Poll of the Day > Hawaiian hurricane and John McCain will no-longer treat brain cancer

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https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641557418/sen-john-mccain-will-discontinue-medical-treatment-for-brain-cancer

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will no longer continue to receive medical treatment for brain cancer, his family announced on Friday. The 2008 Republican candidate for president was diagnosed with brain cancer last July.

McCain's family released this statement:

"Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious. In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment. Our family is immensely grateful for the support and kindness of all his caregivers over the last year, and for the continuing outpouring of concern and affection from John's many friends and associates, and the many thousands of people who are keeping him in their prayers. God bless and thank you all."

https://tinyurl.com/ya54t4da

Flooding hit parts of Hawaii's Big Island Thursday as residents of Hawaii's other islands prepared for the slow-moving Hurricane Lane to bring strong winds and heavy rains.

The National Weather Service said "extreme flooding" was happening on Hawaii's Big Island more than 2 feet of rain had fallen in some areas and large parts of the island were under a flash flood warning Thursday night.

Hurricane Lane was a Category 3, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was moving slowly, at 6 mph, moving north toward the islands Thursday night it's expected to remain a "dangerous" hurricane, the weather service said.

Hawaii's governor, David Ige, told residents to avoid flood waters "due to possible overflowing cesspools, sewer, manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals, and associated flood debris."

Emergency workers rescued five tourists visiting the Big Island from California, The Associated Press reported. They were renting a house in the town of Hilo when a gulch overflowed.

As of Thursday night, Hawaii's Civil Defense Agency said there was no mandatory evacuation in effect, though police and fire officials were advising residents in the Reeds Island area to evacuate. The agency listed six locations open as shelters.

The Big Island reportedly got close to 20 inches of rain in 24 hours.

Landslides and flooding forced roads to shut down on parts of Hawaii Island, another name for the Big Island. The island is the largest in land area of Hawaii's islands, but is largely rural.

More than 14 landslides hit Highway 19 in the area of Honomu forcing four road closures, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said. The government listed more than a dozen other road and bridge closures as of Thursday night.

The tinyurl is for the link to the NPR article for the hurricane. It had the word "shit" and GameFAQs wouldn't allow it.

On the next island over, Maui, the governor said at least 264 people, visitors and residents, were using evacuation shelters on Thursday night. Almost 2,000 people on the island lost power, according to Maui Electric, but for most, it was quickly restored.

Most of Hawaii's population lives on Oahu island, where Honolulu is located, and which is still awaiting the full force of the storm.

As workers piled sandbags and boarded up store windows, pictures showed many still enjoying the waves of Honolulu's Waikiki Beach Thursday. Police reportedly later told swimmers to get out of the water.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Oahu and Maui County late Thursday, and tropical storm conditions were already happening in both areas as of late Thursday local time.

"Hurricane conditions are expected over some areas of Maui County and Oahu starting Friday and continuing through Friday night. Tropical storm or hurricane conditions are possible on Kauai starting late Friday or Friday night," the NWS said.

Rainfall could reach 30 to 40 inches in certain areas of the Hawaiian Islands, the National Weather Service said, and accumulations more generally of 10 to 20 inches.

Surf on shorelines could reach as high as 20 feet, according to the AP.

The current models show Lane making a sharp left turn and missing the islands entirely.

This does not, however, mean that the islands aren't being affected by the storm, but they're just getting the outside edges and not the full brunt of the hurricane.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/?product=5day_cone_with_line_and_wind&stormid=EP142018

There's...a lot of things you could say about that first report right now...and not all of them tactful.
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tbh, Hawaii has been having shit luck lately between this and the volcano.

Solid Sonic posted...

There's...a lot of things you could say about that first report right now...and not all of them tactful.

It's a little disturbing -- but unsurprising -- to see reactions like Kana's.
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hawaii better not sink before i get to take a trip there to get an ocean vivillon.
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