By Ron on December 26, 2008
The showers continue here in Hilo and over most of the east side of the Big Island. So much the National Weather Service has extended the flood warning a third time. From the National Weather Service: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN [...]
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By Ron on December 7, 2008
The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” After a brief and forceful speech, he asked [...]
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By Ron on May 14, 2008
The Hawaii state legislature passed a bill on May 1 that would make Hawaii the first State in the nation to require solar water heaters as a standard feature on all new homes. The Solar Roofs Bill received unanimous support in the House and only two opposing votes in the Senate. Earlier this year Hawaii [...]
Posted in Hawaii Green, Hawaii News | Tagged climate change, features, Hawaii, Hawaii News
By Ron on May 3, 2008
In Hawaii May Day is known as Lei day. A Journalist in the 1920′s came up with the name from the beautiful flower lei’s popular in Hawaii. Volunteers hoping to set a world record for the longest lei strung together flowers that stretched for over a mile at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Thursday May [...]
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