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ByJenniferSinco Kelleher The Associated Press HONOLULU Hawaii resi- dents furiously stocked up on essentials as two hur- ricanes churned toward the islands, prompting flash flood warnings, clos- ing schools and disrupting travel plans across the is- lands. Hurricane Iselle loomed about 600 miles east of the Big Island early Wednes- day, spinning at 85 mph. Weather officials predicted it would weaken but said it could strike the city of Hilo Thursday with tropical storm-force winds of about 50 mph. Hurricane Julio swirled closely behind at about 75 mph. Forecasters expected the storm to strengthen and pass north of the Hawai- ian Islands sometime this weekend. "Hawaii should be more interested now in Hurri- cane Iselle, which is closer," said Lixion Avlia, senior hurricane forecaster with National Hurricane Cen- ter in Miami. He said Hur- ricane Julio remained too far away to accurately pre- dict its path. Hawaii has been directly hit by hurricanes only three times since 1950, though the region has had 147 tropical cyclones over that time. The last time Ha- waii was hit with a tropi- cal storm or hurricane was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in Kauai, said Eric Lau, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Honolulu. "We've been lucky so far," he said. "So we just need to really take this threat seri- ously and make sure every- body is prepared." Residents have seemed to heed that call this week. A grocery store in the coastal Oahu commu- nity of Waianae opened 15 minutes early Tuesday be- cause people were already lined up to buy supplies. Bottled water and cans of Spam and Vienna Sausage flew off the shelves, said Charlie Gustafson, gen- eral manager of Tamura's Supermarket. Judy Castillo of Oahu, meanwhile, pushed a cart with two cases of water and other items from a drug store to her car. "Two storms in a row? It's like, Hello?" she said. T he storms have prompted public schools on the Big Island, Maui, Molokai and Lanai to close Thursday, state education officials said. For its part, Hawaiian Airlines will waive reserva- tion change fees and fare differences for passengers who need to alter travel plans because of the storms. The airline said fees will be waived for those who are ticketed to travel Thursday and Friday. They will be al- lowed to change reserva- tions for flights through Aug. 12. Chris Pruett of Waikiki was anticipating the silver lining that comes from bad weather: good waves. "We're just getting wa- ter and preparing our- selves, too, because it could be bad," he said. "Of course we're not looking for a storm ... but it tends to gen- erate good waves." The clustered storms are rare but not unexpected in years with a developing El Nino, a change in ocean temperature that affects weather around the world. In the Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Storm Bertha continues to weaken as it moves north, posing no di- rect threat to the U.S. East Coast. The storm's maxi- mum sustained winds de- creased to near 50 mph Tuesday evening with even more weakening expected over the next two days. ISELLE, JULIO Hawaii residents stock up for hurricanes AUDREYMCAVOY‑TJHEASSOCIATEDPRESS Shoppers in Honolulu li cases of bottled water in preparation for hurricanes heading toward Hawaii. The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS An 81-year- old Indiana farmer sur- vived the crushing grip of an avalanche of corn inside a grain bin in part because he's "10 times tougher than the average guy," one of his sons said Wednesday. Bill White was saved Monday afternoon by fast-thinking relatives and farmhands who drove ply- wood boards into the corn around him and dug him out enough