In recent years there has been considerable news in Hawaii, the mainland and also internationally regarding the lava flows that are covering the Puna and adjacent districts of the Big Island. Lava flows are not a recent aberration in Hawaiian history but the newest series of flows which began in 1983 are actually the longest continuous flows in..

Newcomers to Hawaii are often completely perplexed by Hawaiian words and are simply just stumped to the point that they can't even possibly make a guess as to how to pronounce a word. What they don't know is that pronouncing Hawaiian words is fairly simple as soon as you know the rules, of which there are few. Here are the very basics..

First of all, let's define a breach. A breach is often considered to have occurred when a whale launches above the ocean's surface with over 40% of its body completely out of the water.

Now that we know what a breach is...........why do they do it? It's all conjecture from this point forward because in reality, no one really knows. Here are the best guesses: