05-11-2025, 05:41 PM
TomK - It's not uncommon for snow to fall on Haleakala's summit [I've bolded the topic of this sentence - keep it in mind going forward]
Yak - Yeah, NWS says it [snowfall on Haleakala's summit, see above] averages once a season every couple years. The real question though [in regards to the topic, snowfall on Haleakala's summit, remember?] is how's the drive from Puna [as] compared to [the drive to] MLO [from Puna, obviously] - better, worse, or about the same (in the "you can't get there from here" sorta way ;)?
Those squiggles before the question mark are a winking smiley face, denoting humor, because, of course, both sites cannot be accessed via a drive from Puna, as they are both blocked, one by a lava flow (which you already brought up days ago) and the other an ocean channel (which is common knowledge for those living here). ha ha ha?
Maybe, let's try this instead - might provide some explanations. You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. (You know what a turtle is? Same thing.) You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Apt description for climate change actually - planetary ecological systems flipped upside down and flailing, but not being helped. Why is that...
Yak - Yeah, NWS says it [snowfall on Haleakala's summit, see above] averages once a season every couple years. The real question though [in regards to the topic, snowfall on Haleakala's summit, remember?] is how's the drive from Puna [as] compared to [the drive to] MLO [from Puna, obviously] - better, worse, or about the same (in the "you can't get there from here" sorta way ;)?
Those squiggles before the question mark are a winking smiley face, denoting humor, because, of course, both sites cannot be accessed via a drive from Puna, as they are both blocked, one by a lava flow (which you already brought up days ago) and the other an ocean channel (which is common knowledge for those living here). ha ha ha?
Maybe, let's try this instead - might provide some explanations. You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. (You know what a turtle is? Same thing.) You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Apt description for climate change actually - planetary ecological systems flipped upside down and flailing, but not being helped. Why is that...