Day 152 of the Lower Puna Eruption, and I have nothing to report.
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I am into my eleventh year of this blog site, and I still can't predict which of my postings will become popular or not. This past week, for example, resulted in the following daily results:
Pageviews today
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6,891
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Pageviews yesterday
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1,197
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Pageviews last month
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17,754
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Pageviews all time history
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1,904,984
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Followers
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I would guess what happens is that readership jumps when someone who has a lot of contacts likes an article, and refers this posting to his/her e-list. But what of the below could possibly have triggered this interest?
A SIMPLE FAVOR AND MATT DAMON
- SEPTEMBER SONG
- MY HERO: SENATOR MAIZIE HIRONO
- WE ALL FAIL, BUT YOU MUST OVERCOME TO SUCCEED
- BRETT KAVANAUGH IS DOOMED! IF NOT, THEN THE REPUBL...
- CANDIDATES FOR SPACE TRAVEL
- AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and DONALD TRUMP
- Schoolmate PEPPERMINTs Scuttle KAVANAUGH
The pageview today of 6891 will probably reach 7,000 when the 24-hour period ends. However, on 17 or 18 December 2018, readership for one of those two days reached 27, 577. The two articles on those days were:
- STAR WARS: A Religious Experience (17Dec18)
- A FANTASTICAL GLOBAL ODYSSEY (18Dec18)
If you divide the number of days this blog site has been active, 3927, into 1,904,922, the number of times this site has been visited, the daily readership average/day is 485.
Similarly, looking at the right column of the most popular postings, there seems to be no pattern. Here is the top ten:
This blog began as a focus on renewable energy and the environment. While I have continued to regularly post on SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY, quite early in the history of this site, I decided to just write on whatever was on my mind that day. Travel and food are popular subjects, but sustainable energy is only so-so.
Rarely does anyone comment on my blogs. When I wrote for the Huffington Post, I got hundreds of comments. Should you wish to read a whole book on these short articles, I compiled many of them into SIMPLE SOLUTION ESSAYS. I went on to compose around a 100 articles for HuffPo.
The only real exception for this site is INDIA SUCKS. At last check there were 61 comments, most from residents of that country, and the majority agreeing with me. Many were really funny. Incidentally the scene to the right is of Delhi from my hotel room. Or is it New Delhi? I'm never quite sure.
Let me end this posting today with an editorial quote from the morning Star Advertiser:
It was an exciting OT weekend for local sports fans, starting with, of course, the University of Hawaii’s 5-OT football win over San Jose State, 44-41. Let’s hope the team, now 5-1, can fix weaknesses and give fans even more to cheer this Saturday at Aloha Stadium.
Other OT excitement came via Saint Louis grad Marcus Mariota, whose game-winning pass led the Tennessee Titans, 26-23, over the Philadelphia Eagles. Also Sunday, Punahou alum and kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn redeemed himself in OT after missing two earlier potential game-winners, to help his Houston Texans snap the NFL’s longest losing streak, with a 37-34 win over Indianapolis. And last but not least that night, came the UH Wahine soccer team’s OT win over CSUN, 2-1.
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For the first time in 13 years we have two Super storms, meaning wind speeds greater than 157 MPH. On the heels of Super Typhoon Trami, here comes Super Typhoon Kong-Rey:
However, it is appearing that that the path will take Kong-Rey a bit west of Naha, and in the general direction of Cheju Island and Busan instead of Japan.
In the Central Pacific is Super Hurricane Walaka, at 161 MPH. If Walaka had turned north a little earlier, Kauai would have again been devastated as it was by Super Hurricane Iniki in 1992. The danger spectrum is as far west as the Big Island is east of Kauai.
In case you're wondering why Walaka, in 1982 a list of 48 names was created, and Walaka just happens to be the last one. Thus, it took 36 years to reach #48. The next cyclonic storm starting in the Central Pacific will be Akoni, back to #1. Still too early to make any kind of accurate projection, but way far east is Hurricane Sergio, predicted to attain Category 3 strength, and seems headed towards Hawaii.
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