ANOTHER DOOMSDAY FAKEOUT As I write these words, the East Coast is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy–one of the largest storms ever recorded in the North Atlantic. There was severe flooding in New York and Atlantic City. The storm’s total death toll in the Caribbean and U.S. is nearly 100, and it’s still affecting an estimated 50 million people. Kinda puts Saturday … [Read more...] about The Tsunami That Was Not And Wailuku Main Street Association Unilaterally Cancels Its Own Lease
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Annual MauiTime Eh Brah Issue on How Much Our Readers Hate Driving and Traffic
More than half of drivers in Hawaii believe that people on the road are not as courteous as they were just five years ago, reports a new survey commissioned by First Insurance Company. What’s more, reported the Associated Press on June 26, a mere 18 percent of drivers still use the venerable shaka to acknowledge another driver’s courtesy. These stats were probably surprising … [Read more...] about Annual MauiTime Eh Brah Issue on How Much Our Readers Hate Driving and Traffic
Sideswiped in Kahului
This is for the ass who sideswiped me as I was riding my bike one recent morning on Dairy Road in Kahului. You were leaving the parking lot next to McDonald’s with your phone in your hand (and clearly didn’t even look for people on bikes, like me) as you made your turn onto the road. You knocked me off my bike and then just kept going. I’m fortunate that the bruddah driving a … [Read more...] about Sideswiped in Kahului