Weather....

It's amazingly calm in Hawai`i while forces of nature create incredible challenges not so far away. Northern California wildfires sure could use the extreme excess of water from the Mississippi River right about now. I received these photos in my email today of the flooding in Iowa, and some before and after pictures of flooding in the midwest. Internationally, tragedy strikes the Philippines in the form of a typhoon this past weekend. Weather most likely didn't have anything to with this, but as long as I am logging current events here I should note that locally here on the big island the Cessna plane that was missing for nearly a week was found in the Ka`u forest, unfortunately without any survivors.

I feel there's a need for a lighter note here, so on a much lighter note, here's a cool link to check the status of the Pu`u `O`o vent at Kilauea volcano. It's a panoramic view and it's updated every few minutes. It's definitely worth a look... check it out!

peace,
Jast