Rain, What Rain?

Excerpt from the Disaster News Network (the happiest media outlet in the industry):

According to Ray Lovell, public information officer for the Hawaii State Civil Defense Office, 64 homes suffered flood damage from Saturday and Sunday’s heavy rains. “But we’re still conducting assessments, that number could rise,” he said. Damage to private residences is already estimated at $1 million.

The area received over 10 inches of rain in 12 hours, with Lovell noting that eight inches of that fell within a three-hour period on Saturday evening. The normally small and quiet stream in the valley quickly became a raging river.

“It was a fantastic amount of rain in a short period of time. I know I’ve lived here for 35 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. Some meteorologists say it was a 50-year flood.”

Besides my toilet bursting, which flooded my room with a foot of water, the constant downpour has been pretty darn pleasant.

Relentless, but pleasant.

November 11th, 2004 in Journal |