Welcome to Paradise

Hawaii is where people come to vacation.  It's now the place I call home. Living in paradise is different than visiting for a week or weekend. One thing that I've found incredibly entertaining are the weather reports. Since it's always 75-85 degrees and mostly sunny, the weather reports are beefed up with additional information that you don't normally hear on the mainland. 

Surf report- What's are the waves gonna be like for the next three days? Will they be big enough for the competition on the north shore? Too big?

Tradewinds- How fast are the winds blowing? What direction? Are they going to change?

Vog- Ever wonder why your allergies act up on Hawaii? The locals all blame it on vog, air pollution caused by an active volcano. The weather report supports this belief by giving daily vog updates. 

Neighbor islands- Want to travel to Maui or to Lanai? Don't worry, those islands weather reports are covered too!

For a state with extremely consistent weather the local news continues to give updates every 15 minutes. Seems a little intense to me. 

What's the same as the mainland is the sheer inaccuracy of the reports. Weatherman says 30% chance of rain... It turns out beautiful all day long. Weatherman says <10% chance of rain and I'm huddling underneath my umbrella. 

Rain or shine this is one beautiful state. Check out my pictures of paradise!

The rainbow I spotted while on the phone with Allison C. 

Turned out it was a double rainbow (all the way)!!!!

Sunrise on the way to work

Sunset on the walk home

Driving down the highway is like exploring the set of Lost. 

Storm clouds dramatically roll in and then the rain is gone 10 minutes later.

And let's not forget the pic of the week:

Mahalo!