Thanks for your kind thoughts, PV1!
I'm doing fine … but that might be due to my being in Sweden rather than Hawaii right now
I have been watching special news coverage provided by the largest Hawaii TV station group via the Internet. It looks like the first of two hurricanes, marginally Category 1 Iselle, has veered a bit south from its earlier predicted track. This should reduce its impact on the most populated area, Honolulu, where my i-MiEV is parked on jack stands under a car cover inside our condo complex's parking garage where it should be well-protected from wind, rain, blowing debris, etc. Before we departed in April, we moved all of our lanai furniture inside, so if the winds aren't strong enough from the east to blow heavy items into our lanai sliding glass doors, our apartment should be fine.
I'm more concerned about the second hurricane, Julio, that has become much stronger (Category 3). Its predicted trajectory takes it north of the Hawaiian islands, but if it should veer slightly south, it could pose a greater threat to Honolulu. We'll have to wait a couple of days to see how Julio behaves.
Fortunately, ocean temperatures around Hawaii are generally too cool to provide enough heat energy for hurricanes to strengthen into really dangerous storms. The exception to this is the warmer water south of the island chain. However, hurricanes usually approach Hawaii from the east where they weaken over cool water prior to reaching Hawaii. Nevertheless, two strong hurricanes in the early '80's and '90's approached from the southeast, one of which slammed Kauai causing extensive damage.
Overall, I'm cautiously optimistic that our apartment and i-MiEV will weather these storms unscathed.
