OK gang heres an update, the watch is what's happening. We are NOW under the tropical storm watch for the next 24 hrs, and hurricane watch which is 36 hrs, the siren hasn't gone off just yet but will in the next 12-24 hrs. heres a info from the weather.com
if u want to check up on hawaii and where i live just go to weather.com and type in 96778 u ll have ALL info from here on out
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...HURRICANE JIMENA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 845 PM HST SAT AUG 30 2003
... JIMENA EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
... AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII.
... WATCHES WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING SHORES THROUGH SUNDAY.
AT 8 PM HST... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JIMENA WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.6N 146.3W... OR ABOUT 585 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO... AND MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MILES AN HOUR. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
it's very likely i ll be offline on monday so just keep me in thoughts
and please drink a java LOL