Again, Hawaii sidestepped Hurricane Lowell, or the other way around.  In any case, there were some damages.   Here is a video , titled, Chaos in Hawaii...Powerful Hurricane Lowell Wreaks Havoc, Devastating Kauai.   And another. As the Silver Whisper approaches Hawaii, a story on how we became the 50th state in the Union.  The following came through my e-mail, and I have no idea who wrote it.  I'll use italics when I refer to the write-up and add a few graphics.  Thank you, whoever you are.  For six decades, Washington's answer was NO. Hawaii was not American enough. Senators said the reasons out loud. Hiram Fong remembered them all his life: "It was said that we were Communist-infiltrated, that there were too many orientals here, that we would not be good Americans." Mississippi's James Eastland put it even plainer. Statehood would mean "two votes against all racial segregation." For the men who ran the Senate, that was reason enough to keep ...