The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-26
THE RAINFALL.


THE RAINFALL.
For the "A hours preceding o'clock
this morning the rainfall at the wea-
ther bureau, Punahou was 5.45 Inches
for the day before 80 inches; making q
total for this storm of 5.75 inches.
At Luakaha, the rainfall for "a hours
up to o'clock this morning was 4.74 in
ches; for the "a hours preceding, 1.39
inches; making a total of 6.13 inches.
At w. r. Castles residence the rain
fall from a. m. Sunday morning to 6
a. IN. this morning was Sol inches; the
greatest recorded "a hours rainfall at
this place in 16 years.
The water flooded the stalls at Ka-
piolani Park making it necessary to
move all of the horses quartered at
that place. The track is now in bad
condition and the races scheduled for
Wednesday and Thursday will be post
poned Indefinitely. Should Saturday
prove a good day however and the
track be in suitable condition the
events will be conducted then.
One of the worst rain storms that
has struck Honolulu in fifteen years
prevailed all of last night, and the tail
end of it dragged slowly over the city
and outlying valleys this morning.
About nine o'clock there was a cessa-
clouds still hung black, ugly and
threatening in the lower heavens. All
night long there was a patter on the
roofs and the drip, drip, drip" that
poets sing about but do not like any
more than ordinary mortals. Morning
dawned dark and gloomy Business
men drew back from the blinds, wish
ing it were Sunday or a holiday or the
beginning of their vacation. Servant
Pirls and men looked out and went
back to bed; and there was home
made" breakfast in many a household.
The impulsive tore angrily at the tele-
phone to get a hack; but the hack
stands were as dead as the cemeteries
at midnight.
This morning the beef man and the
ice man turned up from one to two
hours late. The newspaper boys on
their morning routes reached the out
skirts at eight o'clock and later, wet
as rats from their nests in the flooded
stables. There were no schools in the
city today. 1t was impossible for Schol-
ars to reach their schools. The rup-
ture of the street car service had
most to do with it. Only a few pu-
pills and a few teachers showed up
here and there at the various places
of learning. Teaching the young idea
to shoot had therefore to wait a day.
The brunt of the storm seems to have
come against the ridge between Nuu-
anu and Kalihi valleys. Last night
the wind seemed to be from the north.
1t had been so for two days. Some
time, however, in the dark hours, there
was a shift to south or southeast. This
brought back the clouds that had al
ready passed over, and reaching a chill
ed atmosphere their burden CONCEALED
and SPILLED out" against the mountain
sides. Back of S. NJ BalIou's home in
Puunui a half dozen streams We're set
going. At early dawn these streams
We're like fluttering white ribbons or
the black and green background of the
hills. Water flooded the valley below
sweeping through yards, carrying of
loose timber, tins cans, chickens and
driving the Inhabitants within theil
doorways. Some native women brav-
ed the elements long enough to wade
waist deep into the water and dig out
Instructions to it's free passage to the
river. Near Wyllie and Liliha streets
big, white dog stood majestically or
the top of the fence and bayed tC
what-not while the water ran three
feet deep beneath him. Chickens ant
birds We're ranged along the same fence
and on the knolls above cattle disput
ed inch after inch with the rising tide
The stream at the corner of Lilihf
and Wyllie streets became a roaring
torrent. Billows poured int it. Sool
the circular duct was up to it's brin
with water and the street above wa
being swept by the overflow. might!
tide came down Wyllie street anC
swept through into the lowlands below
Liliha, carrying everything before it.
Singular as it may seem the fal
straight up Nuuanu was not so heavy
The reservoirs received more waite
from the mountain sides than in thei