Happy Thursday the 24th!

Another day passes with a bit of scattered rain showers, inching us away from drought. And more showers are expected for the weekend! That's what they say anyway, although by the looks of the satellite image that KHON2 provided it seems like nothing but clear skies ahead.

Speaking of the news, an interesting story was reported the other day about the slaughtering of a sea turtle named "Honey Girl" at Laniakea beach on Oahu's north shore. A memorial was set up for her on the beach where she would frequently sun bathe, complete with her picture, lei and flowers, and even an American flag. On Monday afternoon, a large male sea turtle named "Kuhina" made his way up on the beach toward Honey Girl's memorial, placed his head down and sat in front of it for hours, staring at her picture. A classic example of the animal kingdom displaying human characteristics!

-jast

Kilauea Volcano

As Halema`uma`u continues to pour out sulfur dioxide gasses, a breakthrough of lava started recently fountaining a couple of miles east of Pu`u`O`o. Here's some awesome footage.



There's also a good little story about the eruption on KITV's website that's worth checking out.



peace...

jast

Happy Fourth of July!

On this Day of Independence, skies were free and clear of any vog and it was an 86 degree high in Hilo. What a great day to gather with your favorite people, at your favorite spot, down at the beach or park, or in a parking lot (with a good view of the fireworks of course!). I wonder just how much charcoal is sold across the country on this holiday? I wasn't able to find that out, but here are some other facts about July 4th that are pretty interesting.

Fireworks are being lit like mad in the United States, but no one does it like Madame Pele!

peace-

jast