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It Just Snowed On Hawaii’s Big Island

It Just Snowed On Hawaii’s Big Island
Residents of Hawaii's Big Island woke on Tuesday to find the summit of Mauna Kea volcano dusted with a fresh layer of summer snow. Considered both the world's tallest volcano and its tallest mountain (when measured from the ocean floor), Mauna Kea occasionally sees snow. But a storm in mid-June is relatively bizarre. The National Weather Service in Honolulu…
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Hawaii Is At Risk Of A Mega-Tsunami

Hawaii Is At Risk Of A Mega-Tsunami
A somewhat unnerving study has suggested there is a small but significant chance that an earthquake and resulting tsunami could devastate Hawaii in the next 50 years. Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the study from the University of Hawaii at Mnoa (UHM) says there is approximately a 9 percentchance of a magnitude 9…
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Rainbow factory on Kauai’s North Shore

Rainbow factory on Kauai’s North Shore
By noreply@blogger.com (Trailblazer Hawaii) Maybe a pot of gold is too much to expect, but a beachful of golden sand is a sure thing on Kauai's several-mile run of coast from Haena Beach Park and around Kepuhi Point to Charo's Beach. During the winters, normally in the afternoons with a few clouds in the sky,…
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Fun Facts About Hawaii

Fun Facts About Hawaii
Did You Know?..... Hawaii is the most isolated population center on Earth. It is 2,390 miles (3,850 km) from California, 3,850 miles (6,195 km) from Japan and 4,900 miles (7,885 km) from China. The state of Hawaii consists of eight larger, populated islands (with the exception of the island of Kahoolawe, which is not populated)…
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