Our office is on the Big Island, Hawaii. We are the most Southern island in the Hawaiian chain.  A fact that sort of saved us from a trashing by Felicia – the hurricane that downgraded to a tropical storm this week.  Our thoughts are with our sister islands who are not as fortunate, surely some high winds, rains and possible flooding are headed their way.  Malama pono.

On the mainland, this is probably no big deal.  But in Hawaii – the weather has a long history of obedience from the gods and goddesses of the islands. So when there’s caution in the winds, we all stop to consider our ‘ohana, the ‘aina and anyone needing help should disaster strike. This Hawaiian chant is asking the wind god, Hilo (Tahitian "Hiro"), to stop blowing the wind so hard, stop the turning of the sea (the large bowl of water).  Asking the wind to die down and make it come very tiny.  When the wind dies the waves and ocean currents die:

We’ll be back in a a few days … until then Malama Pono (be careful) everywhere. 

UPDATE: this just in from our friend with Civil Defense in Oahu (Diamond Head bunker):The National Weather Service informed us today that they can no longer track Felicia because it is losing its identity.  Remnant wind and rain are being integrated with the prevailing trade wind flow.  Mahalo Ke Akua!

p.s. We did not realize storms could have an identify crisis – our best to Felicia.