Today in Hilo her family celebrates Pearl's life and tomorrow we will drive to Mauna Kea to scatter her ashes. I Googled "scattering of ashes," and it appears that the entire remains do not (morally) need to be spread at one site.
I thus woke up this morning with a plan for my next year. I will keep half of Pearls' ashes in the bronze urn and have already apportioned the remainder into small packets covered with Ziploc bags. I have a choice of 25 locations and, when each is accomplished, I will write the place and date, taking a photo of each scene.
I will carefully lay each at one of three settings:
1. Pearl’s favorite spots (Mauna Kea, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, her fireball flower pot, the first yellow tree that is planted for the Pearl Foundation, into Waikiki waters at House Without a Key while Honolulu City Lights is being played just after sunset, etc.)
2. Attractions she wanted to visit but never did (Machu Pichu, African safari, Taj Mahal, etc.)
3. A few future settings she would have loved.
I will then write a book on this effort. This one will feature color photos. No one will want to buy it, of course, but I can always give them away to donors of the Pearl Foundation.
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Hurricane Felicia remains a scary 90 MPH about 900 miles east of Hilo. The pathway still appears to intersect with the Big Island. However, the slightly cooler waters and high level shear, from all reports, should begin to weaken her. The following can be found in Weather Underground:
Forecast positions and Max winds :
initial 08/1500z 19.3n 140.8w 80 kt
12hr VT 09/0000z 19.6n 142.8w 70 kt
24hr VT 09/1200z 19.7n 145.4w 65 kt
36hr VT 10/0000z 19.8n 148.0w 55 kt
48hr VT 10/1200z 19.7n 150.5w 45 kt
72hr VT 11/1200z 19.5n 156.0w 30 kt
96hr VT 12/1200z 19.5n 161.0w 25 kt...remnant low
120hr VT 13/1200z 20.5n 166.5w 20 kt...remnant low
"kt" stands for knots, or multiply by 1.15 and get miles per hour. Thus, on Tuesday, Felicia is projected to be at (30 x 1.15) 34.5 MPH strength as it socks the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel where I will be staying. Remnant low for Wednesday will still involve very dangerous rainfall rates. Also, there is another disturbance that just appeared in the East Pacific.
initial 08/1500z 19.3n 140.8w 80 kt
12hr VT 09/0000z 19.6n 142.8w 70 kt
24hr VT 09/1200z 19.7n 145.4w 65 kt
36hr VT 10/0000z 19.8n 148.0w 55 kt
48hr VT 10/1200z 19.7n 150.5w 45 kt
72hr VT 11/1200z 19.5n 156.0w 30 kt
96hr VT 12/1200z 19.5n 161.0w 25 kt...remnant low
120hr VT 13/1200z 20.5n 166.5w 20 kt...remnant low
"kt" stands for knots, or multiply by 1.15 and get miles per hour. Thus, on Tuesday, Felicia is projected to be at (30 x 1.15) 34.5 MPH strength as it socks the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel where I will be staying. Remnant low for Wednesday will still involve very dangerous rainfall rates. Also, there is another disturbance that just appeared in the East Pacific.
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