Today was my first real day of my externship since I didn't land until afternoon yesterday. We started off our morning at 6am, following the daily routines of the morning and then we went for a run on the beach. One of the daily things we will be doing is examining the weather patterns to determine how the day is going to lay out. We did this by looking at the clouds. When there is more clouds bunched together, that means that there is more moisture in the air. Over the mountains there was a lot of clouds, but when you looked out into the horizon, there wasn't very many clouds. This is the way the native Hawaiians would determine the weather while they were sailing. Another way was by looking at the water. We noticed the currents and saw where there were white caps in the water. After examining, we looked at the science behind it all and saw the correlation between what we observed & what the radars tell us. My mentor explained how the weather patterns on the ocean are determined by boats that go out and report back what is happening. We looked at kapali.net (my mentors website) which shows the swells and weather forecast for the day on the North Shore. We looked at some other weather reports from University of Hawaii. Later on, we went and visited the canoe that the organization that my mentor is involved with are working on (I will also be meeting with the captain of the canoe later on this week). I also got to see the fishpond that I will be working on (it was huge!). I got to work with the plants in the morning and I will also work with them in the evening. I really like learning about the culture in a hands on way (sort of like HTHI) because I get a much deeper understanding of the culture and how it connects to the earth.
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jeremy
5/26/2017 09:39:35 am
i love this. interesting to read the skies before sailing the seas....
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