Thank You Mother Nature

Some of the most interesting things that make Maui so special is as simple as Mother Nature. For example, the highlight of this past week's news in the State of Hawaii is the approaching of Hurricane Iselle and Hurricane Julio. Yes, I know it should be looked at as a con and not a pro but I must say its simple things like this that show how special it can be.

It is usually when storms such as these come about that Maui becomes united. Hawaii has not been directly hit with a hurricane in years since 1992 with Hurricane Ineki which caused billions of dollars in damage. Since that time technology has evolved not only in different ways to monitor these storms but also how people network together to keep informed. Thanks to not only cell phones which keep us connected even when away from home social media has contributed to a large portion. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, etc.

In the past people relied on television news, word of mouth, radio, and of course the news paper. Thanks to social media we are kept updated almost instantly. The government even uses social media to keep people to updated.

One of the most important steps to keeping our families safe is being prepared. A large part of preparation is going shopping for the items we need to keep us going. Food, bottled water, batteries, propane, gas for generators, etc. Now water and food is the fasts to go out. Especially water which is bought by the cases.

We are thankful that the stores did their very best to keep the water stocked up for all of us. But it is amazing at how thanks to social media everyone knew what stores had supplies and which ones were out at the moment. Social media kept us updated to what was going on in the stores, on the road, and with the weather. It also let us know if our family in other parts of the state where safe. Pictures from people all over the state were posted of what damages where caused after the storm on the island of Hawaii.

Thankfully both Hurricanes have pasted our beautiful islands with much less damage that what could have been. Yes, the island of Hawaii did have the most damage but thankfully our families are still safe. Maui did have damages and road closures upcountry along with electric outages. But I am just happy that we are all safe and were well prepared.

I do thank God for the fact that our beautiful island of Maui did get the rain we much needed. This is the first summer in a while that has had so much rain. I know that most of us don't like being stuck indoors or working in rainy weather but it does keep some of our most special places beautiful so that we can enjoy them.

This is one of the private waterfall/swim holes that some of Maui's local people go to to get away from the city and just enjoy a cool swim in the pond or even just relax. Not more than 10 minutes away from city life but yet a mini paradise within itself. This is one of the pros to having rain during the summer. Little places such as these look amazing after rain. Almost heavenly.