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WEST HAWAII TODAY | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015
Oho continues to move away from Big Island
Although
Tropical
Storm Oho has changed
paths several times in its
brief existence, forecast-
ers are predicting it will
continue on its northeast-
erly track and pass south
of the Big Island.
“All the (computer
models) have it going to
the northeast, so we have
a pretty high amount of
confidence it’s going to
continue in that gener-
al (direction),” National
Weather Service forecast-
er Maureen Ballard said
Monday afternoon.
As of 5 p.m. Monday,
the storm was 340
miles south-southeast of
Hilo, moving northeast
at 6 mph and packing
maximum
sustained
winds of 65 mph.
Although no coastal
advisories were in effect
at that time, the NWS
website stated “all inter-
ests in the main Hawaiian
Islands should continue
to monitor the progress
of Oho during the next
couple of days.”
“On the Big Island, you
are going to be the ones
to feel whatever impacts
there are going to be
from it,” Ballard said.
“There could be some
rain, some moisture that
could be going over the
Big Island, but we’re not
really expecting any sig-
nificant problems from
the rain.
“What might be a
bigger impact might be
some swells generated
from the system, and
right now, we’re looking
at — as the system push-
es off to the east — there
might be some southerly
swells in toward the Big
Island. We’re not talking
about massive surf or
anything like that, but
you’ll probably see some
increases on the south
shores and in another
day or so, you might see
an increase on the east
side, as well. We’re not
expecting the winds from
this storm to reach the
Big Island or the imme-
diate coastal waters of
the Big Island.”
Asked if the swells are
expected to bring a high
surf advisory to the Big
Island, Ballard replied,
“It’s kind of hard to tell
because we don’t have
a lot of gauges between
the area where the storm
is and the Big Island. It
might be approaching
advisory levels.”
Ballard said forecast-
ers, who have been kept
busy by an unusually
active hurricane season
caused by strong El Nino
ocean conditions still
are watching the former
Tropical Depression 8C
in addition to Oho, but
“don’t really expect any-
thing there.”
“It is still hurricane
season and we’re still
monitoring, but there’s
nothing else that we’re
monitoring,” she said. “As
long as Oho is still out
there, we’ll be looking at
it. It seems that each day
and each week brings us
another thing to look at.
The water temperatures
are still warm enough to
support (the formation
of tropical cyclones) and
until there’s a general pat-
tern switch, we’ll be look-
ing to see if anything else
will develop.”
Email John Burnett at jburnett@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
BY JOHN BURNETT
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE MAP
State to conduct animal control
operations on Big Island
State efforts to control
invasive species damag-
ing the critical habitat for
the palila will result in
closures of several areas
of public land over the
next three months.
The hunts are to con-
trol feral goats, feral
sheep, mouflon and
mouflon/feral
sheep
hybrids.
The
areas
involved include Mauna
Kea Forest Reserve (Unit
A,) Mauna Kea Ice Age
Natural Area Reserve
(Unit K) and the Kaohe
Game Management Area
(Unit G.)
The control efforts
will include trapping,
staff hunting and aerial
shooting.
“Aerial shooting is
required for compli-
ance with the federal
court order mandating
the removal of sheep
and goats from critical
habitat for palila, a bird
endemic to Hawaii,” the
Department of Land and
Natural Resources wrote
in a press release.
The palila is a honey-
creeep exclusive to the
6,000 to 9,000 feet ele-
vations of the slopes of
Mauna Kea, getting 90
percent of its food from
green mamane tree pads,
according to the federal
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The FWS estimates
there are 3,000 individu-
als in the wild, 95 percent
on the southern slopes.
The control dates are
scheduled for Oct. 15 and
16, Nov. 16 and 17, and
Dec. 14 and 15.
“Public access toMauna
Kea Forest Reserve from
Waikahalulu gulch, north
to Kemole, and east to
Puu Kole, Mauna Kea
Ice Age Natural Area
Reserve, the Kaohe
Game Management Area
and Mauna Kea Hunter
Access Road will be by
permit only for animal
salvage from 7 a.m. on
Oct. 15, Nov. 16 and Dec.
14. and from 6 a.m. on
Oct. 16, Nov. 17 and Dec.
15.
The
Mauna
Kea
Observatory Road will
remain open.
The Hale Pohaku
and Kilohana gated
entrerances to Units
A and G, and the gate
behind Mauna Kea State
Recreastion Area will be
blocked at 8 p.m. the day
before each control peri-
od and opened at 7 p.m.
the day after.
There is a map showing
WEST HAWAII TODAY
the areas subject to aerial
shooting at the Division
of Forestry and Wildlife
offices.
The interest in sal-
vage permits has lead
the DOFAW to arrange
for telephone call-ins
to the Waimea office at
887-6063. Calls can be
made from 9 a.m. Oct.
7 to 10 a.m. before each
shoot day. There will be
one permit per call per
vehicle valid for one day.
Applicants can have their
names placed on a stand-
by list for additional days.
Callers will need to pro-
vide the driver, occupants,
license plate and make
and model of the vehicle.
There will be up to 15
vehicles in the Ahumoa
location and a maximum
of 10 at the Puu Mali
location.
Salvagers
planning
to go to the Ahumoa
site need to meet at the
Kilohana Check Station
at 7 a.m. Those looking
at Puu Mali area need
to be at Kuhio Hale at
6 a.m.
Standbys at the gates
will not be allow access.
The
Division
of
Forestry and Wildlife in
Hilo at 974-4221 or in
Kamuela at 887-6063
have additional details
regarding meat salvage or
access permits.
Oregon gunman
ranted in writings
ROSEBURG, Ore. —
The gunman who exe-
cuted nine people at
an Oregon community
college before killing
himself ranted in writ-
ings he left behind about
not having a girlfriend
and thinking everyone
else was crazy, a law
enforcement
official
said Monday.
The official also said
the mother of 26-year-
old gunman Christopher
Harper-Mercer has told
investigators he was
struggling with some
mental health issues.
The official is familiar
with the investigation
but wasn’t authorized to
speak publically because
it is ongoing.
Harper-Mercer
com-
plained in the writings
about not having a girl-
friend, and he seemed to
feel like he was very ratio-
nal while others around him
were not, the official said.
He wrote something
to the effect of: “Other
people think I’m crazy,
but I’m not. I’m the sane
one,” the official said. The
writings recovered at the
shooting scene were a
couple of pages long.
Local pastor Randy
Scroggins has said his
18-year-old
daughter,
who survived the shoot-
ing, told him the gun-
man gave an envelope
to another student and
instructed him to give it
to police. The envelope
contained a flash drive,
Scroggins said.
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