Posts tagged maui

• Fire Ant Found On Maui

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  KITV reports that a fire ant was found on a Maui farm. The fire is small but packs a mean bite. The insect is 1/16th inch long and is light orange in appearance. They aren't fast moving like some...

• Three Young Men Die in Waihee Single Car Car Crash

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:58 AM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Maui family struggles to cope with the triple loss of two brothers and their cousin accoirding to a report from the Star Bulletin by Wendy Osher on 07 October 2009. The two brothers and their...

• Maui Mournes Loss Of "Na'i" Kana, "Tuku" Kana and Tyson Latham

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:43 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a story today in the Maui News, Young men mourned by community a tribute to the three young men is cause for all of us to pause and bow our heads. The three are 20-year-old...

• Georgia Supreme Court to hear challenge to 2005 medical malpractice cap law.

  Wayne Parsons | September 16, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (9/16, Rankin) reports on the case of a 75-year-old Marietta, Georgia, woman who was permanently disfigured after complications from facial surgery, noting that her...

• Drunk Drivers Caused 40% of Traffic Fatalities In Hawaii In 2006

  Wayne Parsons | August 31, 2009 12:16 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Alcohol Alert, a company that sells prevention devices to reduce drunk driving, and drunk driving injury and death report on Hawaii Drunk Driving Statistics: In Hawaii, the alcohol related deaths...

• Another Pedestrian Death In Kona

  Wayne Parsons | August 30, 2009 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports another pedestrian death, this time in Kona. The victim was 56-years-old and passed away after being struck by a car while walking along Route 190 in North Kona,...

• The Hawaii Pedestrian Crosswalk Chronicles: Prevention Of Death and Injury

  Wayne Parsons | August 22, 2009 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yes I am obsessed with crosswalk safety. I know that we as a community can reduce death and injury of pedestrians at crosswalks. The Hawaii Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Chronicles: Innovative...

• Scuba Diving And Snorkeling In Hawaii Are Wonderful Ocean Activities But Can Be Dangerous

  Wayne Parsons | August 21, 2009 2:20 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Resorts around the world offer ocean activities that often include snorkeling and SCUBA diving. Fish can breathe underwater. People can't do that. Birds can fly. Okay, you get the picture. There...

• Maui Motorcycle Crash Leaves Lahaina Man In Critical Condition

  Wayne Parsons | August 17, 2009 12:31 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  I have written at length about the increasing statistics of death and injury to motorcycle riders in Hawaii. Motorcycle Deaths Skyrocket On Oahu Today a Lahaina man is fighting for his life after...

• Congress and Cruise Ships, Peepholes and Latches!

  Wayne Parsons | July 28, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  There you go again! Those are the memorable words of Ronald Reagan in a Presidential campaign debate. Those words came to mind as I listened to Congress brag about making cruise ships safer by...