I was born on 6September1940. Am now on the Silversea Silver Whisper, heading towards three Pacific Ocean hurricanes. Met the captain of this ship last night, Julien Albiel to my right (your left) and hotel director Valentin Trif. He was pleased to hear that we both thought the Silver Whisper was the best cruise ship we have ever been on, all things considered. Even better that the Ritz-Carlton Luminara. Here I am with Captain Tom Roth of that luxury yacht. Read the story of how he personally helped me on Day One of our cruise from Singapore less than a year ago So back to the Silver Whisper, spent some time talking to Captain Albiei, mostly about those three hurricanes. Twelve hours later, or this morning, the situation has further improved regarding our safety. Hurricane Karina is now a tropical storm at 60 MPH and continuing to mover westward, sufficiently north of the Hawaiian Islands. Will become a post-tropical gale as she head...
First, some relatively good news. Hurricane Lowell , which yesterday attained Category 5 strength, is today at 150 MPH and continuing to move westward at 7 MPH, Will weaken a bit, but begin to make a turn to the north by tonight. Speed of the eye will increase tomorrow, with a direction more to the northEAST than northwest. This will look ominous. However most models show Lowell weakening into a Category 3 and adjust slightly more to the northWEST. By Monday, September 7, there could be further weakening into a Category 2 as the eye of Lowell passes 100 to 250 miles to the west of Niihau. Lot of rain and surf, of course, even for the Big Island of Hawaii But if the above projection holds, the State of Hawaii will be largely spared. Karina was a minimum hurricane with 75 mph maximum sustained winds and was centered 795 miles east-northeast of Hilo this morning. It was moving northwest at 8 mph and is expected to continue weakening over the next...