ChanomiTalk

Around 8:00 this morning the hurricane had passed the Big Island and was about 300 kilometers or so from Maui. When I went to work this morning around 5:30 it was very, very humid with absolutely no wind at all. Later on in the morning the winds gradually go stronger and were coming out of the south and at times the south east. The weather report said that there could be upwards to 8 meter waves on the south side which is the waikiki beach area! Fortunately they never got that big. The morning boat tours were just able to make it out but everything was canceled in the afternoon.. Whenever a hurricane or strong storm comes to Hawaii, Atlantis is not allowed to operate and must get all the boats and submarines set in a special hurricane setting because of Insurance regulations. This took about a half day to do. Because of the conditions Atlantis will not be operating tomorrow. The temperature has gotten much colder and it has been raining pretty hard from about 3:00 in the afternoon and at 8:00 in the evening it is still raining very hard. So Hawaii got lucky again and we continue with our record of 22 years without a hurricane!

If you remember, back in August Hawaii had a kind of hurricane scare. Just before the hurricane hit Hawaii it weakened into a tropical storm and once it hit the Big Island it was pretty much over except for some rain and somewhat windy conditions. Right now Hurricane Ana is on its way to the Big Island but this time it will pass it by about 115 miles. It is stronger than the one in August so the state is taking precautions. Today Hanauma Bay was closed and tomorrow all the state parks will be closed. I believe the Honolulu Harbor will also be closed. Atlantis Submarines will not have their tours and we will be tieing up all of the submarines and our other boats in preparation for any high winds. In August there was a rush to all of the stores for water, batteries and rice but that does not seem to be happening this time around. The general feeling is that it will just bring us some windy and rainy weather but that is about all. Hopefully that is all we will have to deal with!

スパゲッテイ瓜の中味は如何に？というご質問がありましたので、早速、きょうの夕食はスパゲッテイ瓜料理にしました。半分に切った瓜にオリーブ油を塗り塩胡椒して、華氏４００度（摂氏２００度）のオーブンで４０分焼くと出来上がりです。そのまま食べてもおいしいですが、今回は干アプリコットとレーズンとクルミ入りのドライカレーをかけてみました。

今日は、江ノ島にあるケアホームに招かれてヴァイオリン演奏をしてきました。
皆さん大変喜んでくださいました。

この施設は江ノ島駅から徒歩数分のところにあり、江ノ島に面しています。
海岸でサーフィンを楽しむ姿を見て、ハワイを懐かしく思いました。

（中村美智子）

海さんが最新のスマートフォンを手に入れて見せてくれました。

ハワイから日本に移り住んで早や１年。。。
私も、そろそろ、そのようなモダンなものを使いたくなりました（笑）

今日は、海さんとサムさんに付き添ってもらって、
機種変更のための調査に出かけました（笑！笑！）

藤沢駅近くのお店の前で。

After I got married in Hawaii my wife and I moved to Japan. For the first year or so we had an apartment in Tokyo but our dive store was in the Kanagawa prefecture in the city of Hadano. Hadano is in the country and I always thought it was in a very beautiful spot. The mountains were close and I short 30 minute drive and you could be at the ocean. For a little over a year my wife and I would drive to and from work back to Tokyo and when it was just me I would take the train. My wife hates the train but Japan was the first place I ever road a train so I really enjoy riding trains.
We rented a very small house after about a year. It was in a group of about 4 houses on the edge of a giant rice field! It was a very old and simple house. In the winter it would be so cold in the house you could probably go outside and be warmer! The worst part of the house was that in the spring, summer and fall there were huge spiders that came in from the fields. I hate spiders! One time at night while I was sleeping one went across my face and I screamed like a little girl!! I refused to sleep there and instead slept on the floor of the dive store!
I have many wonderful memories of my time there and if I ever become a rich man I will spend at least half of the year in Hawaii and the other half in the Izu Penninsula!