If you are planning to come to Hawai’i, this might not be the best time. It’s been weeks since I’ve been in the ocean due to sewage spills that resulted from heavy rains. We’ve had lots of flooding and rain for the past month or so with no sign of it letting up. Luckily, I’m…
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Crime in Hawai'i
I hope they gave this kid a good talking to…the best part of this story is that it made it into the newspaper… cd StarBulletin.com | News | /2006/03/10/ Boy, 10, arrested for stealing $1.50 Police arrested a 10-year-old boy after he allegedly stole $1.50 from a 9-year-old boy on Wednesday. The alleged incident happened…
Visual Lesson on Lava Spares No Calories – New York Times
Since moving to Hawaii, I’ve learned about pahoehoe and a’a lava. From now on, I’ll think of fudge whenever I see lava. Teaching is a really hard job, and I’m so impressed when teachers come up with really fun and memorable lessons. “When fudge is not stirred, above left, it resembles pahoehoe lava, top right,…
Rains Leave Path Of Destruction in Hawaii
Hey, I know, it’s not a Tsunami or a Katrina…but this should make those of you who wish you were in Hawaii glad to have not been here for the past three weeks. The rain just doesn’t seem to stop and now even beautiful Kailua Bay is unswimmable because of the overflowing sewage…This is the…
Shit! Thieves Steal $100,000 Of Equipment From Sewage Plant
In Hawai’i we live so close to each other that I hear my neighbors blowing their nose while I watch a movie in my house. Yet, someone can take a forklift and steal a 2000 pound piece of equipment with no one seeing them? Bullshit! This is the way Hawai’i works. A three year delay…
A renter hangs out in a closet – The Honolulu Advertiser
A craigslist ad for the rental of a walk-in closet here in lovely Kailua is causing consternation (as below). Creativity in small spaces is par for the course in desirable locations – this closet would probably be a palace by Manhattan or Aspen standards. In Aspen, I lived in the breakfast nook of a one-BR…
Rocket Foam May Save Surfboard Industry – Yahoo! News
Damn, if only I had worked harder to develop my Oahu Garbage core made from all the trash tourists leave here…. cd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A material developed to protect electronics in nuclear weapons could resolve a shortage after the major supplier of surfboard foam suddenly closed its doors late last year, officials said…
Bar Hopping Robbery
Imagine what the guy THOUGHT might happen!!!! cd 2 female bar-hoppers held in armed robbery Police arrested two women, 21 and 23, who allegedly robbed at gunpoint a 26-year-old man they met at a bar. Police said the women met the man at one bar, and when it closed, he agreed to accompany them to…
Maui May Be Running Out of Sand
Of course, the ideal solution would be to use Oahu’s garbage and recycling as the mix in concrete to support the building industry. Leave the sand for the beaches and dunes, use shredded glass and trash to mix up concrete… cd WAILUKU, Hawaii – Maui may be running out of sand, threatening not only its…
City Council Committee Votes for Curbside Recycling
The frustrating part about this, is that even though it shows what the people want, it won’t necessarily change anything. Mufi gets to keep making deals with highest bidders. Another example of why democracy and bureaucratic systems lead to impotence and destruction. Personally, I think we need a benevolent dictator. The two problems are that…