This is a bit of tangential topic — but an excellent video / conference call example of how 30+ days into a disaster “officials” and “media” come “understand” and “feel the pain” (or not) of actual folks on the ground. And how “officials” are “rewarded” different from folks in the clutches of a mess.  It funny to watch a man beat his mule. It is another thing to be the mule.

For those of you who interact with local governments — and the mass media — in both official and unofficial capacities — 28 min video link below — from 31-May-2018 —  has two excellent components — (a) Video “eye candy” of Lower Puna eruption, and (b) Useful “grind” example of management of “group knowledge” via conference calls.   What do we know, how do we know it — and what it means (at least to officials and the media. The mules being beat are not in the conference call).

One key note:  Most of the “main stream media” are so ignorant of any technical issues — simple things like switching between degrees C and degrees F — that speakers & officials cannot assume any “foundation” knowledge — and must explain small details — and act as “on the fly” earth & environmental science and civil defense tutors.

How to watch?  Best on Big Screen TV — the video is much better than the 10 sec slices a typical TV new spot flashes over.

Who is “Big Island Video News” (BIVN)?  Good question.  Not certain if private, Hawaii county sponsored or other.  BIVN is clearly aggregating & editing — into informative and coherent narratives —  video & audio from public and private sources — and seems to be operating “in the public interest.”

Brain fuel and “real life” example for emergency response, media management — and the “grind” of a slow torture disaster for Puna Hawaii communities.

Regards, Spencer T

==> 28 min video, much video ‘eye candy’ and conference call details:

https://youtu.be/SJ-giJ6hxZs

==> Who is Big Island Video News?  Best About page?

https://www.youtube.com/user/bigislandvideonews/about

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skip to 34:00 To hear about cooling rabbits and cages with Nick Ferguson

It seemed to me that Doc Bones focused more on athlete’s foot, rather than toe nail fungus in his reply. All very good information but, in my humble opinion, not that relevant to toe nail fungus. (I’ve been dealing with toe nail fungus for a couple of decades.)

I’ve never wanted to take “medication” for it. One of the few things I’ve found that works is soaking the affected foot in an herbal mixture that was “brewed” with apple cider vinegar.   Here’s a link to it on Amazon. (I don’t think Jack will mind — this issue probably isn’t broad enough to be an “item of the day”).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XTGLJ2/

Steven Harris was talking about CPAPs on the show.  My wife and I spent a week in a house boat in Florida and she needed her CPAP.  Hers is setup to run off 120VAC or 12VDC , order the plug setup from the company she got it from.  They gave us a 12V marine battery to run her CPAP, they didn’t want us running the generator all night and there wasn’t any way to hook to the battery bank.  That one battery ran her CPAP all week with no problem.  Not sure how much charge was left in it.  Also on 12v she had to take the water part off and just run the air pump.

I raise my rabbits in a colony. I have 5 does I keep for the manure for the garden. I have had no problems and the rabbits are happy and healthy. I made a 3 foot mound of dirt in the center that the rabbits borrow into. If your interested there are facebook groups on this. Search for Rabbits in colonies. In my opinion it is a more humane way to keep rabbits and possibly cheaper with out the expense of multiple cages etc. They are very social creatures.

Do you have a link for the article/whatever you referred to when you said “it’s come out finally that they’ve been lying to us [about carbohydrates etc]”?

I know it’s true already because I understand the science, but it’s nice to have a good article or whatever to shove in peoples’ faces when they tell me I’m a nut-job for believing in REALITY…

I don’t watch TV or use facebook, so I guess I’m living under a rock and may have missed it if it was publicized… Thanks!