...clearing after the storm

Mānana Island & Makapu'u Beach, O'ahu

Thunder, lightening, rain, hail, waterspout & tornado (yes! an actual tornado)...spread through our islands last week...such unusual events...however with a bit of clean-up and many deep breaths we are all safe and sound.  Mahalo for all our blessings.  The photo above is the view from one of my neighborhood hiking spots. Aloha ke Akua.


Mānana

Island (67 acres, 200 feet high), Waimānalo, Oʻahu. Part of the Hawaiʻi State Seabird Sanctuary. Tuff cone built around two vents, each marked by a crater. Tuff forms when hot magma encounters seawater and the explosion caused by the rapidly expanding steam blows the magma apart, forming a spray of ash. The ash quickly cements to form a firm rock called tuff. Also known as Rabbit Island. Lit., buoyant.