http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-21T03:14:33Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Big%20Island%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/14/6926/62907 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hilo_hotels.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> Anyone with plans to fly to Hawaii this week has been anxiously watching the development of Hurricane Flossie, which formed in the Central Pacific and made a beeline for the Big Island. The latest <a href="http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tc_graphics/latest_satellite.php?stormid=EP092007">National Weather Service forecast</a> has Flossie, a Category 3 'cane with sustained winds of 125 mph, buzzing just past the South Shore of the Big Island. <p> Winds from Flossie are already starting to show up over there and they should go into the scary 50-100 mph range with buckets of rain expected to land primarily on the Windward Coast. I'd expect the whole island will get a heavy does of rains and high winds, even on the relatively sheltered ASalkever 2007-08-14T11:38:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/