Kona
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 […]
Kona Flood Hazard Map & Hawaii Flood Hazard Assessment Tool
Kona Flood Hazard Map – Flood Risk Assessment Tool Is Your Kona Property Located In A Flood Hazard? You can enter your exact address, anywhere in Hawaii, and the Hawai‘i Flood Hazard Assessment Tool will indicate where flood hazards exist near you. Click For Searchable Flood Hazard Map (Kona & All Of Hawaii) Kona Annual Rainfall […]
Why You May Want To Move To Hawaii – Hawaii Is Far Away
Just Where Is Kona, Hawaii? Hawaii is the most isolated place on earth, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is over 2,500 miles of ocean away from the nearest continent. And Kona is even a bit more isolated than the rest of Hawaii. Kona may be ‘far away’ but it is closer to heaven… […]
Tropical Storm Olivia Rainfall & Wind Projections
Tropical Storm Olivia Rainfall & Wind Projections Compare Tropical Storm Olivia Rainfall Projections By City The Big Island: Pahoa, Volcano, Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Hawi Maui: Kihei, Hana, Kahului Oahu: Honolulu Hurricane Preparedness Checklist Thank you for sharing with a friend. Tropical Storm Olivia Rainfall Projections For The Big Island: Pahoa, Volcano, Hilo, Kailua–Kona, Hawi Tropical Storm […]
9-9-18 Tropical Storm Olivia Rain Forecasts For Kona
9-9-18 Tropical Storm Olivia Rain Forecasts For Kona & Hilo 09/09/2018 Hurricane Olivia Rainfall Projections: Hurricane Olivia mostly likely will become a tropical storm, but still have a significant amount of rainfall. The eastern side of the Big Island may 5-8″ while the western side (Kona) forecasts 1-2″. The volcano area should receive 3-5″. Here […]
Bridge on the River Kwai
Traffic Jam – Kona Style… If You Are A Kona Local: You probably have driven this road that connects Hienaloli Road to Nani Kailua Drive. The road used to be used by donkeys to transport goods. It is just three miles from downtown Kailua-Kona, but it looks third-world. There is a surprising amount of traffic that uses this […]
The Guru, The Blindfolded Students And The Kona Experience
The “I Hate Kona” Post: I received this email from a visitor: “Moving to Kona? Don’t waste money or valuable years here! Couldn’t get out of that place fast enough! Hawaii is the best place…. just not Big Island… bored to tears in the 2 years I lived here… Maui or Kauai–those are the islands […]
Hurricane Lane waves in Kailua-Kona
Hurricane Lane waves in Kailua-Kona West Hawaii Today reports, Hurricane Lane generated waves in Kailua Bay, “It’s been almost 20 years probably since it’s broken like this inside the bay,” said Willy Petrovic, who was hoping the swell would double or even triple in size come Thursday afternoon. “I haven’t seen one like this since […]
Kona And The Pillars Of Pele? Record Rain in Hilo – No Rain in Kona. The Kona Rain Shadow Effect.
The Kona Rain Shadow: As we discuss why Kona gets so little rain, we will also talk about the hurricanes and tropical storms of 2018. Three Pele-grown mountains protect Kona when weather originates from the east (and sometimes to the south): Mauna Kea at 13,803 feet, Mauna Loa at 13,679 feet and Hualalai at 8,271 feet. […]
