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What are your thoughts about areas just north or just south of Kona (and not right in Kona, but following along the shore line) - are they as effected by the vog?
Well north of Kona, there's less problem. Seems to me Waikoloa and Waimea are probably better than any other part of the island.
Here's a real time advisory map that you can use to monitor the vog levels all around the Big Island. Today's a good day, all green. But if you refresh it at regular intervals for a few weeks you can start developing a sense for how the patterns work.
Regarding your question on rain in Hilo - if you just there this past April - you'd probably say to yourself, what rain? (March was a "normal" month with 13 inches of rain and flooding). In October, you'd be downright giddy, 1.5 inches of rain in a month that normally get almost 10 inches of rain. So far this month, Hilo has gotten around 3 inches of rain in month that averages 15 inches of rain. The Big Island is in a severe drought - and that includes Hilo. If things stay the way they are - you'll not find Hilo very rainy at all.
When/if Hilo gets back to "normal" rain patterns - its driest month is still wetter than than the wettest month in Pacific Northwest cities like Seattle and Portland with usual monthly totals of 8 to 15 inches.
Interesting WhtVpr1...what do you attribute that to? Global warming? Bizarre.
Regardless, from your info on the driest month still being the wettest in the Pacific NW, I'd rather not risk the rain ruining my precious free time, which I want to spend outdoors. Would rather sweat in the sun
Interesting WhtVpr1...what do you attribute that to? Global warming? Bizarre.
Regardless, from your info on the driest month still being the wettest in the Pacific NW, I'd rather not risk the rain ruining my precious free time, which I want to spend outdoors. Would rather sweat in the sun
I believe global warming is real - but that might not be the cause of the latest Hawaii drought.
Many parts of the state had all-time record low rain in October.
I'm not an expert - but I believe El Nino is the more common reason - our typical "Kona" storms have been practically non-existent and I believe it has to do of how high pressure settles over the pacific in the winter blocking the soaking storms that come from the south.
If you were to go back to Hawaii to live, would you go to the same area or...? Also, what would you do differently the next time around?
Hi McFrosty; Since we lived on the rainy side, (yes, I wouldn't mind going back to Ninole) I would make sure we had a heat source like at least one gas fireplace to deter the mold/mildew and the inevitable 'thinning of the blood' that happens after 1-2 years. Also, we learned afterrrrrrrrrrrr we sold our house that the wind mill was the wrong size and that was why we had virtually no help from it (we were off grid).
As for the catchment, the liners on the tanks only last a few years. We also had a reverse osmosis system and the water tasted fabulous although we stillll used a Brita justttttttt to make sure of purity.
If we were to move back, it still would likely be to the Hilo side. I would just insist on a gas fireplace to keep the dampness/mold/mildew at bay. I wanted one, but somehow it didn't happen...I didn't lobby hard enough...ha!
I may have mistakenly said we were at 1700 feet when actually it was 700 ft. elevation. It was extremelyyyyyyy windy as we lived on a knoll overlooking the Maalua Gulch...sooooooo if anyone goes through the gulch look up and you will see 'my' house...latte in color with white trim and green metal roof; ohhhhhhhh I'm starting to get homeeeeee sickkkkkk!!!!!!!!!! You see it best coming frommmmmmmm Lapahoehoe driving south.
The Big Island has been in drought for several years, and it's had a huge impact on farming and ranching. Kona Coffee production is down, for example. I had a conversation with a neighbor about two years ago concerning some large water tanks he had scattered around his home in Volcano. He said he was using them to catch and haul water for his cattle further up the slope because otherwise he'd have to cut his herd since rainfall is so low. And the big herds up at Parker Ranch have been cut back because the pastures
At the same time, there has been a broad drought in the mainland the last several years, and this year was the worst drought on record. And there's no end in sight, according to weather experts.
Is it climate change? Nobody knows. But personally I'm feeling quite concerned about the situation.
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