Kona Ironman World Championship: Road Closures
Shelter In Place: Driving anywhere on October 13th? Going shopping? Going to the airport? Better think again and plan to shelter in place. The Kona Ironman World Championship race is going to close most major roads for much of the day. West Hawaii Today reports, Kona Ironman World Championship: Road Closures Akoni Pule Highway (270) […]
Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Impact Upon Hilo, HVNP & South Point
Could You Be Underwater With A Rise In Sea Levels? What Will The Area From Hilo To HVNP To South Point Look Like With A 3′ Sea Level Rise? The blue portions of the images below show which parts of Hawaii will be underwater with a three-foot sea level rise. You can click here to […]
Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Impact Upon Kona
Could You Be Underwater With A Rise In Sea Levels? Read This Post To The End – It Can Get Worse: First things first – how sea level increases are currently projected starts below. Later we discuss how the land area in Hawaii vulnerable to sea level rise could be double previous estimates. What Will […]
Locals With Business – Daylight Mind Coffee Company, Kona, HI – Ranked Top 16 In US
The Best 16 Coffee Shops in America – Daylight Mind Departures Magazine, the official magazine for the American Express Platinum Card has selected the The Best 16 Coffee Shops in America and one of the best coffee shops is in Kona. Daylight Mind Coffee Company, Kona, HI From Departures website, “Daylight Mind has three Hawaii […]
Kona Rainbow: How Rainbows Form & Why So Few Rainbows In Kona
Why Are There So Few Rainbows In Kona: You don’t see a lot of rainbows in Kona (especially as compared to the eastern part of the Big Island). Here is one from 9/27/2018 Super Rainbow: Although this image was often shared as a real photo, it is based upon a photograph that has been digitally […]
Hurricane Rosa: Baja Mexico or SoCal (or Hawaii)?
09/27/2018 Hurricane Rosa Update – Category 3 Projected Path Forecast: Baja Mexico or SoCal (or Hawaii)? Hurricane Rosa Projected To Become A Category 3 Hurricane: The Weather Channel is already offering headlines such as, “Rosa in the Eastern Pacific Could Have Impacts on the Southwest” and “Hurricane Rosa Could Soak the Desert Southwest Next Week.“ Hurricane […]
How The Hawaii Volcanic ‘Hot Spot’ Created The Hawaiian Islands
What Is A Volcanic ‘Hot Spot’ And What Does That Have To Do With Hawaiian Island Formation? A volcanic hot spot is an upwelling in the earth’s mantle. Magma rises up through the earth and as magma escapes, it forms a volcano. Imagine a nail in a tire, the air that escapes through the puncture is […]
The Big Island Is Both The Youngest, And Oldest, Island
Why The Big Island Is The ‘Youngest’ Island: The Big Island is somewhere between 400,000 and 800,000 years old – the youngest of any of the Hawaiian Islands. Pay a visit to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and you can see fresh lava, days, hours and even minutes old. The Big Island is the newest of all […]
Kona Ironman World Championship: Dates & Course Routes
2018 Ironman Course And Traffic Update: The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports, ” Queen K highway to be closed for Ironman despite having more lanes. In an email, the state Department of Transportation confirmed that both sides of the highway — from Keahole Airport Road to Palani Road — will be closed Oct. 13. Partial opening of […]
Big Island: Kona Dreams (Are Dreams Really More Vivid In Hawaii?)
All This Time I Was California Dreaming: Right idea, wrong state. We lived for a number of years in the San Diego area. Beach walks, surfing, great weather – everything that SoCal is about. It was awesome. Then we came to Hawaii on vacation… it all changed. We moved here and our nighttime dreaming state […]
