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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (6753)	10/12/2006 12:08:58 PM
From: Drygulch Dan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26067

Our place is a condo on the third green of the golf course in the Village. We are up the waikoloa road at about 1000 ft elevation. It is quite dry up here and a few degrees cooler than at the sea level resorts. The climate is a lot like So Cal. I refer to it as the serengetti as the surrounding area is wild land made up of old lava flows, with a lot of dry land brush. There are bunches of wild turkeys and feral goats that come wandering into the golf course looking for water and comfortable places to hang out and graze. The water trap here on the third green acts as the big draw for these animals. So we happily include herds of wild goat and their droppings as a hazard on this course.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (6753)	10/12/2006 12:25:24 PM
From: Drygulch Dan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26067

Hey, Weather Underground has us on a hurricane watch guess our dry So Cal weather may be disturbed a bit next week: Residents of Hawaii should continue to watch an area of disturbed weather (97C) near 9N, 166W, about 1000 miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. A QuikSCAT satellite pass from 12:56am EDT this morning showed a closed surface circulation, and some wind barbs of 40-45 mph to the south of the center. The thunderstorm activity has gotten more intense over the past day, but is still disorganized. Wind shear has increased to about 15 knots today, but this is still low enough to allow some slow development. Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are about 29C, and there is a very deep pool of warm water underneath to fuel intensification. Both the GFDL and NOGAPS models forecast that 97C will become a strong tropical storm or Category 1 hurricane that will threaten the Hawaiian Islands on Monday night or Tuesday.