Archive for December, 2007

The Pineapple Express

There’s a storm that generates itself from the top of Mauna Kea. It’s called the Pineapple Express.

Read more about the Pineapple Express at Answers.com
Read an article from last month about the Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express News article (from 2006)

Okay, maybe not from the “Top of Mauna Kea” I made that up.

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Mauna Kea Public Access Road >> Check it!

Okay, the weather has been too much to keep up with.
So here’s the url so you can check the road conditions for yourself. It’s been opening and closing daily it seems due to new snow falls.
Current Mauna Kea Road Conditions :
http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/road-conditions/
The Mauna Kea Webcams from the Mauna Kea Weather Center website [...]

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Great SCUBA Diving Locations

All of the great SCUBA diving locations referenced on this page can be accessed from shore without a boat. Great resource. Got any more dive resources?

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No ride Mauna Kea today

The images of the snow on top of Mauna Kea today on Hawai`i Island will make you drool but the road closure will make you cry. We can only hope that one of more of the rescuers yesterday got to ride some of that fresh pow pow…
Anyone want to donate a snowmobile or snow-ready quad [...]

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Scientists Stuck on Top of Mauna Kea

That’s the reports we’re getting from the newspapers and radio. Can we be on the rescue team? Should scientist be required to take snowboarding lessons and should they have snowboards on hand for emergencies?
Okay, I’m a little excited. Let’s just hope the roads get cleared.  We’ll be up there in the am with power bars [...]

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