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"While residents of the Big Island of Hawaii prepared for the possible threat of Hurricane Iselle and Hurricane Julio \u2014 two storms that could've marked a meteorological phenomenon \"unprecedented in modern hurricane records\" by both directly hitting the Hawaiian Islands \u2014 one robot helped people across the world stay informed through Twitter.\nYou can tweet the Wave Glider \u2014 a robot that uses the surface wave motion and solar power to propel itself forward through the ocean collecting data, created by Liquid Robotics \u2014 and it will reply back with information regarding its current surroundings off the coast of the Big Island.\nSee also: Hands On With Rotimatic: the World\u2019s First Robot Roti Maker\nBy tweeting a certain questions to the Wave Glider's Twitter account \u2014 @Holoholo_WG \u2014 you can learn its location (\"@Holoholo_wg where are you?\"), the current weather report (\"@Holoholo_wg weather report\") or have it take a picture of what it currently \"sees\" (\"@Holoholo_wg picture please), complete with a witty remark.\n\nFor @ScottOhlund Weather Report: Temp=24.3\u02DAC (75.8\u02DAF), Press=1015.7mb, Wind Speed=10.85kn, Wind Dir=339.5\u02DA\n\u2014 Wave Glider Holoholo (@Holoholo_WG) August 8, 2014\n\n\nA picture is worth 1000 words pic.twitter.com/aGhOkjhagc\n\u2014 Wave Glider Holoholo (@Holoholo_WG) August 8, 2014\n\n\nFrame it! pic.twitter.com/aKEKJ2gUmL\n\u2014 Wave Glider Holoholo (@Holoholo_WG) August 8, 2014\n\nOn Wednesday, it was reported that two tropical cyclones, Iselle and Julio, were spinning toward the Hawaiian Islands and expected to make landfall on the Big Island on Friday. The National Weather Service later issued a hurricane warning and upgrade the severity of Iselle and Julio to hurricane status. Before reaching the island at 2:30 a.m. local time, Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm. \nIselle was the first tropical storm to hit the Hawaiian Islands in 22 years. Known for its uncharacteristic approach from the east, where \"cool ocean waters and strong upper atmospheric winds\" typically prevent such tropical storms from reaching land, Iselle could've potentially broke a number of records, including being the first hurricane to hit the Big Island. Instead, after the downgrade in classification, Iselle becomes the second tropical storm to hit the Big Island.\nJulio, at the time of writing, is still classified as a hurricane, though it has weakened and is expected to spare Hawaii from a second storm after forecast models predict it will veer to the north.\nWhile the Wave Glider provides a neat feature for those curious about the Hawaiian storms, it doesn't compare to the work of hurricane hunters associated with the U.S. Air Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) \u2014 folks that continue to fly into the storms to collect some of the most vital and significant data.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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