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Hawaii Farmer’s Markets
Mar 27th
Support Hawaii’s Farmers by Stopping by the Hawaii Farmers‘ Markets!
- Ala Moana Farmers’ Market
- Banyan Court Mall, 800 North King St.
- Benjamin Parker Elementary School, Kaneohe
- City Hall Parking Lot Deck (People’s Open Market)
- Country Market & Craft Fair, Waimanalo Homestead Community College (Call Paul Richards 808-225-4002)
- Davies Pacific Center, 841 Bishop St., 2nd and 4th Tues
- Ewa Beach Elementary School, 91-740 Papipi Rd.
- First Insurance Center, 1100 Ward Ave., 1st and 3rd Wed
- Fort Street near Wilcox Park (in front of Macy’s)
- Haleiwa Farmers Market, Kam Hwy & Joseph P. Leong By-pass
- Hawaii Kai Farmers Market, Kaiser High School
- Hawaii Kai Towne Center, Kalanianaole Hwy at Keahole St., 808-396-0766
- Honolulu Farmers’ Market, Neal S. Blaisdell Center (Ward & Kapiolani)
- International Marketplace, Waikiki
- Kahaluu Farmers Market, Windward Baptist Church, Kamehameha Hwy.
- Kailua Elementary School (Opens March 10th)
- Kakaako Makai Community Cultural Marketplace, 1 blk makai or Ala Moana Blvd & Ward Ave.
- Kalihi Farmers Market, Kapalama Elementary School
- Kapolei People’s Open Market, Kapolei Community Park
- Kaumualii Street People’s Open Market, Kalihi St.
- King’s Village Shopping Center, 131 Kaiulani Ave.
- Mahiku Farmers Market (aka International Marketplace)
- Mahiku Farmers Market, Momilani Community Center, Pearl City
- Makeke Kapolei, Kapolei High School, call 808-692-8200 ext. 2267 or email info@malamalearningcenter.org.
- Makiki Local Grown Farmers Market at St. Clemmons Church, 1515 Wilder Ave.
- Manoa Marketplace, 2752 Woodlawn Dr., call 808-847-0494/cell 808-554-4667
- Merchant Street Market, 841 Bishop St.
- The Millilani Sunday Farmers Market at Millilani High School, Millilani
- North Shore Country Market, Sunset Beach Elementary School, Haleiwa
- Nuuanu Farmers Market, Honolulu Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2313 Nuuanu Ave. Carol Rose: rose46@yahoo.com
- Queens Medical Center, 1301 Punchbowl St., no website, 1st Wed
- Restaurant Row Farmers Market, 500 Ala Moana Blvd
- Royal Hawaiian Farmers Market, Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Royal Kunia Park-n-Ride, Waipahu
- Waialua Farmers Market, Waialua Sugar Mill, no website, email: info@sugarmillhawaii.com
- Waianae Farmers Market, Waianae High School, Cafeteria lanai
- Waikiki Farmers Market, Waikiki Community Center, no website, 808-923-1802
- Ward Center, parking lot across from Ward 16 Theatres
- Windward Mall, Kamehameha Hwy, Kailua
The PEOPLE’S OPEN MARKET Program
- Market Schedule
- Markets are CLOSED on all City Holidays!
MONDAYS *Manoa Valley District Park TUESDAYS *Waiau District Park WEDNESDAYS *Palolo Valley District Park | THURSDAYS *Waimanalo Beach Park FRIDAYS *Halawa District Park SATURDAYS *Banyan Court Mall SUNDAYS *Kapolei Community Park |
For more information, contact:
People’s Open Market Supervisor
1527 Keeaumoku Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 522-7088
E-mail: openmarket@honolulu.gov
For other farmers’ markets, click on the links below to open a listing on each island.
Each list shows the location and time of the market as well as when the list was last updated. Farmers’ Market business hours may change unexpectedly so it’s a good idea to call ahead and confirm the details. Happy shopping!
