Earthquake & Tsunami hit Tourism

SUBHEAD: Shocked Hawaii tourism reps scramble as Japanese visits drop sharply.By Martin Barillas on 21 March 2011 for The Cutting Edge - (http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=51612&pageid=37&pagename=Page+One)Image above: Waikiki tourist hotels blot out the landscape. This is the epicenter for Japanese tourism to Hawaii. The area would be devastated if that tourism collapses as a

Ku'oko'a - Transforming Hawaii

SUBHEAD: If the Grid is to be continued Hawaii has two realistic options - geothermal and ocean energy.By Henry Curtis on 16 January 2011 in Disappeared News - (http://www.disappearednews.com/2011/01/kuokoa-transforming-hawaiis-economy.html)Image above: Rebels took out these electrical towers = Medellin, Colombia, leaving the nation's second largest city without electricity. From (http://

Power costs jolt military families

SOURCE: Ken Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: About 6,400 Navy and Marine Corps households will be charged for "excess" energy use.By William Cole on 26 December 2010 in the Star Advertiser - (http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20101226_Paying_for_power_jolts_some_military_families.html)Image above: Jennifer Lunnposing with her children, from left, Andrew, Emily and Kaela, on

My Way or the Highway

SUBHEAD: Oahu is pushing the outer islands to support it's lifestyle even against their interests - with 200 40-story windmills.[Editor's note: The Kamaoa windmill farm was in installed at South Point of the Big Island in 1986 to produce 7.5 megawatts of electric power. By 2006 the the rusting dilapidated site was shut down. Centralized windmill farms will not be a reasonable solution for Hawaii.

Oahu Ahupuaa

SUBHEAD: Hawaiian land divisions of Oahu. About 2 minutes to load.HAWAII•MAUI•MOLOKAI•LANAI•KAHOOLAWE•OAHU•KAUAI•NIIHAUFor background see:Ea O Ka Aina: Mokupuni O Hawaii 9/25/10Ea O Ka Aina: Na Mokupuni O Maui Nei 7/31/10Ea O Ka Aina: Mokupuni O Oahu 11/16/10Ea O Ka Aina: Na Mokupuni O Kauai Nei 7/31/10.

Ka Mokupuni O Oahu

SUBHEAD: The island of Oahu has been examined for its historical ahupuaa land divisions.Image above: GoogleEarth view of Oahu's ahupuaa from the southeast. Click to enlarge. Created by Juan Wilson.By Juan Wilson on 16 November 2010 -With the distribution of the Oahu GoogleEarth map we have completed mapping the Moku and Ahapuaa of the eight main Hawaiian islands. This effort was supported by the