Author Archives: Teresa

The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to build four radars in Hawai’i whose installation elsewhere in the United States has been surrounded by controversy over their possible health effects. The radars are part of a new system of weather service … Continued

The radar signal from NEXRAD will be thousands of times greater than what current standards allow. However, by using an “averaged” value for the signal’s emissions, NEXRADs proponents claim that no harm will come from exposure to the beam. Peak … Continued

NEXRAD weather radars are expected to operate in a variety of patterns. Nearly all of them will involve bursts, or pulses, of high-energy, narrow-focus electrical beams rotating around a vertical axis. With the beam pointed just slightly above the horizon, … Continued

Speculation? So It Would Seem: The Case of the Rearden Permit The Board of Land and Natural Resources has long been aware of the often incalculable value that a Conservation District Use Permit adds to land in this district of … Continued

One of the few people commenting on the Finding of No Significant Impact for the Moloka’i NEXRAD was Robert McLaren, associate director of the University of Hawai’i’s Institute for Astronomy. In a letter dated August 13, 1993, McLaren takes exception … Continued

What rights does the public have to the use of old government roads? That question lies at the center of two disputes that have arisen on the island of Hawai’i over the last several years. One, near Pu’uwa’wa’a, appears to … Continued