01-26-2014, 05:35 AM
No rain in HPP for 2 weeks now!
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rain dance
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01-26-2014, 10:10 AM
hardly any coqui activity these rainless / windless days have them all dried out.
01-28-2014, 02:16 AM
Rained all night here in Kurtistown area. (Ala Loop)
It began right at dark with some of what I call volcanic rain due to the smoke laden skies we've been seeing for the past few weeks. ericlp: I too noticed that the shrieking frogs had been less active lately, only I attributed the lessened shrieking to the colder temperatures of the last couple of weeks. Good observation regarding arid conditions and frog activity. Why didn't I think of that? This morning the frogs are chirping up a cacophony. This brings me to a rant about the HGEA TV ads, especially the invasive species guy hurdling over a stone wall in order to capture a snake... If they had been actually doing their job we would never have had the coqui frog invasion, we would never have had the stinging nettle caterpillars, etc... I miss the days prior to the coqui frog invasion. Years ago the forests would resonate with the sweet chirping of endemic tree snails, which is nowhere near as annoying as that of the coqui frog, although I do remember some annoyingly loud crickets, as well as seeing a friend tear his kitchen apart trying to catch a loud cricket that was hiding under their refrigerator. (Haha!) "Life is labor, and all that is good in life comes from that labor..."
"Life is labor, and all that is good in life comes from that labor..."
01-28-2014, 04:14 AM
Mahalo ke Akua, e na Aumakua, e na Kupuna.
Although we (kanaka maoli) don't have a "rain dance" per se, we mahalo Lono, the God of agriculture and rain. Chants were dedicated to Lono in the old days to call the rain for crops. JMO. FYI: (*Snipped - More at link) http://www.kumukahi.org/units/ke_ao_akua/akua/lono Lono is the Hawaiian god of agriculture and rain. He appears in ho'oilo (the wet season) as rain clouds and winter storms. Some po'e kahiko (Hawaiians of old) describe Lono as the “akua po'o huna i ke ao lewa,” or the god whose head is hidden in the dark clouds. The water he brings, especially to the dry, leeward regions, helps keep the land fertile. Kânaka (humans) appeal to Lono for rainfall and good crops and give thanks to Lono for a great harvest. Ka po'e kahiko would conduct ceremonies for Lono in mâpele, or agricultural heiau. Hawai'i continues to be a place that needs rainwater to sustain the land and produce crops. Learning about Lono helps us to understand Hawai'i’s unique weather patterns and seasonal changes. With this understanding, we can again be self sustainable, like our kûpuna before us. |
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