to give him ox- ygen and keep him breath- ing. They then wrapped a sheet beneath his arms and pulled. The 40-min- ute rescue ended when he emerged from the grain. He was taken to a local hospital, but airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital af- ter he began coughing up blood, apparently from the pressure of that much corn on his chest. CORN AVALANCHE Farmer rescued from bin Washington 87/69 New York 82/65 Miami 89/77 Atlanta 95/73 Detroit 82/60 Houston 92/75 Chicago 81/64 Minneapolis 80/63 Kansas City 83/69 El Paso 91/71 Denver 85/57 Billings 88/61 Los Angeles 80/65 San Francisco 73/59 Seattle 76/56 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 98° 68° SATURDAY 95° 66° Mostly sunn y Sunshine mixing with clouds SUNDAY 96° 67° Mostly sunn y MONDAY 95° 66° Pa rtly sunn y TODAY 100° 69° Sunny. A moonlit sky tonight. High ....................................................................... 89° Low ........................................................................ 68° Normal high ......................................................... 97° Normal low ........................................................... 64° Record high ........................................... 118° in 1990 Record low .............................................. 54° in 1996 Humidity noon today ........................................ 31% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.03" Month to date ................................................... 0.11" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.03" Season to date .................................................. 0.12" Normal season to date .................................... 0.14" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ..................... Low 7 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:13 a.m. 8:17 p.m. 5:36 p.m. 2:47 a.m. Friday 6:13 a.m. 8:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3:51 a.m. 14 hr., 04 min. Aug10 Full Aug17 Last New Aug25 First Sep2 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........3.70 ......+0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.70 ......+0.06 atOrdFerry................................114 ........97.30 ......+0.06 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......239.20 ......+0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.80 ......+0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.70 ......+0.04 BlackButte ....................449.91..............53,434 .....37.2% LakeOroville..................695.60.........1,221,360 .....32.7% LakeShasta ...................927.63.........1,531,872 .....33.7% LakeTrinity..................2235.69............837,330 .....31.6% Whiskeytown...............1208.54............236,433 .....98.1% Weather Trivia ™ Hurricanes have look-alikes in space; what are they? Spiral galaxies, such as the Milky Way. Today Friday Anaheim 82/63/pc 83/63/pc Bakersfield 97/75/s 100/75/s Chula Vista 78/65/pc 78/66/pc Crescent City 60/51/pc 60/51/pc Death Valley 111/78/t 112/79/s Eureka 64/51/pc 64/50/pc Fremont 78/59/s 76/58/s Fresno 98/74/s 100/73/s Glendale 84/63/pc 85/63/pc Huntington Beach 75/65/pc 75/65/pc Irvine 76/67/pc 75/68/pc Lake Tahoe 80/48/t 77/46/t Long Beach 79/66/pc 79/67/pc Los Angeles 80/65/pc 81/64/pc Mammoth Mountain 75/46/t 76/45/t Modesto 95/67/s 96/66/s Monterey 69/57/pc 68/56/pc Moreno Valley 91/63/s 93/65/s Napa 84/57/s 82/56/pc Needles 106/79/s 105/80/s Oakland 73/60/s 73/59/s Oxnard 71/62/pc 71/62/pc Redding 100/67/s 99/67/pc Riverside 88/61/s 90/63/s Sacramento 95/64/s 93/62/s San Bernardino 89/58/pc 92/60/pc San Diego 76/68/pc 76/68/pc San Francisco 73/59/pc 72/59/pc San Jose 79/60/s 79/59/s San Luis Obispo 78/58/pc 78/58/pc Santa Ana 79/68/pc 79/69/pc Santa