The weekend is upon us, so my next two days will feature entertainment.  However, there are several crucial matters of extreme importance. The most important, for me, and rest of Hawaii, is Hurricane Nola. She is at this moment on a path pointed directly at the Big Island of Hawaii HOWEVER, AND THIS IS THE CRUCIAL MATTER, NOLA IS EXPECTED VERY SHORTLY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THEN HEAD WEST, LEAVING THE STATE ONLY WITH A LOT OF RAIN. If Nola keeps going straight north , the damages will be catastrophic for the Big Island. If Nola swerves a little west, but only a small amount, she will soon strengthen into a Category 4 and totally wipe out Maui County. If Nola turns a little more westward, this Category 4 hurricane will cataclysmically devastate Oahu, where I live. Just a little more westward, and Kauai experiences another Hurricane Iniki. However, if Hurricane Nola performs exactly like models predict and take a complete left turn, only a lot of rain ( up to 35 inches for the Big Isl...

Before I get into the topic of today, got to report that this morning's  Star Advertiser   headline showed: New infection record reached Hawaii confirmed 2205 new COVID-19 cases...but zero new deaths.   Also, our hospitalization peak of 448 is only at 84 today.  A bit worrisome is that 32 of them were fully vaccinated.   This will get worse because of the holiday season, but maybe not significantly so as the Omicron variant gains in taking over from Delta. We also now have 12,777 active cases, another record, as the pervious high was 11,500. Our seven-day average positivity is 11%, creeping up, but nowhere close to the  really badly hit states in this union . DC  109% Kansas 53% Vermont 52% New cases per million; Hawaii  1575 Puerto Rico  1947 Denmark  2448 New York  1869 Ireland  2081 UK  1571 Japan  2.5 Congressman Kai Kahele, who was vaccinated and boosted, reported that he tested positive.  However, he said t...