High winds on Maui yesterday led to a forest fire in Olinda, blew the roof off a house in Haiku and pushed ashore several vessels from Lahaina to Kaanapali.
"The wind is screaming right now," said Olinda resident Susan Wachter, who had been without power for 2 1/2 hours yesterday afternoon.
Across the neighbor islands yesterday, high winds knocked out power to thousands, closed stores and tore the roofs from homes and buildings.
El Nino weather patterns led to the state's five-year drought. The increased wetness, he said, has been a break in the pattern.
Winter weather has been dramatic since November.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jan/15/ln/ln02a.html
High winds on Maui yesterday led to a forest fire in Olinda, blew the roof off a house in Haiku and pushed ashore several vessels from Lahaina to Kaanapali.
"The wind is screaming right now," said Olinda resident Susan Wachter, who had been without power for 2 1/2 hours yesterday afternoon.
Across the neighbor islands yesterday, high winds knocked out power to thousands, closed stores and tore the roofs from homes and buildings.
At the summit of Mauna Kea, observatories recorded winds of 65 mph, said Mauna Kea services manager Ron Koehler. He closed the summit road at the 13,000-foot level at 2 p.m.
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