Aloha: Did any of you watch the Kennedy thing on TV? I saw parts of it and the pallbearers were from the different branches of the armed services. I could not believe the hats the Navy guys were wearing. When I was in the Navy if I had worn my hat like that I would have been busted. They looked like they belonged in a cartoon, not in such a solemn occasion.
I have been told that the last year that Hualalai had snow was in 1936. Hualalai is the third active volcano on the island of Hawaii. Kilauea and Mauna Loa are the other two. On Maui, Haleakala is the only other active volcano in the State of Hawaii. There is another active volcano in the chain and that is Loihi off the coast of the Big Island. Loihi is still under water and if you want to wait around for a few thousand years you may be lucky enough to see it emerge from the "briney deep". I have decided not to stick around for that. The airport in Kona is built on the last flow from Hualalai.
The volcano report is SOS. The Halema'uma'u vent is putting out quite a bit of SO2 gas, but the Pu'u 'O'o vent is actually below its 5 year average. Happy are the people living in the Glenwood area.
I will not be sitting for my mo'opuna this week. I just got a tool set so I think I will try to build shelves in the closet and try to get some order around here.
God bless and keep all of you safe and sound.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Kick back Saturday
Aloha: Today is a great day!!! Just wet enough outside to allow us to kick back in the house without guilt. I checked the rain gauge this morning and there was just a trace of "wet" in it. I wonder when I will get an amount that I can actually measure. (It is a good thing this thing has spellcheck.)
As I have said the weather today is a little misty. It is on the cool side. Right now it is 60 on the "sunny" side of the house. The volcano is SOS. There is a new home page for the HVO website and they are asking for old photos of the volcano. In the old days publishers would take a black and white photo and hand paint it. As a kid a neighbor of ours, Mrs. Eshelman, had an album of colorized pictures. She also had a picture of Hualalai with snow. The picture was taken from the Kohala mountain road and showed Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualalai covered with snow. Hawaiian oral tradition tells of snow on the windward side of the Big Island from the top of Mauna Kea to the sea at Laupahoehoe.
What have you all been thinking about lately? I have been thinking how anybody can take a rationed commodity, increase demand by 8%, do nothing to increase the supply and lower the price of the commodity.
May God bless and be nice to each other.
As I have said the weather today is a little misty. It is on the cool side. Right now it is 60 on the "sunny" side of the house. The volcano is SOS. There is a new home page for the HVO website and they are asking for old photos of the volcano. In the old days publishers would take a black and white photo and hand paint it. As a kid a neighbor of ours, Mrs. Eshelman, had an album of colorized pictures. She also had a picture of Hualalai with snow. The picture was taken from the Kohala mountain road and showed Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualalai covered with snow. Hawaiian oral tradition tells of snow on the windward side of the Big Island from the top of Mauna Kea to the sea at Laupahoehoe.
What have you all been thinking about lately? I have been thinking how anybody can take a rationed commodity, increase demand by 8%, do nothing to increase the supply and lower the price of the commodity.
May God bless and be nice to each other.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Getting older
Aloha: Reading the blog "my crazy world" reminds me of all the good times spent down at South Point. We would go to Ka'alu'alu and walk back along the coast to look for glass fishing floats (glass balls). We had a Volkswagen that we used as a "jeep". Usually it was just my mother and I. Now that I am retired I have a companion that thinks my knees are just great. My companion is Arther Itis. Many times we would take the long way out of the area by going to the Point proper then out. That way we would past the green sand beach. It is really a sight. The area is very hot and dry. The beach itself is hard to get to as it is down a cliff. While I was an Anthropology student at UHHC we worked a few sites in the area. That would be in the early 70's.
I am in Hilo today and am just waiting for the clock to tell me I can go get my mo'opuna. It is cloudy in Hilo today so not so hot. Volcano was very nice when we left this morning. Still no water in my new rain gauge. I hope to be able to measure some rain while it is still new.
The volcano is doing its thing. I did not see any glow again last night but the report said there was one last night. The plume was very heavy this morning. For the last few months it has been thin and wispy. SOS again.
God bless and take care of each other.
I am in Hilo today and am just waiting for the clock to tell me I can go get my mo'opuna. It is cloudy in Hilo today so not so hot. Volcano was very nice when we left this morning. Still no water in my new rain gauge. I hope to be able to measure some rain while it is still new.
The volcano is doing its thing. I did not see any glow again last night but the report said there was one last night. The plume was very heavy this morning. For the last few months it has been thin and wispy. SOS again.
