Perry and Price are the morning radio combo on KSSK. More people listen to those guys than anyone else on the radio in Hawaii. It’s been Perry on the left and Price on the right for about 25 years on Honolulu’s top rated radio stations. Between you and me, Perry is really more to the … Read More »

Global warming is here to stay. Every day the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere increases due to the build up of greenhouse gasses. Or, something else. Or, not. From what I can tell by having observed daily weather for a few decades (certainly sufficient experience to qualify me as a television meteorologist), the temperature changes … Read More »

One of the most ridiculous arguments of all time has to do with how surfer’s in Hawaii measure wave height. How hard can it be? Look at the wave. Measure the distance from the lowest point in front of the wave, the base, to the highest point on top of the wave. A wave that … Read More »

Where’s Mufi? That’s not the name of a new game, though it might be, especially when applied to politics and government in Honolulu. Mufi Hanneman, Honolulu City and County’s mayor and arguably the tallest local government official, has developed a decidedly lower profile than previous mayors. Why?

Honolulu has two kinds of traffic– bad and worse. Each is broken into two groups– downtown and highway. Highway traffic congestion is the result of too many cars, bad drivers, not enough highway. City traffic congestion is caused by too many cars, bad drivers, not enough streets, and pedestrians. Downtown traffic problems are mostly the … Read More »

Hotel occupancy is the lifeblood and a key indicator of Hawaii’s tourism industry. So why are occupancy rates going down? It’s not that Hawaii’s occupancy rates are bad. Most mainland hotel and resort operations would love to have Hawaii’s average monthly occupancy rates of 70 to 80-percent. Most would love to have Hawaii’s average daily … Read More »