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Hurricane Flossie completely fell apart just before reaching the Big Island. After a few brief downpours in the late morning, the day turned out to be kind of nice. The National Weather Service is showing that we only got about an inch and a half of rain between 5am Tuesday and 5am Wednesday. We were expecting five to ten inches. Kau got less than a quarter of an inch in the same timespan; they were expecting ten inches.

The highest wind gusts at South Point, the closest point of land to the hurricane, were only 45 knots.

It was a valuable exercise for Civil Defense and other disaster planning and recovery groups. The Red Cross learned that they need to better inform people that when they go to a shelter they need to bring their evacuation kits with them, including bedding, as most people who showed up at the evacuation shelters had to be sent back home to get their stuff.

All in all, a pansy of a hurricane.