- BIG ISLAND (Rev. 01-10-2011)
- KAUAI (Rev. 3-15-2011)
- MAUI (Rev. 3-1-2011)
- OAHU (Rev. 2-24-2012)
Royal Hawaiian Center Waikiki Farmer's Market - 4th Floor
TSUNAMI WARNING NOAA PRH NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
Mar 10th
TSUNAMI WARNING NOAA PRH NWS
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 200.6E 1259Z 11 MAR
HONOLULU 21.3N 202.1E 1313Z 11 MAR
KAHULUI 20.9N 203.5E 1320Z 11 MAR
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
000
WEHW40 PHEB 110645
TSUHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-110845-
/O.CON.PHEB.TS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
844 PM HST THU MAR 10 2011
TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT – TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT
A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011
COORDINATES – 38.2 NORTH 142.5 EAST
LOCATION – NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE – 8.8 MOMENT
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN
LAT – LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON – LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME – TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER – PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
NOTE – DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
WEPA40 PHEB 110643
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0643Z 11 MAR 2011
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…
WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. /
TAIWAN
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /
POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HAWAII
FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.2 NORTH 142.5 EAST
DEPTH - 10 KM
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 8.8
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN
LAT – LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON – LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME – TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER – PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
NOTE – DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
FOR ALL AREAS – WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0635Z 11 MAR
KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0642Z 11 MAR
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0700Z 11 MAR
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0756Z 11 MAR
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0912Z 11 MAR
RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0714Z 11 MAR
SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0834Z 11 MAR
PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0836Z 11 MAR
UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0840Z 11 MAR
MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0903Z 11 MAR
MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0757Z 11 MAR
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0853Z 11 MAR
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0909Z 11 MAR
WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0925Z 11 MAR
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0932Z 11 MAR
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0933Z 11 MAR
TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0936Z 11 MAR
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1004Z 11 MAR
YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0944Z 11 MAR
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0955Z 11 MAR
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 11 MAR
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1053Z 11 MAR
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1013Z 11 MAR
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1044Z 11 MAR
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1124Z 11 MAR
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1025Z 11 MAR
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1026Z 11 MAR
POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1027Z 11 MAR
CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1034Z 11 MAR
KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1043Z 11 MAR
INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1049Z 11 MAR
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1058Z 11 MAR
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1110Z 11 MAR
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1118Z 11 MAR
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1124Z 11 MAR
JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1135Z 11 MAR
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1135Z 11 MAR
PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1124Z 11 MAR
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1124Z 11 MAR
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1134Z 11 MAR
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1146Z 11 MAR
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1154Z 11 MAR
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1205Z 11 MAR
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1211Z 11 MAR
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1215Z 11 MAR
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1149Z 11 MAR
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON_IS. 16.7N 190.5E 1202Z 11 MAR
SOLOMON IS. PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1221Z 11 MAR
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1222Z 11 MAR
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1239Z 11 MAR
KIRIBATI TARAWA_IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1228Z 11 MAR
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.
WEPA40 PHEB 110555
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0555Z 11 MAR 2011
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…
WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. /
BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA /
PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NAURU / HAWAII
FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
REPORTED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.
ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.0 NORTH 142.9 EAST
DEPTH - 10 KM
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.9
EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0635Z 11 MAR
KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0642Z 11 MAR
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0700Z 11 MAR
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0756Z 11 MAR
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0912Z 11 MAR
RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0714Z 11 MAR
SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0834Z 11 MAR
PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0836Z 11 MAR
UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0840Z 11 MAR
MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0903Z 11 MAR
MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0757Z 11 MAR
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0853Z 11 MAR
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0909Z 11 MAR
WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0925Z 11 MAR
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0932Z 11 MAR
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0933Z 11 MAR
TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0936Z 11 MAR
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1004Z 11 MAR
YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0944Z 11 MAR
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0955Z 11 MAR
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 11 MAR
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1053Z 11 MAR
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1013Z 11 MAR
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1044Z 11 MAR
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1124Z 11 MAR
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1025Z 11 MAR
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1026Z 11 MAR
POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1027Z 11 MAR
CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1034Z 11 MAR
KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1043Z 11 MAR
INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1049Z 11 MAR
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1058Z 11 MAR
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1110Z 11 MAR
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1118Z 11 MAR
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1124Z 11 MAR
JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1135Z 11 MAR
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1135Z 11 MAR
PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1124Z 11 MAR
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1124Z 11 MAR
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1134Z 11 MAR
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1146Z 11 MAR
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1154Z 11 MAR
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1149Z 11 MAR
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.
The Recession It’s Not Over Until It’s Over
Jul 29th
The Recession’s Not Over Till It’s Over
It’s Over:
GDP growth is on the rise (since 1st quarter of 2009). Have lots of free time? Read the government report. The United States Gross Domestic Product is worth 14093 billion dollars or 22.73% of the world economy,
Deflation has stopped, maybe (inflation was negative the last 3 quarters)
Job unemployment decreases have slowed
Tourist arrivals are up (depending on who you ask). Of the major markets, Japanese visitor expenditures soared up 41 percent over last year, to $147 million, though the daily spending by these visitors dipped from $274 per day to $271.
Hawaii housing inventory (months supply) bottomed out and is on the rise. Check out this interesting heat map on Trulia.
The number of single family home and condominium sales bottom out in January 2009 and have risen since then (and so has the median home price).
It’s Not Over:
Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June, and the unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Buried in the jobs report
Among the marginally attached, there were 1.2 million discouraged workers in June, up by 414,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.
