truck in the opposite direction that looked a lot like the heartbreaker. I was tempted to make a u-turn and follow him but that would have been kind of obvious don't you think?