08-29-2007, 06:12 AM
Re "experts" -- anyone who has witnessed legal circuses -- I mean trials -- can see that there is always an expert who can be paid to say and may even believe the point of view from either side. Experts with impressive credentials, too.
Re coqui frogs -- not so likely on cruise ships, hasn't happened yet. Cruise passengers return their day rentals on the same island. The wheelwells and tire treads are possible coqui transport mechanisms. The Superferry is not inspecting vehicles ... but relying on eradication on the Big Island to take care of the problem ... their own statement. Which we know is a joke.
The Alenuihaha Channel between the Big Island and Maui is no joke. Mean sumbitch. 40 foot swells. The cruise ships don't take it on either. So avoiding that is not political BS. However, the cruise ships do come around from Kahalui to Hilo ... imagine the Superferry could do that.
But I was looking at the Ferry passengers from Oahu going to Kaua'i, and I noted some were going to play golf, others want to take surfboards. It seemed these people were off to get out of urban land and play on the neighbor islands, and I could see why they want to go to the west side.
There's a lot of business travel to Hilo, but business travelers don't have time to take the slow boat; that is for leisure travel.
I do suspect though, that the Stryker transport was always an agenda, and we already know the military does their transport convoys out of Kawaihae up to Pohakuloa.
The Kawaihae bottleneck would be a nightmare after disgorging a boatload of vehicles. Stupid stupid idea. It is bad enough now.
Re coqui frogs -- not so likely on cruise ships, hasn't happened yet. Cruise passengers return their day rentals on the same island. The wheelwells and tire treads are possible coqui transport mechanisms. The Superferry is not inspecting vehicles ... but relying on eradication on the Big Island to take care of the problem ... their own statement. Which we know is a joke.
The Alenuihaha Channel between the Big Island and Maui is no joke. Mean sumbitch. 40 foot swells. The cruise ships don't take it on either. So avoiding that is not political BS. However, the cruise ships do come around from Kahalui to Hilo ... imagine the Superferry could do that.
But I was looking at the Ferry passengers from Oahu going to Kaua'i, and I noted some were going to play golf, others want to take surfboards. It seemed these people were off to get out of urban land and play on the neighbor islands, and I could see why they want to go to the west side.
There's a lot of business travel to Hilo, but business travelers don't have time to take the slow boat; that is for leisure travel.
I do suspect though, that the Stryker transport was always an agenda, and we already know the military does their transport convoys out of Kawaihae up to Pohakuloa.
The Kawaihae bottleneck would be a nightmare after disgorging a boatload of vehicles. Stupid stupid idea. It is bad enough now.