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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kahinali’i: Tidal Wave PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tait: Wave HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —“When the leaves of the ‘ama‘u turn upland, it is a sign of a flood.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Crime does pay - but not as well as politics.” (Anon) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Pacific Tsunami Warning Center WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — The Wonder of You PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Digital Podcast Books BLOG OF THE WEEK — Digg.comDaylight Savings Time Begins Throughout Most of the U.S. at 2:00 am.
BUT NOT IN HAWAII. Hawaii Standard Time is in effect year round.
The idea of Daylight Savings Time (DST) was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin while an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, “An Economical Project” as a means to economize on candles by rising earlier and using morning sunlight. The English builder and outdoorsman William Willett is credited with inventing DST in 1905 during one of his pre-breakfast horseback rides, when he observed how many Londoners slept through the best part of a summer day. He lobbied unsuccessfully for enactment until his death in 1915. Germany, its World War I allies, and their occupied zones were the first European nations to use Willett’s invention, starting April 30, 1916. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals as well as Russia and a few other countries waited until the following year. The United States adopted DST in 1918. Read more …
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 9th
The Aleutian Islands in Alaska experience a huge earthquake which sends a tsunami down to Hawaii. Two people are killed on Kauai, 250 homes are lost there, and $75 million damage is done throughout the territory, mostly on Kauai and Oahu. Maui experiences a short rise in tide, maybe five feet. Read more … In the 1960s, a tsunami warning system was installed in Hawaii with 129 tsunami sirens throughout the islands. These are tested statewide at noon on the first Monday of each month.
If these sirens go off at any other time, head immediately for higher elevations. In case of an earthquake in Hawaii, don’t wait for tsunami alarms to sound — head for the hills!
That’s because only those tsunami sirens that have been converted to solar/battery operation will sound an alarm if an earthquake automatcally shuts down the power grid. Completion of converting the other third is not scheduled for another 7 years! Geologists estimate that a Big Island earthquake could produce a tsunami on Maui within 10-15 minutes.
- 1497: Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation
- 1841: The U.S. Supreme Court rules Africans captured for the purpose of slavery are free (Amistad Incident)
- 1860: The first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington
- 1864: Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of the Union Army
- 1873: Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
- 1907: First involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
- 1916: General Fransisco “Poncho” Villa invades U.S. (17 killed)
- 1945: The most destructive Air Raid ever as General LeMay’s B-29’s firebomb Tokoyo, Japan in World War II
- 1954: Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy
- 1979: First extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter’s satellite Io)
- 1981: The Department of Agriculture, declares ketchup a vegetable
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 9th
- 1454: Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer
- 1824: Leland Stanford, governor/senator (founded Stanford University)
- 1905: Rex Warner, English poet/writer
- 1918: Mickey Spillane, mystery writer
- 1926: Irene Papas, actress
- 1934: Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut (1st man into space)
- 1936: Glenda Jackson, actress
- 1940: Raul Julia, actor
- 1942: John Cale, bassist/altviolist/singer
- 1942: Mark Lindsay, singer
- 1943: Bobby Fischer, world chess champion
- 1945: Ray Royer, rocker
- 1945: Robin Trower, rocker
- 1957: Faith Daniels, news anchor
- 1965: Juliette Binoche, actress
- 1971: Emmanuel Lewis, actor (Webster)
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kahinali’i: Tidal Wave PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Mani: Money HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Money-opihi shells from foreign lands.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Money is paper blood.” (Bob Hope) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Maui Tsunami Evacuation Map WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Poi Poundahz PODCAST OF THE WEEK — NPR-National Public Radio BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Huffington PostMarch 9, 1957: The Aleutian Islands in Alaska experience a huge earthquake which sends a tsunami down to Hawaii. Two people are killed on Kaua’i and $75 million damage is done, mostly on Kaua’i and Oahu. Maui experiences a short rise in tide - maybe five feet.Pictured: People on holiday last year in Thailand.
