Weather delays Hokulea’s trip ADVERTISING Weather delays Hokulea’s trip HONOLULU (AP) — Weather is delaying the Hokulea voyaging canoe from leaving Hawaii on its worldwide voyage. Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Clyde Namuo said Friday that navigators consulted with meteorologists and
Weather delays Hokulea’s trip
HONOLULU (AP) — Weather is delaying the Hokulea voyaging canoe from leaving Hawaii on its worldwide voyage.
Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Clyde Namuo said Friday that navigators consulted with meteorologists and decided to depart from Hilo on Tuesday if weather allows. The canoe will make its way toward Tahiti, beginning a 3-year circumnavigation of the globe.
The boat had originally been slated to leave today.
Namuo says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that winds will be more favorable three days later.
27K gallons of jet fuel missing
HONOLULU (AP) — Navy officials say they can’t be sure whether 27,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from an underground tank in Honolulu because several factors could have accounted for a discrepancy discovered this year.
An investigation into the inconsistent measurements at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility could take up to a year.
The Navy has previously assured state lawmakers that drinking water around the tank is safe.
Navy officials told Honolulu leaders during a briefing Thursday that one possible reason for the level change could have been water that collected in between the steel fuel tank and a concrete casing that surrounds it.
Investigators are focused “on identifying what caused those fluctuations in tank level indication upon the filling process from December to January,” regional engineer Capt. Mike Williamson said.
The discrepancy could also be attributed to the tank being empty for four years and then filling it up again, Williamson said.
The Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility held fuel for American planes in World War II.
New name for endangered bird
HONOLULU (AP) — Native Hawaiian cultural experts are giving a Hawaiian name to an endangered bird that lives exclusively in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument said Thursday the Nihoa Millerbird will now also be called ululu. A new population of ululu established on Laysan Island will be called ululu niau.
Ululu means “growing things.” The name was selected in the hopes the bird’s population will continue to grow in coming years.
University of Hawaii Assistant Professor and monument Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Chairman Kekuewa Kikiloi says the name helps connect the birds to the genealogy of Hawaii.
He says developing Hawaiian names for species that have either lost or never had a Hawaiian name is important to honor Hawaiian traditions and maintain a living culture.
