Have you ever wondered which Island people are referring to when they say they are going to Hawaii? Me too. Turns out "The Big Island" is actually Hawaii, but because it is the largest in the archipelago, they (in the archipelago) are referred to as the Hawaiian Islands. Currently my friend Val (who met me in Honolulu upon my return from Australia) and I are on the oldest island in the chain, Kauai. It rains here more than the other islands, and is therefore known as the Garden Isle. So green, lush and beautiful. We are right beside the ocean in a condo for a couple weeks and the sound of the ever rolling surf, the tall waving palm tree outside our door, the sun and birds of many varieties, including the islands feral chickens and roosters. The chickens are a master class in introduced animals. Thousands of feral chickens roam the island with no natural predators. Go to this website for info on how these chickens came to...
January 12th, 2018
Josh and I woke this morning to our iPhones bzzzzing loudly. Confusing, but then sometimes we have practice announcements. I got up and looked and what do I see but an Emergency Alert, all bold letters….saying….BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
So said to Josh, please get up and check your phone, sure enough he had the same message. My immediate thought was, someone made a mistake, disbelief, then it occurred to us, well, if one is coming it's too late now, so we made coffee to wait, and just enjoy our remaining time in Hawaii! Where would we go?
Yes, it was sent out in error! I would imagine whomever pushed that button may not have the opportunity to push another. It frightened a good many people. I later asked some locals where they would go should it ever happen again and was told there is nowhere to go! I mean it's an island, how you going to get off in minutes?
I'm learning that some days my memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. Take this morning for instance, I wanted to go find the Macy's store because I thought I remembered a. Where it was and b. That it had a section where I could find the brand, Fresh Produce which I quite like. (Ladies dresses and such). Well, firstly I didn't remember where it was and once we got there, after some backtracking and detours, it was depressing to see the huge parking lots and other stores up there empty or at least, shut down. Macy's however was open, but it wasn't what I remembered so we browsed a bit and left. No Fresh Produce!! We grabbed some needed groceries and returned back to our condo for lunch. I wanted to show Barb the Watusi cattle, the zebra and the donkey on the roadside farm down highway 11 towards the south end. Off we went driving and driving and more driving. No sign of them. So, spotting some wind turbines, we turned right off the ...
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