On our only trip to Hawaii, we booked an Airbnb in Kauai down a dead end road, just steps from the ocean. The house was slatted to let the breezes flow through. On our second day the rain started falling. The third day the power went out. On day four the heavy rain caused a culvert to sink from the road, rendering us trapped. The renters in the lower level were evacuated. Someone who knew our owner threw us a pizza from her truck. We were surrounded by water. Luckily we had a gas stove. People were abandoning their rental cars and getting helicoptered out. Oh, and those slats? Great for letting the cold and moisture in. Each night we got into our wet sheets and held hands and felt like Leo and Kate on the Titanic. Haven’t been back.
We were visiting relatives in England and they took us to The Old Globe Theatre. It was enchanting but we were freezing. We live in the Arizona desert where cold weather is anything below 60 degrees.
We were visiting family in Taiwan about 20 years ago. While there, a typhoon hit the east side of the island.
By the time it got to us, it was a tropical depression. For about 3 days we saw more rain (and heavier rain) than I have ever seen. Even taking the step from on facade to another--all of about 2 feet--would render us soaked. We just hunkered down and rented DVDs from the store next door.
I lived in Spokane Washington( The Valley) right by the Idaho line by a place that was Called "Walk in the Wild".I was about 6 or 7 Years old. Everything there seemed a little more extreem as far as the weather goes.The Sun was alot Hotter,the Snow was much more,the hail would come down Hard(sometimes the size of golfballs,The Wind could definatly pick up speed.The Rain not as much compared to Western Washington.I Went to Trent Elemenary.I only had to walk down 2 blocks and too the left and I was was there. One day on My way Home from School( We may have been let out early because a storm was brewing) on My walk Home I remember the wind was blowing so hard that I thought I was mary Poppins.I would jump in the Air and the wind would pull Me up and back 10 ft. I thought that was great but diddent stay in the Storm because thunder and lightning kinda spooked Me ,plus It was starting to rain.
On our only trip to Hawaii, we booked an Airbnb in Kauai down a dead end road, just steps from the ocean. The house was slatted to let the breezes flow through. On our second day the rain started falling. The third day the power went out. On day four the heavy rain caused a culvert to sink from the road, rendering us trapped. The renters in the lower level were evacuated. Someone who knew our owner threw us a pizza from her truck. We were surrounded by water. Luckily we had a gas stove. People were abandoning their rental cars and getting helicoptered out. Oh, and those slats? Great for letting the cold and moisture in. Each night we got into our wet sheets and held hands and felt like Leo and Kate on the Titanic. Haven’t been back.
Kathleen Wedl
I love the anecdote about the pizza. I'm going to have to include that in my next story! ;-)
We were visiting relatives in England and they took us to The Old Globe Theatre. It was enchanting but we were freezing. We live in the Arizona desert where cold weather is anything below 60 degrees.
We were visiting family in Taiwan about 20 years ago. While there, a typhoon hit the east side of the island.
By the time it got to us, it was a tropical depression. For about 3 days we saw more rain (and heavier rain) than I have ever seen. Even taking the step from on facade to another--all of about 2 feet--would render us soaked. We just hunkered down and rented DVDs from the store next door.
I lived in Spokane Washington( The Valley) right by the Idaho line by a place that was Called "Walk in the Wild".I was about 6 or 7 Years old. Everything there seemed a little more extreem as far as the weather goes.The Sun was alot Hotter,the Snow was much more,the hail would come down Hard(sometimes the size of golfballs,The Wind could definatly pick up speed.The Rain not as much compared to Western Washington.I Went to Trent Elemenary.I only had to walk down 2 blocks and too the left and I was was there. One day on My way Home from School( We may have been let out early because a storm was brewing) on My walk Home I remember the wind was blowing so hard that I thought I was mary Poppins.I would jump in the Air and the wind would pull Me up and back 10 ft. I thought that was great but diddent stay in the Storm because thunder and lightning kinda spooked Me ,plus It was starting to rain.
Carolyn Elliott
03/09/26
Good one. We are based in Spokane when we're no traveling (that's where we get our mail). Small world!