Post #159738 by Formikahini on Tue, May 17, 2005 6:58 PM

Hey PJ,

You New Orleanians certainly have good reason to respects H's and H season - yikes! I think everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too (go to Hukilau AND avoid all H's) and the odds are very very high that we all will. And fact is, we did avoid a H last time - we just didn't avoid the evacuation precautions! No fault at all for the city taking the threat seriously, though. My Hukilau buddies and I had a GREAT time because we didn't evacuate north (where it actually hit). The all-to-ourselves Mai Kai was a once in a lifetime night. As was the "hurricane party" at the owner's home. With barrels of zombies. And Elvis in Hawaii on the bigscreen. Man what a weekend!

And for those of you who only heard stories last year and fear the worst - let me tell you I would VERY happily go back this year even if it were a repeat - that we knew there'd be an evacuation that made us leave our rooms Saturday AM again! A weird Saturday day driving around looking for a hotel room was the only (semi)bad part of the trip for me (and it wasn't bad - just a bummer that i didn't get to hang by the pool for a few hours). My Thursday night, Friday day and night and Saturday night were aMAZing! And I didn't even get to do the supercool Thursday boatride.

So fear not - continue to plan to come, buy insurance if you feel led (good advice, Vern!), watch the weather if you live on the coast (which I do), and have a Hukilau to remember!

And PJ, PLEASE continue to post fotos of apple-headed and frower(sic)-headed chihuahuas. They both fascinate me and make me sick - when I'm not crying laughing...with glee....and disgust.
shudder

[ Edited by: Formikahini on 2005-05-17 18:59 ]