Chile had an earthquake that is causing a Tsunami, expected to reach Hawaii by 11:19AM this morning:
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2010
Tsunami to Reach Hawaii This Morning
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment
Tags: Arrival Time·Coastal Areas·Currents·Destructive Power·First Wave·High Tides·Hst·Initial Wave·Largest Tsunami·Long Ocean·Ocean Waves·Seafloor·Time In Hawaii·Trough·Tsunami Debris·Tsunami Hazard·Tsunami Wave·Tsunami Waves·Wave Crest·Wave Heights
Hawai’i Forest Institute (HFI) Awarded $8,000 Grant
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Environment
Good news for the Hawaii Forest Institute:
Hawai’i Island 02.16.10 ~ The Hawai’i Forest Institute (HFI) has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the Arthur Lawrence Mullaly Fund of the Hawai’i Community Foundation for the Ka’upulehu Dryland Forest Restoration and Education project. This volunteer outreach project provides dryland forest restoration and forest stewardship opportunities at Ka`upulehu [...]
Tags: Brawner·Coastal Ecosystem·Creating Web Pages·Cultural Ecology·Forest Ecosystems·Forest Institute·Forest Restoration·Forest Stewardship·Hawai I·Hawaii Forest·Hfi·Mauka Makai·Mullaly·North Kona·Outreach Project·Pulling Weeds·Restoration Science·Stewardship Activities·Volunteer Outreach·Yarber
Bob Marley Festival and Ag Fair This Sunday in Hilo
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Marijuana, Music
Bob Fest & Agricultural Fair was created to celebrate the birth of the Legendary Reggae Artist and to make a correlation between the Spring celebration & the Spring planting season by including the agricultural fair. 2009 saw 2,000 attendees to the Free Family Day Event held at Mo’oheau Park and Bandstand in Downtown Hilo, Hawaii.
This [...]
Tags: Agricultural Fair·Amp·Attendees·Bandstand·Bob Marley·Bob Marley Festival·Correlation·Hawaii View·Hilo Hawaii·Indio·Kaili·Legendary Reggae Artist·Lion·Peralta·Planting Season·Pohaku·Sahra·Saw 2·Skippy·Spring Celebration·Zero Waste
Drought Expected to Last Through Spring
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment
Pacific Business News discusses the current drought we are experiencing in Hawaii, particularly on the Big Island:
The eastern half of the state “continues to bear to brunt” of the drought, according to the NWS.
Extreme conditions persist in South Kohala and leeward North Kohala on the Big Islands, the south and west portions of Maui, and [...]
Tags: Brunt·Central Maui·Climate Prediction Center·El Nino·Extreme Conditions·Honaunau·Kau District·Leeward·Moderate Drought Conditions·National Weather Service·Noaa Climate Prediction Center·North Kohala·North Kona·Northeastern Section·Pacific Business News·South Kohala·South Kona District·Spring View·View Source·Weather Climate
LA Times Reports on Hawaii “Going Green”
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment
The LA Times has an in depth article regarding Hawaii and our push to go green. Some interesting snippets about the Big Island:
Take a ride in Ron Baird’s pickup truck along the volcanic shore of Hawaii’s Big Island and he’ll show you an inventor’s wonderland.
On one parcel of this government-created energy laboratory, rows of [...]
Tags: Algae·Brown Water·Depth Article·Energy Laboratory·Energy Research Laboratory·Forefront·Going Green·Hawaii Authority·Inventor·La Times·Natural Energy·Pickup Truck·Private Sector Businesses·Rolston·Ron Baird·Snippets·Solar Wind·Strands·Water Tanks·Wind Turbine
Plastic Bags Here to Stay on the Big Island
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Environment
Big Island lawmakers voted to keep plastic bags legal here on the Big Island.
A Hawaii County Council committee voted 6-3 Tuesday against a bill that would ban businesses from giving plastic shopping bags to customers.
The same lawmakers are now expected to kill the measure when it goes before the full council in two weeks.
Kauai and [...]
Tags: Council Committee·Hawaii County Council·Kauai·Lawmakers·Maui·Plastic Bags·Shopping Bags·View Source
