Hilo Flood 2008, postscript

Altogether, the farm had 31 inches of rain over the weekend.

Granted, it was a long weekend (from Friday to Tuesday morning). But still, 31 inches of rain is an awful lot.

It was 873,000 gallons per acre, or 499 million gallons of water falling on the entire farm. A half billion gallons of water. Amazing.

So here in Hamakua, we’ve had to rethink some things. Like our choice of pets:

Ducks

And, also, our fashion choices:

Hilohighheels