God bless and take care of each other.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Today, 8.26.09
Aloha: As you can see I have no idea what to title today's blog. When I first started this I would just leave the title blank. For some reason I now feel I have to put something up there.
Yesterday was a bad day for CJ. Auwe!!!! The teacher had to send a "nasty-gram" home. He is just 3 years old and does not really understand that there are consequences to actions. Pretty heavy concept for a 3 year old. I know quite a few adults who have not yet grasped that concept.
Today school gets out early. Here in Hawaii Wednesday is a short day for school for the students. The teachers have a full day but on Wednesday the last period is for things like teachers meeting, class preparation, and such. At 1p I have to rush to pick up Anakam then run to the school to get CJ before 1:30. If I am late I will have to pay the school $15 for after school care for as little as 1 minute late. Of course I could leave him till 5p, but then I will lose out on "papa" time. I am not about to give up my time!!!!
Right now the news channels are going on about Kennedy. I usually did not agree with him but the man was able to work with those who disagreed with him. Enough said.
It looked like it was going to be a nice day in "God's country". The volcano report is SOS. I copied this off the HVO website. The Halema`uma`u Overlook vent continues to glow at night, with an incandescent hole on the floor of the vent visible on the Overlook Webcam after dark. Ash production remains low and is composed mostly of rock dust from frequent small collapses. Gas-rushing sounds were constant during this morning's ash collection, and only minor rockfall and rock slide sounds were heard. When I checked the overlook webcam I did not see any glow. I do not know how to copy two sections at the same time so I will say tremor is elevated and RB2S2BL quakes are at background levels.
As Woody Woodpecker would say, "That's all folks". God bless and be good to one another.
Yesterday was a bad day for CJ. Auwe!!!! The teacher had to send a "nasty-gram" home. He is just 3 years old and does not really understand that there are consequences to actions. Pretty heavy concept for a 3 year old. I know quite a few adults who have not yet grasped that concept.
Today school gets out early. Here in Hawaii Wednesday is a short day for school for the students. The teachers have a full day but on Wednesday the last period is for things like teachers meeting, class preparation, and such. At 1p I have to rush to pick up Anakam then run to the school to get CJ before 1:30. If I am late I will have to pay the school $15 for after school care for as little as 1 minute late. Of course I could leave him till 5p, but then I will lose out on "papa" time. I am not about to give up my time!!!!
Right now the news channels are going on about Kennedy. I usually did not agree with him but the man was able to work with those who disagreed with him. Enough said.
It looked like it was going to be a nice day in "God's country". The volcano report is SOS. I copied this off the HVO website. The Halema`uma`u Overlook vent continues to glow at night, with an incandescent hole on the floor of the vent visible on the Overlook Webcam after dark. Ash production remains low and is composed mostly of rock dust from frequent small collapses. Gas-rushing sounds were constant during this morning's ash collection, and only minor rockfall and rock slide sounds were heard. When I checked the overlook webcam I did not see any glow. I do not know how to copy two sections at the same time so I will say tremor is elevated and RB2S2BL quakes are at background levels.
As Woody Woodpecker would say, "That's all folks". God bless and be good to one another.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
In Hilo again
Aloha: As the title says I am in Hilo today. Anakam and Topher are working today so I have to pick CJ up from school. This will be the first time I have the pleasure and I hope I dot all my i's and cross all my t's. I think I will be doing this for the rest of the week.
I went to Wal-Mart this past weekend and only checked the tape last night and guess what. Another survey! Get your chance to win one of five $1ooo gift cards and a whole bunch of new friends. I think I will pass. Forty pieces of junk a day is enough.
Boy, is it hot in Hilo. This Volcano boy is just not used to this kind of weather. Volcano was cool and a little wet this morning and it was quite wet on the way down this morning. This house that T&A are renting is made backwards. The living areas are on the hot side of the house. Chocolate candies melt on the kitchen counters and the cold water tap has hot water in it.
The volcano report is SOS again today.
Pray for our Republic and may God bless all of you.
I went to Wal-Mart this past weekend and only checked the tape last night and guess what. Another survey! Get your chance to win one of five $1ooo gift cards and a whole bunch of new friends. I think I will pass. Forty pieces of junk a day is enough.
Boy, is it hot in Hilo. This Volcano boy is just not used to this kind of weather. Volcano was cool and a little wet this morning and it was quite wet on the way down this morning. This house that T&A are renting is made backwards. The living areas are on the hot side of the house. Chocolate candies melt on the kitchen counters and the cold water tap has hot water in it.
The volcano report is SOS again today.
Pray for our Republic and may God bless all of you.
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