Hawaii, the move

[tugon (imported)]

My luck, I'd move to a volcanic island, and the sucker would blow.

Good news is they would not try to throw either one of us in the crater. They would need virgins.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Actually the house we rented is near the little volcano the mostly flows into the ocean, its just down the road.

Note there are 5 volcano's on the big Island of Hawaii, 3 are active, 2 have had very recent eruptions. I will be living very near one of them, its thought to be the safest volcano in the world. Scientists stand next to it while its flowing to take samples.

and there are no Hummingbirds in Hawaii,

But Mango's are everywhere, as well as an assortment of many tropical fruits.

River

River

[Dave (imported)]

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So Dave, when you travel, I know about having to take medical devices which I now do too, but just how much stuff do you need to take for a three day trip, not counting medical stuff which goes where you go?

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It's the spare things that get me. Double anything I think is normal and sometimes I need it.

However, Hawaii is paradise and worth the relocation.

[moi621 (imported)]

Moi, on the east side of the big island, the side were moving to is a rain forest. It rains just about every day and the water system everybody uses is a catch system. The rain water from your roof is collected into a big vat then treated and pumped back into your house. Look it up. So water is not a problem and when we build or buy we will also be using solar panels along with the catch system for the water and electric needs and be off the grid and totally self sufficient with some pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits for meat and dairy and all the tropical fruit you can eat. We will never starve.

Like this one article I read today about hummingbirds, there are no hummingbirds in Hawaii.

"It got down to 65 or 66 this evening, I did not know if I should put on a Hoody or close the window, ? , I wonder if the window closes? " and there are no hummingbirds in Hawaii.

River

They showed homes collecting rain water for later water use.

And did say the water carries stuff that makes it unsafe for drinking without treatment.

Will that be Lemon scented or plain Clorox in your rain water ? Yum !

So are you going to smuggle some hummingbirds into Hawai'i and release them?

I bet they would be very happy there.

BTW, suggest you eat nothing but beef for a while so your are thoroughly tired of it by the time you get to Hawai'i.

Si ?

Aloha Oy !

Moi

http://www.hulu.com/watch/70656

enjoy the Hawai'ian.

[nvrgag44 (imported)]

I wish you the best of luck! But what about the pancakes at MOM? Who's gonna make the pancakes? If I remember right you guard the recipe like it was the 1940s and it's part of the Manhattan Project.

[A-1 (imported)]

Good for you, River.

Are you still going to be able to make the Midwest MOM?

[tugon (imported)]

Good for you, River.

Are you still going to be able to make the Midwest MOM?

Get your grass skirt trimmed we are going to the islands.

[devi (imported)]

Tropical rains are somewhat different than what most of us are used to. It's like there are up to five or six layers of clouds that can sometimes all rain at once but usually come down only two or three layers at a time. No it may not be scientifically like that but if you are a child it sure seems that way. What we've been calling "monsoons" for the last twenty years or so here in the US southwest are NOT at all monsoons. -Not if you've ever been out in one. They last for days on end without reprieve. Maybe the weather patterns for the two are somewhat similar but that's as far as it goes. Sometimes while in a tropical rain someone will shout, "Hey, it's quit raining. We can go out now." But in fact it usually hadn't quit raining. It's just drizzling is all. (Down to one layer of rain.) And it's just as well since when it does stop raining all this steam (water vapor) starts seeping upward from the ground and you'll wind up wetter than if it were actually raining.

[Riverwind (imported)]

I spent 5 months in Bangkok one summer while on vacation from the USAF. It rained every day, the humidity would start to grow and sometime mid afternoon that blue sky would turn black and it would rain, 3 to 4 inches in 20 minutes, then it would stop and there would not be a cloud in the sky, but all that water that was on the ground would start to evaporate. Like Devi said, its quiet an experience to be steam cleaned with your cloths on. I look forward to it raining every day again, its a warm rain and never lasts long.

River

[Losethem (imported)]

Good luck with the move.

Watch out for errant Tiki idols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GtszASTNEE).

--LT