GDP growth rate is not strong enough to add jobs. It must be well over 5%; 8% says we are OK for future growth. Basically we need to hit 8 to make up for the lost growth we suffered. More than you wanted to know about GDP.
Tourists aren’t buying much (just rooms)
Housing starts bottomed out (lowest production since the “Dustbowl”
The ratio of debt to the gross domestic product would rise to 102 percent by 2015 from 93 percent this year.
More than 12 percent of all home sales in Hawaii during the first quarter of 2010 were foreclosure sales
Bottom line:
We are at the bottom of our usual 10-year cycle. It bottomed out in 2009 and will most likely peak in 2019 (Yes, prices will double again from today’s prices, as they have in the previous cycles).
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Hawaii Public School Calendar 2010 – 2011
Jul 25th
2010-2011 Official School Calendar for Hawaii Public Schools
- SY 2010-11 Student Calendar Students
(4 non-instructional days) (easy-print, low-res. version) - SY 2010-11 10 month Teacher Calendar
(6 furlough days) (easy-print, low-res. version) - SY 2010-11 12 month Teacher Calendar
(10 furlough days) (easy-print, low-res. version) - SY 2010-11 10 month HGEA Calendar
(6 furlough days) (easy-print, low-res. version) - SY 2010-11 12 month HGEA Calendar
(13 furlough days) (easy-print, low-res. version) - SY 2010-11 12 month UPW Calendar
(13 furlough days) (easy-print, low-res. version)
The 2010-2011 calendar will follow a 1-2-1 year-round model with a one-week fall break between the 1st and 2nd quarters, a two-week winter break separating the 1st and 2nd semesters, and a one-week spring break between the 3rd and 4th quarters. The teacher work day between student semesters is January 3, 2011.
The 2010-2011 teacher work year runs from July 27, 2010 through May 27, 2011. The student instructional year starts on August 2, 2010 and ends on May 26, 2011.
| 7/12/10… Calendars for non-charter schools should be posted by September 2010. According to the 2010-11 official school calendar, the first day of school for students (excluding multi-track and charter schools) is Monday, August 2, 2010. This date may vary by school due to professional/collaboration day scheduling. (For school year 2010-11, each school has one (1) professional/collaboration day.) For more information, please contact your child’s school. |
EUTF Insolvent and Faces Deficits on Health Insurance Plans
Apr 16th
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Insolvent
Yahoo Finance has reported that the EUTF is losing more than $1 million a month and may not be able to afford to pay doctors for medical bills within a few months unless something is done within the three weeks left in this year’s legislative session, Lingle warned. The EUTF covers 161,000 employees, retirees and dependents.
Lingle made the request Tuesday in a letter to legislative leaders urging them to take action because the trustees of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund haven’t voted to raise health insurance premiums by 26 percent after they levied a 24 percent increase last year. In her Weekly Radio Address she stated “The Trust fund is insolvent, its governance is unsustainable and necessary cost-cutting measures are either not being enacted or are in danger of being repealed by the Legislature.”
The employee trustees on the board would prefer the government pay to keep the EUTF afloat rather than raise premiums again, even though the state is facing a projected $1.3 billion deficit through June 2011.
The Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System pension fund is also in trouble. Hawaii was listed recently in “15 Public Pension Chiefs Whose Funds Are Zooming Towards Collapse.” Keep in mind, the private sector deems defined-benefit pension plans to be “critical” if the funded portion of the plan is less than 65 percent. In 2006, Hawaii was rated at 65% funded.
2008 Actuarial Funding Ratio: 67.5%
2008 Actuarial Value of Liabilities: $15.7 Billion
2008 Actuarial Value of Assets: $10.6 Billion
2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $5.1 Billion
Head of Fund: Chair of the Board of Trustees Jackie Ferguson – Miyamoto
If state lawmakers fail to enact fundamental reforms in the area of public employee pensions, the long-term financial health of the states could be compromised – and taxpayers will certainly be left on the hook.
Much of the current data regarding liabilities in public employee pensions was taken before the recent economic downturn, and the study’s authors warn the problem is much worse today since stock market losses have not been fully realized in many official government pension statistics. Other estimates with recent data place the unfunded pension liabilities at $1 trillion nationally.
A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) suggests that the funding status in public pension funds is worse than reported (Novy-Marx and Rauh, 2009). These pension systems are likely to experience signifi cant funding shortfalls in future years, even if the economy recovers and financial markets stabilize. These funding shortfalls will impose a heavy burden on future generations.
The most important finding in the NBER study is the prospect of future underfunding in state pension plans based on more realistic discount rates. Using a 15-year amortization period, the NBER study estimates conservatively that there is a 50 percent chance of underfunding greater than $750 billion; a 25 percent chance of underfunding greater than $1.75 trillion; and a 10 percent chance that underfunding will exceed $2.48 trillion.
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