Post #159660 by Kailuageoff on Tue, May 17, 2005 1:36 PM

It seems to me that some of you are under the mistaken impression a hurricane actually hit Ft. Lauderdale during the Hukilau last year.

Yes, many of the Floridian and non- Floridian Hukilau participants were freaking out about the weather last year, but the storm actually came ashore much further north in Central Florida and most of the damage was in places like Stuart, New Symrna Beach, Cocoa Beach and Daytona Beach. The Hawaiian Inn actually sustained serious damage for example.

All that actually happened in Ft. Lauderdale was the threat of a hurricane forced a beach evacuation and a curfew. That was the reason attendance fell off on Saturday night. I really don't think anyone at the Hukilau was ever in danger of losing their property or their lives; except maybe Pablus who spent too much time in the sun trying to fix his truck on Friday.

Anyway, if Marian and I had stayed home because of the storm threat, we would have endured our fourth huricanne of the year in Orlando and missed the first two nights of Hukilau. Instead, we had a great couple of days and then went south to hang with good friends in Miami while the storm passed by.

With all this in mind, I think Ft. Lauderdale is a pretty safe bet - at least safer than Orlando - so count us in for 2005.