Hawaii Stuff
Storm Clouds Found Over Saturn Moon's Equator
U.S. astronomers have detected a cloud of storm hovering above the Saturn moon Titan's arid equator. The findings published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature was made possible through the telescope at the Gemini North Observatory, located atop the Mauna Kea mountain in Hawaii. Astronomers saw the two-million-square-mile storm clouds in April 2008.
Firefighters Get Call To Put Out Own Station's Blaze
Firefighters in Waipahu, Hawaii were called back to their own station to put out a fire caused when they left food cooking while out on another call. Responding to reports of a traffic crash on May 22, firefighters at the station left the food cooking as they rushed to the sccene. On their way back from the crash, they received a call to put out a fire at their own station, Fire Capt. Terry Seelig told the Honolulu Advertiser.
"Lost" Star Evangeline Lilly Says She "Lost All Her Dignity" During Filming Of The Hit TV Show
Evangeline Lilly is happy to go to the toilet in front of her co-stars. The actress had to overcome her inhibitions when she started filming TV drama "Lost" - about a group of people stranded on a tropical island - in Hawaii, and claims she loses her dignity "all the time every day." Evangeline is quoted as saying by the National Ledger website: "I'm the type of person who, when I'm in the jungle working with Matthew Fox, will just crouch beside a bush three feet away and take a pee."
Philippine Fishermen Cook, Eat Caught Rare Shark
Fishermen in central Philippines have cooked and eaten a megamouth shark they caught not knowing it was a very rare fish, according to the World Wildlife Fund-Philippines. The four-meter-long, 500-kilogram shark was caught on March 30 along the eastern coast of Burias Island, the conservation group said Tuesday, according to the Philstar.com. The group said it will launch a campaign to educate locals on the rare species as the area may yield more megamouth sharks aside from whale sharks, dolphins and giant manta rays.
Chicago Bulls To Visit President Obama At White House
President Barack Obama will meet with members of the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, according to the White House. Obama, who played for his high school basketball team in Hawaii, is scheduled to meet with the Bulls at 4:45 pm ET in the Blue Room of the White House.
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