> I don't know who started this thread but I was stuck traveling between
> Padre Island and Houston a couple of weeks ago and it rained 6 inches in
> 24 hours. I've been rain so heavy here it washed down my alternator from
> water coming through the vents and caused it to fail.

Now that's a lot of rain... but you wanna talk rain?  Check this out... I
live in Hilo, Hawaii, the rainiest city in the United States.  We average
125-130 inches of rain a year... some years are much more... I can remember
one year when we got 225 inches in my part of town... and it does vary
depending on what part of Hilo you live in.

But a year and a half ago we had one day... yes, 24 hours... where we got 26
inches of rain.  No, I'm not exaggerating... 26 inches in one day!  And
here's the real kicker... that's not even the record for the island!  The
record was set back in the 50's when the town of Volcano got... ready???...
38 inches of rain in 24 hours!!!  That's over an inch and a half of rain
every hour for twenty-four hours.  Now THAT'S a lot of rain.

That said, Hilo is the best place for weather I've ever lived in my life.
Yeah, we get our rain, but almost every day is sunny at some point... it
doesn't just drizzle all the time like Seattle... and it's warm rain.  And
when it's over it's like it never happened... drains immediately almost.
And, of course, everything is green as can be.  But we always tell everybody
they wouldn't like it here... rains all the time.  It works... that's
probably why we only have 40K folks here in Hilo and only about 150K on the
whole island... and the island is the size of Connecticut... small state,
but HUGE island!

Aloha,

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy "Daddeo"
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
808-935-5557
808-935-0066 (fax)
redhotlava@hawaii.rr.com
http://www.volcanoscapes.com/