May 23, 2008
Raphael O'Suna
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Who’s kidding whom about this vog?
Perhaps it’s the same people who tell us that cane smoke is not harmful. Is life worth living? Ask the liver. Is air worth breathing? Ask the lungs.Not all people will be affected equally, but sneezing, coughing. stuffy nose, headache and throat and eye irritations are and will be common. We may have to change the names of these isles to the Mucus Isles.
An ethical and moral government and tourist bureau would urge tourists to stay away for health reasons. But don’t hold your breath. Wait a minute, we are already holding our breath.
Sulfur dioxide, cadmium, mercury, silica and whatever else comprises that toxic shroud cannot but be threatening to people, tourism and real estate values.
We may have to individually warn Mainlanders. I’m afraid our governor lacks the moral courage to do it.
– Raphael O’Suna, Haiku
May 23, 2008
> MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays
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 World Turtle Day
Day 144 of 2008
222 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Kahinali’i: Tsunami
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tait: Tide
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The plover is the bird of high tides.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish.”
(Thai saying)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — The Smithsonian Museums
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Mathews Exposes Right-Wing Ignoramus
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — NEWSEUM - World’s Most Interactive Museum
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Feed the Hungry at FreeRice.com
May 23rd, 1960: Quirks of time, tide, rain, and wind create an unusual but quite deadly natural phenomenon here in Hawaii — TSUNAMI. An earthquake occurs in the Southern Hemisphere, near Chili, of a magnitude of 8.6 (the recent quake in China was 7.9 and destroyed millions of homes). The quake causes a tidal wave - a tsunami - which manages to head north, then west then south and hit Hilo, killing an amazing 61 people. Neither the southern part of Hawaii Island, nor any other Island in the Hawaiian chain, experiences much damage, but in Hilo, the water bleeds into town for more than 3/4 of a mile, over the power plant, homes, businesses and streets, causing millions of dollars in damages and grief for dozens of families.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 23rd
1430: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians
1576: Tycho Brahe is given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory
1701: Captain William Kidd is executed in London after conviction of piracy & murder
1785: Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1846: Mexico declares war on the U.S. over Texas
1939: The submarine Squalis sinks off Portsmouth New Hampshire (26 sailors die)
1945: Nazi Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg Germany
1960: Israel announces its capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1982: Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
BORN ON THIS DAY — MAY 23rd
1707: Carolus Linnaeus, biological classifier
1729: Cathrine the Great, empress of Russia
1734: Friedrich Anton Mesmer, physician/hypnotist
1928: Rosemary Clooney, singer/coronet
1931: Barbara Barrie, actress
1934: Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer
1949: Alan Garcia Perez, president of Peru
1951: Anatoliy Karpov, world chess champion
1954: Marvin Haglere, boxer
1958: Drew Carey, comedian
1974: Jewel, singer/songwriter
