Hurricane Lowell has passed Hawaii and is heading north to die in the open Pacific. The center of the storm passed close to the westernmost main Hawaiian island called Niihau, but it stayed offshore. Still, there's no doubt that winds were near 100 mph on lightly populated Niihau. Kauai took a pounding from very strong winds over and around the mountains, torrential rain, and a combination of storm surge and huge waves on the south shore. When the sun comes up there today,