07-26-2015, 06:03 AM
you astronomers see heavy machine equipment running over the wekui bug cones or altering or removing rocks
gypsy, I believe the astronomers at the summit spend most of their time inside of the observatories, so would be quite limited in the amount of time they have available for site inspection of Wekui bugs and altar rocks. There are however other agencies that specifically watch for and catalog those types of things.
Also, when heavy machinery is operating at any job site, only employees of the contractor are allowed anywhere near the equipment or the area they are working in.
If you know water should not be taken or diverted then by all means question it.
There are no springs at the summit*. There is Lake Waiau, but no water has ever been taken from it (except wekui bugs getting a drink). Some people made the claim that water was taken from the lake when the lake became smaller, however, the water level in the lake rises and falls naturally depending on snowfall and rainfall. Astronomers know water was not taken or diverted. As far as I know, no one has ever seen anyone take water out of Lake Waiau. The reports were based only on the false assumption and claim that someone must have taken water for the lake level to go down. The claims were made by people unfamiliar with the history of the lake.
Edited: * The diverted springs mentioned by opihikao are at a much lower level on Mauna Kea, not at the summit, so astronomers would be nowhere near those areas and unable to question why water was diverted
gypsy, I believe the astronomers at the summit spend most of their time inside of the observatories, so would be quite limited in the amount of time they have available for site inspection of Wekui bugs and altar rocks. There are however other agencies that specifically watch for and catalog those types of things.
Also, when heavy machinery is operating at any job site, only employees of the contractor are allowed anywhere near the equipment or the area they are working in.
If you know water should not be taken or diverted then by all means question it.
There are no springs at the summit*. There is Lake Waiau, but no water has ever been taken from it (except wekui bugs getting a drink). Some people made the claim that water was taken from the lake when the lake became smaller, however, the water level in the lake rises and falls naturally depending on snowfall and rainfall. Astronomers know water was not taken or diverted. As far as I know, no one has ever seen anyone take water out of Lake Waiau. The reports were based only on the false assumption and claim that someone must have taken water for the lake level to go down. The claims were made by people unfamiliar with the history of the lake.
Edited: * The diverted springs mentioned by opihikao are at a much lower level on Mauna Kea, not at the summit, so astronomers would be nowhere near those areas and unable to question why water was diverted
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