Kaaawa News

    • Wednesday morning’s dawn

    By ilind | March 17, 2010

    [text]The volcanic haze was thick when we went out this morning.

    It made for a dramatic sunrise, as you can see.

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    A week in February

    By ilind | February 28, 2010

    DawnIt might be wet and blustery today, but earlier in the week the weather was beautiful in Kaaawa.

    Click on this photo for several more taken over the past few days.

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    Still waiting for the waves

    By ilind | February 27, 2010

    [text]The students at Kaaawa Elementary School hold regular tsunami drills where they walk from the school to the upper part of Kaaawa up by our house, safely out of the tsunami inundation zone.

    Many Kaaawa residents did the same thing today, driving up and setting up camp along Olohu Road with their kids, dogs, cats, at least a couple of birds. Engine 21 from the Kaaawa Station evacuated to the corner at the lower end of Olohu. We moved seven of a friend’s eight cats to a temporary cat shelter on our street.

    We watched and waited for a chance to see a tsunami, while in the background we worried about what might happen if a big wave actually hit.

    It was hot. It was too early in the day for beer to flow. Radios reported news from Hilo and Maui.

    We spotted a few whales, watched some nice surf, talked with friends and neighbors, but I don’t think we ever saw anything that could be attributed to the tsunami.

    Everyone kept repeating, “nothing happened, and that’s good.”

    Everyone also knew, though, that they didn’t completely mean it. At some level, we wanted to see a tsunami from a safe vantage point.

    In any case, click on the photo for a look at our little corner of Kaaawa during today’s tsunami evacuation.

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    Tsunami alert! Waiting for the waves.

    By ilind | February 27, 2010

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    A few of the “morning dogs” of Kaaawa

    By ilind | January 19, 2010

    What they may lack in elegance, they more than make up for in enthusiasm!

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    Did you lose an earring?

    By ilind | January 17, 2010

    [text]We found this earring on Hauhele Road near the corner of Puakenikeni a couple of days ago.

    It’s a nice earring.

    Email me if it’s yours [ian(at)ilind.net].

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    A cloudy morning in Kaaawa

    By ilind | January 17, 2010

    cloudy morningIt was gray and cloudy yesterday morning, none of the colors that we’ve come to expect over the past month.

    This is what it looked like about 7:30 a.m.

    We’re expecting more of the same today.

    Enjoy.

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    Meet Ms. Roo

    By ilind | January 12, 2010

    Roo was born without fully developed front legs. Luckily, she was adopted into a very good home here in Kaaawa, and has enough love and special care to overcome her disability. She’s one of the morning dogs we see relatively regularly on the beach. And, yes, she does a good job of betting for dog biscuits!

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    Last day of 2009

    By ilind | December 31, 2009

    Sunrise on the last day of 2009. Viewed from the beach in Kaaawa, Hawaii.

    And it came complete with a “green flash” as the sun appeared over Molokai.

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    Found Dog, New Year’s Eve

    By ilind | December 31, 2009

    [text]Found in Kaaawa about 2 p.m. on New Year’s Eve (12-31-09). She was running in front of a bus on Kamehameha Highway near Ohelokai Road. She is well cared for, clean, and friendly.

    If you recognize her, please call Robb & Jennie at 778-5382.

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