Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Haysmers -- After the Hurricanes

 


Thanks for checking in with our blog -- newest hurricane missed the Big Island except for rain, but hit our sister islands very hard.  This week we'll be cleaning up remaining debris, getting roof and gutters thoroughly cleaned out (professionally...not us) and lining up some repairs. Who'dah thought retirement could look like this!  ALOHA  Phil, Tudor, Poko, Lunel and Lani







Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Hurricanes!

 Lions and tigers and bears -- OH MY!  No, we're not in Kansas but this weather is getting serious.  It took two weeks to get internet and phone back up after Lala.  In the meantime, half of the population here in Volcano village area is still without internet -- due to crappy Hawaiian Tel service.  We are thankful we have Spectrum and while we do have one additional loose wire to hook up, that is a minor fix.

Today, the project was to squeegee all the standing water out of the carport that was threating the indoor lanai area.  That meant cleaning off all the storage shelves, sweeping out both the debris and the water, but that project is now done.  We have someone scheduled to come on Friday to clean out the debris in all of our buildings' gutters and power wash the roofs. Given the upcoming additional storm threats, that may be postponed.

Anyway...here's the latest on the next LINEUP of potential disasters headed our way. Life in rural Hawaii on the Big Island....stay tuned!