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Lowell Sideswipes Kauai and Takes the Lights

A darkened island grid seen from above with a hurricane core passing west over open water
TL;DR

The Washington Post files a west-of-Niihau pass while KIUC counts a dark island, not a landfall.

MSM Perspective

The Washington Post files a sideswipe; Star-Advertiser files more than 50,000 in the dark.

X Perspective

A same-day X count puts roughly 90 percent of Kauai County without power this morning.

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