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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by jcranmer on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:24AM (#25431105)
> Hawaii gets 70 inches of rain per year, and LA gets 15.

That varies dramatically based on where you are in Hawaii. The prominent mountain ridges produce very sharp rain shadows; Hilo (on the windward side of the Big Island) gets 126" per year, but Kona (on the leeward side) is more like 19". Most people would live in the Honolulu region, which is on the windward (hence drier) side of Oahu.

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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by jcranmer on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:47PM (#25434214)
> the windward (hence drier) side

I noticed this too late to edit the comment, but it should actually say "leeward" side, not "windward."

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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by aerosmile on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:50PM (#25434246)
Talk about micro climates!
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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by jcranmer on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:18PM (#25434652)
It's a bit hard to call it a microclimate when you're talking about places 60 miles apart, and the ring road peaks at ~2800' if you take the north way via Waimea or ~4000' if you take the south way via Kilauea, or ~6600' if you take the Saddle Road between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. There is, after all, a 13000' mountain in between the two sides of the Big Island.
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