Mark: It's a nice house alright, but if it's too high up to worry about, why is it built on stilts? Is it to ward off uninvited kayakers? Bradford R. Crain Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Tsunami from Chilean Earthquake and West Coast > We have a house Near South Point on the Big Island. It should have a > nice view of the incoming tsunami! It's too high up to worry about, but > Hilo might get a bit wet. I'd like to know if they know it's coming or > they're just warning in case. > > http://www.sandmarks.net/TLDHouse.jpg > > Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Well, being on stilts might not help save us from a tsunami, but I imagine it will help preserve our view of the ocean should someone get around to building a house on the lot on the other side of the street! We're a bit lucky as the new building rules don't let you build on stilts around us anymore. I think it also helps us to get the nice breezes and maybe helps keep down on pests getting inside the house.You could look at it as providing ample kayak storage and it looks neat! Mark On 3/2/2010 12:25 PM, Bradford R. Crain wrote: > Mark: > It's a nice house alright, but if it's too high up to worry about, > why is it built on stilts? Is it to ward off uninvited kayakers? > > Bradford R. Crain > > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Tsunami from Chilean Earthquake and West Coast > > >> We have a house Near South Point on the Big Island. It should have a >> nice view of the incoming tsunami! It's too high up to worry about, >> but Hilo might get a bit wet. I'd like to know if they know it's >> coming or they're just warning in case. >> >> http://www.sandmarks.net/TLDHouse.jpg >> >> Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
-----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Bradford R. Crain Sent: 02 March 2010 20:26 To: marksanders_at_sandmarks.net; Craig Jungers Cc: Paddlewise Paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Tsunami from Chilean Earthquake and West Coast Mark: It's a nice house alright, but if it's too high up to worry about, why is it built on stilts? Is it to ward off uninvited kayakers? Please Mister, I know the answer to that one! Most Ha'awaians would say that the houses are on stilts to benefit from the cooling on-shore breezes and keep the humidity at bay. But I know that in reality it's just to create a proper-sized under-cover parking lot for a reasonable selection of kayaks :-) Far from warding us off, it's there as a place for us kayakers to fly-camp ;-) And the tsunami is coming to lift the kayaks into the parking place ;-) Gillies (from an ice-cold Leicestershire, Great Britain) Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Tsunami from Chilean Earthquake and West Coast Mark: It's a nice house alright, but if it's too high up to worry about, why is it built on stilts? Is it to ward off uninvited kayakers? Bradford R. Crain > We have a house Near South Point on the Big Island. It should have a > nice view of the incoming tsunami! It's too high up to worry about, but > Hilo might get a bit wet. I'd like to know if they know it's coming or > they're just warning in case. > > http://www.sandmarks.net/TLDHouse.jpg > > Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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