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===Hurricane protection=== [[File:Jet Stream Rigs Apart Flossie 2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Hurricane Flossie (2007)|Hurricane Flossie]] over [[Hawaii]] in 2007. Note the large band of moisture that developed East of [[Hawaii Island]] that came from the hurricane.]] The subtropical jet stream rounding the base of the mid-oceanic upper trough is thought<ref name="NOAA Overview of Hurricane Flossie">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2007.php |title=NOAA Overview of Hurricane Flossie |access-date=14 June 2011 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907125835/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2007.php |url-status=live }}</ref> to be one of the causes most of the Hawaiian Islands have been resistant to the long [[list of Hawaii hurricanes]] that have approached. For example, when [[Hurricane Flossie (2007)]] approached and dissipated just before reaching landfall, the U.S. [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) cited vertical [[wind shear]] as evidenced in the photo.<ref name="NOAA Overview of Hurricane Flossie"/> {{clear}}
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