Hawaii Sparred Tsunami Damage
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile created a tsunami that reached several thousands miles including Hawaii.
Thankfully there is no reported damage to any of the Hawaiin islands.
The LATimes Blog reports a relatively minor ocean surge and no significant damage.
In today’s day and age of instant access I was able to watch Fox News along with everyone else watching television and see what was happening in real time. I was amazed to see all of the boats out in the ocean waiting for the tsunami to arrive.
A tsunami travels under the ocean surface and boats in the ocean do not even feel it go under them. The water was blue and calm and many boats took advantage of that.
Fox News has posted a collection of tsunami YouTube videos you may want to take a look at.
Here is one I watched….
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Tags: Hawaii, tsunamiNo Snow In Hawaii
Some people like to live where you have all 4 seasons. This time of year that means snow and in some cases alot of it.
Yesterday Hawaii was the only state in the U.S. that did not have snow according to the Honolulu Star Bulletin. http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/84249447.html
Mauna Loa and Kilauea are the world’s 2 largest volcanos and they do get snow, but not yesterday. If you do not like snow Hawaii is the place to go. 
On the Big Island of Hawaii, Mauna Kea (13,796′ / 4205m) and Mauna Loa (13,660′ / 4163m) get at least some snow every year, usually between October and March, although snow can fall any time from August to May.
On the island of Maui, Haleakala (10,023′ / 3055m) occasionally gets a little bit of snow.
Of these three, only Mauna Kea has a road to the top (accessible to four-wheel-drive vehicles). When there’s a big snowfall, residents of the Big Island drive to the top in pickup trucks, where they ski, snowboard, and build snowmen, then fill the beds of the pickup trucks with snow and drive back down to sea level to continue their snow play in the heat.
I live in Highlands Ranch which is just south of Denver. We get our share of snow which is pretty, but I would take 75-85 degrees year round over nights where it gets down below 10 degrees anyday.
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Tags: Hawaii, snowFacts and a Video On Beautiful Molokai
Molokai is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) in size with a land area of 260 square miles (673.40 km2), making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States
Molokai is built from two distinct volcanoes known as East Molokai and the much smaller West Molokai. The highest point is Kamakou on East Molokai, at 4,970 feet (1,510 m).
Molokai is split into two main geographical areas. The low western half is very dry and the soil is heavily denuded due to grazing by goats and poor land management practices. The eastern half of the island is a high plateau rising up to an elevation of 4,900 ft (1,500 m) on Kamakou peak. The eastern half is covered with lush wet forests that get over 300 in (7,600 mm) of rain per year.
Here is a collection of shared thoughts from Molokai residents about Molokai and Hawaiian culture.
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Tags: MolokaiBest Hana Highway Stops
The Hāna Highway is one incredible drive.
When Diane and I drove it we had a little convertible that we had to manually put the top up and down.
We would be driving in sunshine and go around a corner and would be in rain. We would stop and put the top up and start driving again. Around the next corner the sun would be out so we would stop and put the top down. This went off and on for almost 28 miles.
In our case we did not make it all of the way to Hāna. I was getting car sick and I was doing the driving. Hāna is only about 52 miles from Kahului, but a typical trip to Hāna takes about three hours
The road is very winding and narrow and passes over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one-lane bridges, requiring oncoming traffic to yield and occasionally causing brief traffic jams if two vehicles meet head-on. There are approximately 620 curves.
This is a very beautiful drive as you can see in this video.
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