Non-Tsunami News

Because there was so much in the tsunami warning post, I moved the non-tsunami related activities to this post. Since the alert came so late in the day, I had already been doing a lot before all the tsunami activities began. This is what the tsunami report looked like at 10:10 am. An earthquake had occurred south of Fiji just before 8 this morning, but no tsunami was triggered by it; this is what usually happens with the multiple earthquakes that normally occur each day around the world. Not sure why I took a screen shot; I usually do not do that if there is nothing happening. But I'm glad I did so you can see what a normal day looks like. (If you look closely at the map you will see that there was an earlier earthquake near the location of the one that caused the tsunami.)

Duo, the Duolingo owl mascot, gives you encouragement along the way to keep practicing. Today Duo informed me that if I completed a lesson I would move up in my Duolingo Score. I completed it & did move up! Now only 100 more levels to go!  

Last night a baby gecko fell in to a peanut butter jar that I had just scrapped out but not washed. It was too small to be able to jump out so it was trying to climb the walls of the jar. I left it alone to see if it could. But it was still in the jar this morning. Apparently gecko toe pads cannot cling to peanut butter. 🤔 

I shook it out in the yard a little while later.

I had been thinking the ʻumiʻumi ʻo Dole was looking a little flatter as it lay on the table. I did not think gravity would have that much of an effect on it. This morning I found out that it is Paʻipaʻi, not gravity, that is causing it to become a little flatter! 

Trying to look cute & cuddly.

This was gravity & wind.

I was going to prep the ʻumiʻumi ʻo Dole for hanging this afternoon when it got cooler, but the tsunami also put that on hold since I had to go to Lapakahi. But I did get to walk around about noon before the alerts started coming in to check out potential areas to hang them. I looked for areas shaded by the house or other vegetation like the persimmon tree & the mock orange bush. I'll be ready to do that tomorrow!

Right side of gate will be shaded by garage.

Room for 2 bunches to hang in shade of persimmon tree.

One on either side of mock orange should do well here.

Another look at shade provided by mock orange along fence.

On fence right next to house should work well.

"Hej från Sverige!" That was the subject line of an email I got this morning! It was from my good friend Bo who is in Sweden right now. He was visiting Karlstad which is about 2&1/2 hours away from their cabin. While showing a visitor around they saw a sushi restaurant! Unfortunately they did not have enough time to stop & try the food.

(Photo by Bo)

(Photo by Bo)

 

I finally got around to folding the futon couch back up. But before I moved it back in to place by the window, I cleaned the area behind & under it; I had not done that since it was put in place back in March!

It was quite dirty there!

Roomba doing its job!

But still have to move that pile of cat hair out of there.

 

I had put one of the potted hapuʻu in my car to drop off at Trudy's before we were to go to dinner. It was in my car when I went to Lapakahi; I dropped it off at Trudy's on my way home. She was at Takata's getting supplies to make dinner at home since we had postponed our night out at Patricio's. I also got to check out the new address sign that Lem made. Pretty cool!

It could be another umbrella for Mr. Frog!

There are geckos on it!

Besides all the activity surrounding the tsunami, we are also watching out for hurricanes! Although both Hurricane Iona & Tropical Storm Keli are well south of us, they are affecting our weather. On Sunday morning the winds were around 9 mph & looked like they might get up to about 15 mph later in the week; which is why Tomiko chose that day to fly her drone. But today the winds are about 20 to 30 mph. Tomorrow the forecast is for winds to increase to 25 to 35 mph & remain that way through Sunday when they go back down to 20 to 30 mph. Hurricane Iona is about 765 mile southeasterly of Honolulu; moving westerly at about 13 mph. It has sustained winds of about 125 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane on the Safir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane force winds extend out from the center about 25 miles; tropical storm force winds extend out to about 80 miles.

Tropical Storm Keli is about 890 miles southeasterly of Honolulu, moving westerly at about 13 mph. It has sustained winds of about 40 mph. Tropical storm force winds extend out about 35 miles.

And in the Eastern Pacific area there is a disturbance (the red X in the 1st Hurricane Center graphic above) with a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in 7 days. It is located about 1400 miles east-southeast of us. If it becomes a tropical storm before it reaches 140 degrees longitude it will be given an English name; if after 140 it will be given a Hawaiian name like Iona & Keli.

And, of course, we still have an active volcano here. Kīlauea is still on pause after the end of Episode 29; another episode may resume in the latter half of this week.

 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Jim & Jennifer! A me ka Hauʻoli lā Hoʻomanaʻo makahiki ʻeiwa e Anne & Mary Kay!