Hawaii
Why There Are No Billboards In Hawaii
From The State Of Hawaii – On Billboards: Where and when permitted. No person shall erect, maintain, or use a billboard or display any outdoor advertising device, except as provided in section §445-112. In other words, billboards are against the law in Hawaii. I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. […]
High Surf Advisory has been issued for Kona, Hawaii
12/04/2018 The National Weather Service (NOAA) Has Issued A High Surf Advisory For Kona, Hawaii Good seats still available – but, please, at a safe distance. Kona-Big Island North and East- 330 AM HST Tue Dec 4 2018 …HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON HST THURSDAY… The National Weather Service in […]
TV: IRONMAN World Championships Airs – Saturday, Nov. 24
2018 Kailua-Kona Ironman On TV: Watch the natural splendor of the Big Island on TV. Or has my wife tells her friends, “My ‘cottonman’ is going to watch the Ironman from our couch.” The annual broadcast special of the IRONMAN World Championship brought to you by Amazon will air Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 at 11:30 […]
Black Witch Moth
I Remember My First ‘Black Witch Moth’ Encounter (we were both surprised): We had just moved to Kona and had spent most of the day fighting boxes. We didn’t have any lamps unpacked yet, so we had a lanai light on. I sat down and saw something flicker across my peripheral vision. It was dark […]
Hawai’i Visitor Arrivals Up 3.5%
Hawai’i Visitor Arrivals Up 3.5% – But Not On The Big Island. The Kilauea Impact: Pele has an influence on visitors to the Big Island, and it is usually very good. Eruptions helped draw more than 2 million visitors to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in 2017, according to a new National Park Service report. Those 2,016,702 visitors […]
What Causes The Orange And Red Sunsets On The Big Island (And Hawaii)?
Another Day, Another Kona Sunset: Almost every day there is more than ‘just a sunset,’ there is a Kona sunset. Are Kona Sunsets Better? Don’t Kona sunsets seem more vivid, more interesting, and more colorful than in other parts of the world? Just what causes the orange and red sunsets on the Big Island to be […]
Moonset Over Kona
The Moon Is Awesome – Both To Viewers And To Astrophysicists: Just how did the moon form? The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact suggests that the Moon formed out of the debris left over from a collision between Earth and an astronomical body the size of Mars, approximately 4.5 […]
Sea Level Rise And Impact Upon Kona (Could It Get Any Worse? Yes It Can.)
Could Kona Be Underwater With A Rise In Sea Levels? (Better Rethink That Ocean Front Purchase) Here Is How Hawaii Sea Levels Could Be Double The Previous Estimates Could Sea Level Get Any Worse For Kona? Well, Yes It Can: According to a 2018 Nature study on rising sea levels, it is probably going to be […]
Hualalai Road Flash Flooding Video
Hualalai Road: Some roads just can’t handle rain… Here is a video of Hualalai Road flooding from 2015 – Flash flooding over Hualalai Road 10/9/2018 KHON2 reports, Much of the Kona Coast on Hawaii Island under a flood advisory. 100 Gallons Of Water, 5 Gallon Hole… The rain flowed down the mountainside and attempted to flow along […]
Hurricane Walaka: Largest Central Pacific Hurricane 10+ Years – Path
Former Category 5 Hurricane Walaka – Projected Path: Former Hurricane Walaka bypassed Hawaii and then became a tropical storm. Below are two images of the projected path; one from NOAA and one from Cyclocane. Former Category 5 Hurricane Walaka – Cyclocane Model: The website Cyclocane uses multiple hurricane projection sources and finds any number of […]
