Live Hawaii Tsunami Video Coverage
Region: Hawaii
As a result of Chile's deadly 8.8 magnitude earthquake, Hawaii is bracing for surges and tsunamis on its coasts. Watch live tsunami video coverage via Livestream and The Honolulu Advertiser below. Watch live streaming video from honolululive1 at livestream.com more
Views: 2682Pope Canonizes Father Damien De Veuster, 1st Hawaiian Saint
Region: Hawaii
On Sunday morning, Pope Benedict XVI canonized five saints in a ceremony held at St. Peter’s Basilica, including Father Damien De Veuster, Hawaii’s first, reports KITV. Hundreds of pilgrims from the island traveled to Rome to witness the historical event. St. Damien dedicated his life to working with lepers on Molokai Island back in the 19th century. During his last four years he contracted the diseas... more
Views: 2785USS Houston, Radioactive Leak in Japan, Guam, Hawaii
Region: Hawaii
The US Navy said Thursday that the USS Huston nuclear powered submarine has been steadily leaking radioactive materials for two years. The USS Houston has been docked at three ports in Japan, one in Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since the leakage started in June, 2006. The Navy reports that the amount of nuclear material released into the water and atmosphere is minimal and won't affect the environment or huma... more
Views: 2237Hawaii Considers Four-Day Workweek
Region: Hawaii
Posted by Anne Szustek to findingDulcinea Hawaiian state agencies are mulling a condensed workweek to save gas by commuting less often. Utah state employees are set to work four-day weeks starting Aug. 1 for similar reasons. Hawaii's change in workday schedule has not yet made it to the proposal stage. But should it pass, Hawaii would be the second state to move to a mandatory four-day workweek for governme... more
Views: 1694Snow Falling on Cedars : A Book Review
Region: Hawaii
I have never seen snow falling on cedar trees but have seen snow fall over spells in the Himalayas covering every thing in sight gradually with a curtain and a cover of snow. It has a bit of a mystical experience for me – ethereal beauty of certain intensity on one end and a deep sadness and amplification of past losses and regrets that one knows can never be redeemed on the other. But with all this mixture, my r... more
Views: 3370Frank Mundus, Legendary Shark Fisherman, Dies at 82
Region: Hawaii
Frank Mundus, the shark fisherman believed to be the model for the character of Captain Quint in the book/movie "Jaws," died last week. He was 82. Frank Mundus believed that Peter Benchley, the author of 1974's "Jaws," used him as the model for the amiable and outgoing shark fisherman known as Captain Quint. Specifically, Mundus recalls a 1964 catch where he harpooned a 4,500 pound great white shark as Benchley's prim... more
Views: 1362Steven Thomas Missing in Hawaii
Region: Hawaii
Steven Thomas, the founder of the internet software security company Webroot Software Inc. is missing on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Steven Thomas, 36, who has bi-polar disorder was last seen on June 30 Waikiki. He has refused to take medication for his disorder and he has recently been disappointed about the performance of his investment portfolio his family says. Regarding his bi-polar disorde... more
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