Barbara 73/62/pc 73/61/pc Santa Clarita 87/61/s 89/61/s Stockton 96/64/s 94/63/s Ventura 71/61/pc 71/62/pc Yosemite Valley 91/61/t 91/60/t Today Friday Albuquerque 88/64/s 90/65/pc Atlanta 95/73/t 91/74/t Baltimore 85/62/s 84/64/s Boston 76/61/t 77/63/pc Buffalo 75/57/s 78/59/s Chicago 81/64/c 78/64/pc Cincinnati 82/64/pc 74/66/t Dallas 97/78/s 99/78/pc Denver 85/57/t 85/57/pc Detroit 82/60/s 80/60/s El Paso 91/71/s 88/69/pc Fargo 82/63/pc 83/63/pc Honolulu 89/77/pc 87/77/r Houston 92/75/t 94/75/pc Indianapolis 79/63/sh 70/64/t Kansas City 83/69/t 84/67/t Las Vegas 100/76/s 101/76/s Louisville 84/69/pc 80/71/t Miami 89/77/pc 89/78/t Minneapolis 80/63/pc 80/66/pc New Orleans 91/76/t 89/76/pc New York City 82/65/s 83/68/s Oklahoma City 98/75/pc 98/74/pc Cool air with low humidity will stretch from the Great Lakes to much of the Northeast today with some sunshine. Typical August heat and humidity will hold over much of the South. Spotty drenching storms will affect areas from Louisiana and Arkan- sas to Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. An area of heavy showers and thunderstorms is forecast to move slowly to the east over central Plains to the middle part of the Mississippi Valley. Spotty showers and storms will affect the northern Plains and Rockies. In the Pacific, Iselle will continue to approach Hawaii. High ........................... 107° in Phoenix, AZ Low ............... 31° in Bodie State Park, CA High ................... 118° in In Salah, Algeria Low ... -18° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 64/47/pc 65/47/c Buenos Aires 63/38/s 63/44/s Caracas 88/76/t 88/75/pc Ensenada 78/60/pc 78/61/pc Mexico City 74/57/t 72/57/t Montreal 75/59/t 79/61/pc Rio de Janeiro 79/62/s 78/67/s Tijuana 76/63/pc 76/64/pc Toronto 77/56/s 78/57/s Vancouver 72/57/s 72/55/pc Orlando 93/74/t 92/75/t Philadelphia 84/64/s 84/66/s Phoenix 106/81/s 103/83/pc Pittsburgh 79/57/s 80/62/pc Portland, ME 74/56/t 78/59/pc Portland, OR 80/56/s 79/57/pc St. Louis 81/71/t 86/70/t Salt Lake City 75/60/t 84/62/t Seattle 76/56/s 76/55/s Tucson 99/75/s 95/73/pc Washington, DC 87/69/s 86/69/pc Cairo 98/76/s 94/74/s Casablanca 86/69/s 83/68/s Johannesburg 75/47/s 71/46/s Kinshasa 87/69/s 88/69/pc Lagos 81/72/t 80/72/t Nairobi 76/57/c 76/55/c Tripoli 89/68/s 91/70/s Baghdad 108/81/s 110/81/s Beijing 88/67/s 88/66/pc Hong Kong 91/82/t 91/83/t Jerusalem 87/64/s 83/61/s Kabul 98/65/s 97/65/s Manila 87/79/c 87/79/pc Melbourne 57/45/c 59/44/pc New Delhi 95/78/t 95/79/t Seoul 82/71/c 86/72/pc Singapore 86/77/r 86/80/sh Sydney 64/46/pc 65/44/pc Tehran 103/78/s 101/79/s Tokyo 92/78/s 88/79/pc Amsterdam 74/57/pc 76/64/r Athens 86/74/c 89/73/s Belgrade 77/64/t 79/64/sh Berlin 76/59/c 79/63/pc Budapest 80/63/c 80/61/t Dublin 66/51/pc 63/50/sh London 77/59/pc 69/58/r Madrid 94/67/s 94/66/s Moscow 83/61/pc 77/60/t Paris 77/61/sh 78/60/t Rome 86/67/s 85/66/s Stockholm 75/58/pc 78/58/pc Vienna 78/61/pc 80/61/s Zurich 73/54/c 79/60/pc 86/54 91/60 87/63 90/59 87/56 95/64 97/66 84/57 95/59 96/70 98/67 86/47 88/49 89/52 100/67 100/69 88/52 65/52 65/53 64/51 89/53 90/53 93/56 60/51 89/53 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Professional Personal Convenient •PremiumDigital Hearing Aids for every budget • FREE hearing evaluations • Service/Repair, all makes and models • Batteries & accessories • Preferred provider for most insurance plans: Including PERS, Carpenters, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, etc. • Low monthly payment plan available • Trial Period/ Satisfaction Guaranteed AskaboutourOpenFitTechnology Discreet and Comfortable Limited Appointments CALL 1-800-488-9906 Performedforproper amplificationselectiononly. 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