Kalihi Valley Homes O&E

Today I assisted the Public Health Nurses with COVID-19 vaccine outreach & education. I was on Team #5 led by PHN Julie, PHN Karri was also on the team. We did Buildings 38-40 & 43-45. I was here with the PHNs in September of last year also doing vaccine outreach & education. It was a little different this time; Queens Hospital was doing a vaccine clinic while we were there so the residents could immediately go to get their shot. Queens was doing all the shots; Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson; 1st, 2nd, & booster; adults & keiki; everything! I talked to at least 3 households who were going to go right over to get their shots today.

We did the buildings in the yellow rectangle.

There were 3 MRC volunteers there today; April, Peggy, & me. I had not worked with either April or Peggy before. As we were talking before the O&E work got started, somehow the discussion got around to me walking at Maunalani; it turns out April lives on Maunalani. And she thought I looked familiar; it turns out April was walking her dog Dexter when we met. In October 2019. Small world!

I walked 1.51 miles today; a little more than I did last year when we were at this site. I think it is because we went to 6 buildings that were a little more spread out than the previous time. Because there were fewer of us on the team, I knocked on about 30 doors & got answers on all except 5; everyone that was eligible for a vaccine had already received at least 1 dose. Hulō! They appeared to be much happier to see us this time.

I got an early morning email from our Neighborhood Security Watch coordinator Sue; apparently there is another water line break up on 9th Avenue. Which explains why the buses are still coming down the street in front of our house; it is the temporary detour ... that has been going on for over a week now due to the earlier water line break on January 4th.   

Because I was going to be walking around in the heat of the day, I decided to consume my proothie around breakfast time so I would have additional calories to burn while I was out & about. I am out of salad fixings so it was just a plain proothie. 

Auē! Got a text from Janice. She got a notice from the Washington COVID-19 tracking app that she uses; she has been exposed to COVID-19! It happened after she returned home. She went in today for a PCR test to determine whether the cold symptoms she has are COVID-19.

Hulō! I got my reservation to ship the Crosstrek to Hawaiʻi Island! I have to check it in on February 9th; it will get loaded for the sailing on the 10th. It should arrive in Kawaihae on the 11th & be available for me to pick up on the next business day, which will be the 14th, between 7:30 & 11:30 a.m. 

I texted Arlene about a ride from the airport & also help picking up the Crosstrek. But she is in Los Angeles right now & not returning until February 16th; she forwarded my message to Joy.

I also texted Anne; Catie wants to come & visit in February. And she is interested in seeing Hawaiʻi Island! This will work out well! We will talk more specifics when Catie gets back from work.

Tomiko shared with me that she is in Arizona today on a photo trip; it's her birthday & she went to find something to celebrate with. She found some mochi ice cream; but it was a little iffy since the mochi was freezer burnt. Guess it's not as popular in Arizona as it is here or in Washington.

I got an interesting email from Kaiser; it is about my appointment tomorrow. About pre-checking for my appointment. I'm not sure whether this would be a time saver or not; I still need to go to the reception desk to pay my co-pay & parking. It might be their way of making it more contactless but it didn't really say that.

Now that I have a more firm date of departure, I am cleaning out the freezer. For dinner I had some vacuum-sealed steak that Jane had brought over in March 2017; it was still good & juicy like the day she dropped it off! 

Here are the cats in the middle of the afternoon. Their personalities are very apparent. Keala is very comfortable being around people. Luna is less so; she is still wary of people. And S'mores is always ready to run away!

Keala.

Luna.

S'mores.

The Hawaiʻi Volcano Observatory released another short video for Volcano Awareness Month. This one is on the 3-dimensional mapping of Kīlauea volcano. I found it to be really interesting. Today the west vent seemed to be a little more active in the early evening than in the morning. There is still snow on Mauna Kea; it appears to be melting off but some areas are thicker than others so they might be there for a while.

The Aix weather app forecast partly cloudy skies for Honolulu all day; it was correct! For Kapaʻau, Aix forecast drizzle all day turning to rain after dark; the Honomū weather station did not record any precipitation today. For Marysville, Aix forecast partly cloudy skies all day & in to the night; that appeared to be accurate.

Kaimukī looking westerly at 9:03 a.m.

Honomū looking northerly at 9:03 a.m.

Marysville looking northerly at 9:04 a.m. HST.

Waikīkī looking easterly at 9:07 a.m.

Kaimukī looking northerly at 11:28 a.m.

Kaimukī looking westerly at 4:26 p.m.

Honomū looking northerly at 4:27 p.m.

Marysville looking northerly at 4:28 p.m. HST.

Waikīkī looking easterly at 4:31 p.m.

I failed to take screen shots of the surf forecasts for today so I donʻt know what the official word is. But it looks like surf along the north facing & west facing shores is still large though smaller than advisory levels. East facing shores have a little surf & south shores are flat.

Laniakea (N) at 9:04 a.m.

Hilo Bay (E) at 9:05 a.m.

Waikīkī (S) at 9:07 a.m.

Banyans (W) at 9:06 a.m.

Laniakea (N) at 4:29 p.m.

Hilo Bay (E) offline at 4:29 p.m.

Waikīkī (S) at 4:30 p.m.

Banyans (W) at 4:32 p.m.

There was a magnitude 5 earthquake 55 miles southeast of Amchitka, AK. It was 35 miles deep & did not generate a tsunami.

There were 3392 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, bringing the total known cases to 156,932. There were also 4 new deaths reported, increasing the death toll to 1114; currently there are 45,116 cases considered to be active. As of today there have been 2,626,204 doses of vaccine administered, providing 75.1% of the State population with full vaccination & 80.8% with at least one dose; 29.2% have received a 3rd dose. There are 348 cases that are currently hospitalized with 41 in the ICU & 17 on ventilators. The 7-day new case average for the State is 3518 with a test positivity rate of 20.3%. The 7-day new case average for Oʻahu is 2559 with a test positivity rate of 21.2%.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Raymond & Tomiko!