Twitter Reacts to Hawaii Hurricanes and Earthquake

Photo courtesy Eric Holthaus Twitter page

As Hawaii prepared for incoming Hurricane Iselle and Hurricane Julio on Thursday, residents and tourists took to Twitter to share their reactions.

Tweets came from all sources, from news outlets to young kids to mobile app companies.

As the hurricanes moved closer to Hawaii, a surprise 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit the northern tip of Hawaii's Big Island. As you can imagine, that created even more of a reaction on Twitter.

Here are some top tweets as Hawaii prepared for the historic hurricanes.

NJ Weather Blogs tweeted:

Just not a good time for #Hawaii, incoming Hurricane and now a 4.5M earthquake. pic.twitter.com/hDrzWz2qS4

- NJ Weather Blogs (@NJWeatherBlogs) August 7, 2014

Weather forecaster Eric Holthaus tweeted:

UPDATE: #Iselle on track to become Hawaii's first Big Island hurricane in recorded history: http://t.co/BDtpeKY8HLpic.twitter.com/Qb0XUGvZYa

- Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 7, 2014

The Associated Press tweeted:

Hurricane Julio strengthens into a Category 2 storm as it heads toward Hawaii: http://t.co/mFSBBObS6g

- The Associated Press (@AP) August 7, 2014

And, yes, there's an app that traces hurricanes. The Hurricane Tracker App added:

It appears the strongest winds will pass over the north side of the big island...#Iselle#hawaiipic.twitter.com/qGpuThyP9K

- HurricaneTracker App (@hurrtrackerapp) August 7, 2014

Holthaus painted (or tweeted) a picture of what Hawaii could expect:

Here's what Hawaii can expect from its first hurricane landfall in 22 years: http://t.co/BDtpeKY8HLpic.twitter.com/up9akoBSvu

- Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 6, 2014

TravelPulse Founder and CEO Mark Murphy gave some advice to those currently in the islands:

Visitors need to remain calm-settle in if they haven't left. Flights from #Maui suspended starting this afternoon

- Mark Murphy (@murphytravels) August 7, 2014

Murphy's son was hoping to get in a longboard skateboarding session before the hurricanes hit, which probably extended to many Hawaiians:

My 17 year old son is hoping the rain holds off for a #longboard#skateboarding run #Maui

- Mark Murphy (@murphytravels) August 7, 2014

One visitor echoed Mark Murphy's previous sentiments about Murphy's Law:

Of course Hawaii, which is rarely hit by storms, has a hurricane supposed to hit while I'm here

- Banter Close To Home (@HuwBarber) August 7, 2014

And leave it to technology to capture some stunning images of the hurricanes:

Robot at sea tweeting Hawaii hurricane photos http://t.co/aQyFIHM2aE

- Rosie (@rosie_52) August 7, 2014

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