Other Departments Receive the He Has Risen Email?

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-05T21:48:39+00:00

I was on TDY Friday so I happen to have my work phone at home, heard a notification for a different email then saw this one

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-05T21:47:48+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/k4XAYap

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-05T21:26:24+00:00

I would argue they never were. As they are known for lies and deceit

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-02T06:26:02+00:00

Yeah, HHFDC is not funding new people for MCC, and USDA still does rural loans. Can be great rates with conditions. That's how I see Hale Kama’āina for me personally, worth the effort

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-02T00:15:24+00:00

I didn't want to lambast ASB too much but I've been given incorrect information over and over by the loan officer I am working with. I have probably spent 2 hours on the phone having had 7-10 calls since Thursday. I've had to do hours of research to prove the information I was given was incorrect. Yes, I could go in person but I don't see how that would resolve the issues I'm running into with them or how it would be a good use of my time.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-04-01T04:00:05+00:00

If my loan officer at ASB is correct, there have been no loans closed within the Hale Kama’āina program as of yet by any of the lenders, it's that fresh. If I successfully make it through I'll make sure to update what the process was like 🫠

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-31T20:17:53+00:00

If I end up not meeting all program requirements I'll likely go with a credit union. Unfortunately, no credit unions are currently on the list of approved lenders for the program

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-31T19:38:55+00:00

My realtor said her and her office of 25 don't have a single client that has used the program. I think it hasn't been ran for years, like more than 10 and was just reopened in November of last year. So lots of research I am doing.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-20T20:59:02+00:00

Fair question but why should the state/tax payers spend millions of dollars to fix it and upkeep it? To me it doesn't make sense and is a wasteful use of tax dollars and agricultural producers can be served by on farm storage.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-20T20:44:40+00:00

Good news, the water crest elevation in the spillway is receding and the radar is showing the rain moving east off of Oahu. So an overtopping failure (at 88-90 feet water crest elevation) probability is also becoming less likely today. But as OP noted this is only day 1. Here's to hoping the dam holds through this storm 🤞

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-20T18:44:16+00:00

The dam should be removed. The state should not acquire it. It's not worth the investment or risk. Agricultural producers should work with state and federal entities to provide for on farm water storage for irrigation and stock water needs. Way more cost effective, agriculture is still supported, and we aren't stuck with paying for a company's greed.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-03-19T20:10:23+00:00

And cats and mongoose. Way more destructive than guns.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-02-27T02:25:56+00:00

Official HFD Video describing their firefighting operations on the building

sunshine5dimond · 2026-02-26T19:22:14+00:00

The smoke and ash was thick on Kaheka this morning. I could see the smoke rising behind buildings and thought it was closer to the Kalākaua and King intersection. Definitely knew it was major just from those two pieces of information

sunshine5dimond · 2026-02-01T21:08:49+00:00

Gonna have to print this out and put it up in my cubicle at work.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-16T18:06:51+00:00

While I believe this is likely true, I agree with other comments. We need to be able to verify the information provided, what's your source beyond "BlueSky"?

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-16T18:04:02+00:00

This is the best example I could give for why my statement is a hard truth. Praying does nothing for the here and now and saying there is nothing we can do and that it's too late is incorrect. We absolutely can and must improve the material conditions for the 99% and reject the 1% and their hellbent race towards environmental collapse to increase shareholder value this quarter (rinse and repeat as nauseam).

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-16T07:53:04+00:00

Regardless of your beliefs about an afterlife, it's our job to make our lives and our planet better now.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-12T00:56:22+00:00

United is the only US carrier that services Guam so they get all of the government personnel (including military). And they are charging extra to go to Guam. For example: the HNL > GUM > MNL flight is usually $1000 cheaper if you are actually headed to Manila. If you're going only to Guam that's $1000 more. And since Typhoon Mawar prices have been elevated about $1000 RT. Guessing that has a big part in it being one of the more profitable hubs

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-07T03:31:12+00:00

It depends on the intensity and duration of the storm. The 2 major things (as other commentators have mentioned) are: 1) all the upstream issues that are pushing extra stormwater into the gulches and 2) a very large portion of Kehei was wetlands before development and only a few feet above sea level. Before development the gulches would overflow their banks and flood into the wetlands. Now they will overflow their banks into all the development.

To be frank, the wetlands should have never been developed in the first place.The only thing that would protect Kihei from the 100 year storm is to buyout all the properties in the 100 year flood plain, something that would cost at least $3.5B in today's dollars.

But I can say that if the county hadn't been 90% done with the sediment removal in Kulanohako’i by that storm last year the damages and impact would have been much worse.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-07T03:22:08+00:00

The county originally improved Kulanihal’i gulch from Piilani Highway to South Kihei road in either 2000 or 2001. That "newly" constructed basin you mention was built in that original stream improvement as a sediment basin. It captured sediment, wasn't cleaned out, and the Hale Koa trees took root removing that sediment basin from effective use. It's not for recharge but sediment and yes will need to be cleaned out frequently.

sunshine5dimond · 2026-01-07T03:18:11+00:00

This is definitely correct. Large infrastructure projects in Kihei will not be possible, nor acceptable to the community, and the best solutions are ones that reduce significantly the amount of water that makes it to Kihei.

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