I don’t at all dismiss what’s happened in Japan as trivial, but it occurs to me that if someone had written a script containing a massive earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear reactor meltdown, the author would be told “You’re in Poseidon Adventure territory. Nobody would believe that.” The confluence of horrible events going on …
One of the best or at least most current sources for news about the failing reactors and the other parts of the Japanese earthquake recovery is the NYT’s The Lede blog. It’s posting live NHK feeds and news/commentary from its reporters on the ground. The latest seems to be that most of the last 50 …
Hawai’i was spared any serious damage by the tsunami generated by the earthquake which hit Japan. Some boats in harbors came loose from their moorings and crashed into one another, and a hotel in Kona on the Big Island had its lobby soaked, but nothing more serious than that. It’s easy for me to say, …
Even before the Tea Party candidates are coronated, their Senate minions who are already there are doing their work: Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has arrived. …
The bugger came ashore with more of a whimper than a bang, reaching heights of about three feet. This is startling: Hilo Bay is continuing to fill and drain every 20 minutes, said warning center oceanographer Nathan Becker. Hilo Bay is not exactly a small body of water.
As you all may have heard, there was an 8.8 earthquake in Chile overnight. At the moment (10:30am HST) we expect a series of waves to hit Hilo about 11:00am and Honolulu about 11:30am. We’ve got a homeless population that lives on beaches as well as a lot of people who live just across primary …
I get a weekly email from a company called Wolfgang’s Vault, which sells vintage art from the Bill Graham collection of advertising posters used to promote concerts at the Fillmore, Winterland, and other venues. Additionally, it offers streaming audio of live concerts from that era. Wednesday, in their blog, they said this: We in the …
There may be one hundred thousand or more dead in Haiti, but does Rush Limbaugh care? Why, no. He’d rather try to score political points against President Obama. Obama will use Haiti to boost credibility with “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country” Now, I’m pretty sure President Obama’s thought processes about Haiti went …
From the US Department of State: For missing family, call 1-888-407-4747. To help with relief efforts, text “HAITI” to “90999” and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. Or visit InterAction to contribute. Man. That country is the red-headed stepchild of this hemisphere, isn’t it?
Mom and I had the same thought yesterday about the children killed in the school collapses as a result of the Chinese earthquake: “How many of those were only children?” Somebody at the NYT had the same thought. How many parents have lost their only child, and how many are too economically tied to their …