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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Podcast #82-83 Airlines go down and Lava goes up



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Sorry we've fallen behind on the Blog. The news in Hawaii has centered on the closing of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines. Not a great situation for us to travel since airfares will undoubtedly go up and gas has reached $4/gal this week.



On the brighter side we had a successful Lavaman Triathlon weekend. Mahalo to Laura and Gerri for putting on a great race. Check out our photos at the Lavaman Blog.




Also despite the challenges to travel the Merrie Monarch Hula festival was another great success.

The other big news has been the continuing situation with the Vog all over the Island. It has become really nasty, especially in Kona and Puna districts. Almost daily evacuation warnings are happening for Volcano National Park. There is a big concern for the SO2 levels in the areas surrounding Kilauea Volcano. Check out the activity at the Halemaumau vent on the webcam.

We had a great going over to MacKenzie State park to camp and visit the vents going into the ocean in Kalapana. It reminded me to clean off the camping equipment since it had been gathering a little dust.




Our next podcast will focus on the continuing issue of vog.

Mahalo for reading.

Joe