yesterday morning and showered the street with bricks and wood. several adjoining homes were damaged. the contractor working on a water heater is in critical condition with severe burns. moving on to flossie, now it's been downgraded to tropical depression. as it brings heavy rain and wind to hawaii. about 4,500 homes and businesses lost power on the big island. it could have been much worse. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: residents and ossigestm braof1 i'm pro ot sleep at all. >> hopefully this will just be a lot of wind and a lot of rain and no flooding. >> reporter: and this nasa satellite image shows flossie just before its direct hit on the big island. >> it's always important to prepare for the worst. >> reporter: the last large storm to strike this stretch of paradise was hurricane iniki in 1992. seven people were killed with winds reaching 145 miles per hour. but forecasters say flossie is nowhere near iniki's strength. flossie will be weakening moving through an area to the east of the island where the waters are