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Let's hope they are wrong, but there is a Wind Advisory posted by NOAA:
WINDS...Sustained northeast to east winds near 30 mph, with
gusts near 50 mph. ( 10 am to 8 pm 10/15)
For Puna, that likely means multiple downed albizias and power outages. Fill your bathtub!
Link:
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=HIZ025&warncounty=HIC001&firewxzone=HIZ025&local_place1=Pahoa%20HI&product1=Wind+Advisory&lat=19.4987&lon=-154.949#.WeOU3hNSzo0
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If only HellCo would kill the Albizia instead of just trimming it!
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A good problem can keep on giving for years. A solved problem only pays out once.
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Understood this dichotomy for years, even watched it in action on a few occasions. Still frustrating though!
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The air is still in Orchidland. Have had some epic rain showers but no wind.
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Give a man a tree to cut down, and he'll cut the tree once, that day.
Teach a man how to submit a bid for a county contract, and he'll trim trees little by little, for a lifetime.
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Utility companies like HELCO are guaranteed a profit, after expending cash on "emergency expenses". They get expenses plus the PUC guaranteed profit percentage. Iselle was a great profit maker for HELCO as a result. There is no incentive to do normal tree maintenance.
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quote:
Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
Give a man a tree to cut down, and he'll cut the tree once, that day.
Hmmm. In my experience you can cut down a tree and it will spring back as a five-headed hydra---sometimes even after poisoning it.
But you point is well taken.
No wind to speak of in Opihikoa...
Cheers,
Kirt
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HOTPE, Mahalo for classic post - as others following have noted, this is true -- for me, entertaining as well
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