ʻO kahi lā honua

Na Tom H. Hastings, Aperila 22, 2020

I ka hānau ʻana o koʻu mau makahiki he 70 i hala iho nei ʻaʻohe ʻ Daylio Kūahi Ua hoʻomaka wale ʻia kēlā ma 50 makahiki aku nei. Ma mua o ka Pōʻalua, ua hoʻohana ka pūʻali koa US e hoʻohoka.

• He nupepa kūloko ma Utah hoike ua pae nā pūnaewele ma kēlā aupuni, ka hapanui o ka pūʻali koa, me ke kahua ʻo Air Air Force, ka wai wai i hoʻomā mau ʻia ʻia me nā "kemu mau loa" e like me ke ʻano o ka inoa no ka wāwahi ʻole ʻia a he mau pilikia ola.
• Ka Pepa Alanui Arkansas hoike ua hānai ʻo Pentagon i kahi kolamu o ka PFAS (Per- a me polyfluoroalkyl mea, a i ʻole nā ​​kemika mau loa), i ʻike ʻia he mea hoʻoweliweli no ke olakino kanaka, a i kahi mea hoʻomohala hale ma waena o Arkadelphia a me Gum Springs, kahi i pau ia ai, ʻoiai ua hoʻāʻo ka loio kānāwai e kiʻi i kahi mea e pāpā ʻia ai.
• Ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona, ka Manaʻo Kūʻai o Spokane hoike ua hoʻopiʻi ka ʻohana Kalispel i ke Keʻena ʻoihana e pale i ka wai inu ma kona alaʻaina kokoke i Fairchild AFB. ʻO Zach Welcker, kekahi o nā loio o ka ʻohana, i ʻōlelo ʻia, “ʻO nā mea hoʻolālā, nā mea hana a me nā mea hoʻohana o nā mea mālama ahi PFAS i ʻike no makahiki make pehu kēia mau mea a e hele a komo i loko o ka lehulehu a me nā lako wai.
• Ma hope o ka hikina i South Burlington, ka Vermont Digger hoike ua hoʻohaumia ʻia kēlā wai a me nā muliwai ʻo Winooski kokoke i Vermont Air National Guard me nā ʻona like ʻole o nā maʻi. ʻO Richard Spiese, luna o ka pūnaewele me ka poʻokela no ka Oihana Kūlohelohe, ua hopena ʻo ia ka hū mai.
• Loaʻa i kahi lawelawe hoʻolaha pūnaewele ma Wakinekona DC nā ʻike mai ka Pentagon eʻae ka wai kīʻaha ma ka liʻiliʻi o 28 mau kumu koa i loaʻa i nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea make, a me kekahi poʻe nui loa, e like me Fort Bragg, kahi i hoʻomoʻa ʻia ai ka wai inu wai no nā lālā koa 100,000 a me ko lākou mau ʻohana i pilikia o ke ola kino o nā kānaka.
• ʻO ka manawa kaua hoike nā poʻe koa, a ʻo ka pūʻali koa hana paʻa hoʻi, ke waiho nei ma waho o nā kumu ma nā wahi e like me Uzbekistan i make i nā maʻi hōʻeha nui i ka ʻike ʻia i nā lāʻau like ʻole.

ʻO ka hoʻomakaʻana o kēia mau moʻolelo a me nā mea hou aku mai 2020, kahiko loa. ʻIke maopopo kēlā Pentagon pehea e hoʻohanohano ai ka Honua Poʻa, pololei?

Ke nānā nei kekahi mau ʻōhua a hoʻāʻo e hōʻike e pili ana i ka ulia pōpilikia koa o ka hana ʻino ʻana i ke kaiāulu no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Ke kamaʻilio mau nei iā mākou iho, ua hele aku ʻelua o mākou i ka Honua Pae o ka makahiki 1996, a, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana lima, ua lawe i ka hapa o ka waihona kauoha thermonuclear a laila huli mai mākou i loko, me ka manaʻo e hopohopo nui i kēia mōʻaukala weliweli o ka pūʻali koa, ʻaʻole wale nō ʻo US. ka pūʻali koa, ka ʻoiaʻiʻo-ka make nui a me ka hoʻohaumia a me ka hoʻoweliweli i ka ola a pau e ka pōʻele a me ka luku luku ʻana.

Hana mākou i kahi hakakā maikaʻi maikaʻi a loaʻa iā mākou nā hōʻike hōʻike mai ka mea kahakaha mua o ke "boomer," kahi nukleʻa kahi me nā mea kaua nuklea, a mai ke kanaka i hana iā Lockheed a alakaʻi i ka hui hoʻolālā no nā missile D5 ma luna o kēlā mau waihona. Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi loea ma ka pūʻali koa o ka pūʻali koa o US. I ka hopena, ma hope o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā hōʻike hōʻike, ua hoʻokuʻu mai ke uka i ka ʻenehana a ʻaʻohe koho akā e hoʻokae iā mākou i ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, i ka luku ʻana i ka waiwai. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he mau paʻahao ʻekolu makahiki. Ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki hoʻokuʻu mākou.

No laila, Aloha ka Honua. Inā mākou e kamaʻilio maoli, e koho mākou i nā ʻelele e koi i ka pūʻali koa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā ia a pau, ʻo ia ka mea e hana i nā nui o nā hana a loaʻa i ka hopena hauʻoli a nā pūʻali koa e pili ana i hiki ke inu i ka wai a me ka hanu ka ea me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā maʻi weliweli. Inā loaʻa he manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i ka pale ʻana i ke olakino kanaka, ʻo ia manawa, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe e ʻae?

Kauka Dr. H. H. Hastings AlohaKai Hoʻokumu a i kekahi manawa he mea loea no ka pale ʻana i ka ʻaha.