A Hawaiian island got about 50 inches of rain in 24 hours
We can be thankful that these kinds of event happen rarely. The thing I find interesting is the comments by the experts that these kinds of events are supposed to be an indicator of future catastrophe and they do not say that these kinds of events have occurred in the past as well.<p>If we were to see these kinds of events occur more and more frequently (like, every year and a couple of times a year) then we would have evidence that specific changes had occurred in the climate.<p>But to jump the gun and say that this is a harbinger of massive change based on just this occurrence is premature at best and at worst, well, choose your own words.