By Ron on March 8, 2010
“It’s especially gratifying to Bamboo Living that this structure will be used to teach young people building skills, including how to use sustainable materials like bamboo,” said David Sands, the architect who co-founded Bamboo Living, the world’s first and only internationally code certified (ICC-ES) bamboo building company.
Posted in Hawaii Green | Tagged bamboo, Bamboo Living, Bamboo School, Hawaii, Maui
By Ron on March 7, 2010
The water covered up one rock that was a foot taller than me when I went swimming in this same area a few weeks ago, so I know the water rose at least 7ft.
Posted in Aloha | Tagged Hawaii, hilo, Tsunami
By Ron on March 6, 2010
From John’s Best of Hawaii album 2007. These sure are some nice photo’s the way the blue water and the green foliage looks. Nice job John! Beautiful Photography By: John
Posted in Aloha, Hawaii in Pictures | Tagged Beautiful, Hawaii, Ocean, Pictures
By Ron on April 18, 2009
Enter Darigold’s contest by April 30, 2009 and you and a companion could be headed for the beaches and waters of Hawaii, where you can lie in the sun and let your body make its own vitamin D. There’s no purchase required and you must be 18 years or older to enter. Grand Prize (1): [...]
Posted in Hawaii Sweepstakes | Tagged Darigold, Hawaii, Hawaii Sweepstakes
By Ron on December 27, 2008
With all the rain falling the last couple of days (Hilo airport received 3″ in 24 hrs for Dec. 26) we couldn’t see the snow on Mauna Kea. So even though it was hidden behind all the rain clouds, we did have a white Christmas after all. When I noticed we could see her today [...]
Posted in Aloha | Tagged floods, Hawaii, mauna kea, snow
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 [...]
Posted in Hawaii News | Tagged flood, Hawaii, high surf, warnings