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Super Falls... incredible... check this out

Postby kanaloa on Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:38 am

This is incredible... almost scary. I'm sure most of you heard or have seen the video of what happened on Kauai recently. But this photo and video really puts it in perspective for me personally.

This is Wailua Falls as I shot it in June 2005 (from ground and air):

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/main/images/blurb/Wailua.jpg"> <img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/main/images/blurb/Wailua-Air.jpg">


This is Wailua Falls currently because of the rain:

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/main/images/blurb/Wailua-Air2.jpg">


Video:
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=4633397
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Postby augie on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:05 pm

That almost looks like the Niagara falls now minus the casinos.
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Postby SCgone on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:07 pm

WOW, it must have a lot of feeds.
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Postby kanaloa on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:55 pm

All that rain is adding up...

Wailua Falls I honestly didn't think had that many feeds into it. That's why I wonder about Opaeka'a Falls, bc it runs alongside Wailua River, which is what drains out of Wai'ale'ale... and if you saw the pic of Wai'ale'ale I posted the other day, nuff said. Wia'ale'ale could possibly reach a record breaking number this year. Currently the record is 683 inches there in 1982.

Wai'ale'ale remains, on average, the wettest spot on earth.
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Postby tWeaKmoD on Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:09 pm

That is crazy!
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