Chicago River Runs Green on St. Patrick's Day

If your not from Chicago you may not know that every year on St. Patty's Day The Chicago Journeymen Plumbers dye the River Green. Really Green, but the dye they use is actually orange when they put it in the River

Here's a link to cool article in the Christian Science Monitor about the history and process of why this has become a Chicago Tradition on St. Patricks Day. 

View of a Tsunami - Hawaii - Oahu - Evacuation Map and Live Streaming Coverage

We are in the  Evacuation Zone or Inundation Zone on Oahu for the oncoming Tsunami after the 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake off Chile.Our Home on Oahu on Black Point in Honolulu will have a view of the  magnitude of the Tsunami. This view faces southeast, the direction of the oncoming Tsunami. Fortunately the house is on high enough ground.

 Can you imagine being in this pool during the impact of the Tsunami? This picture is on a normal day with normal wave action and tides.

This You Tube Video represents a "modeling" of a potentially devastating Tsunami in Honolulu.

Click Here for Live Streaming Coverage of the Hawaii Tsunami Warning
Here is a Link to The Pacific Disaster Center

Super Green Super Yacht - Sustainable Luxury Yachting...Hmmm

This eco-vessel will harness the power of the sun and the wind thanks to a collaboration with the state-of-the-art technology firm, Solar Sailor Ltd. of Australia. Solar Sailor's proven technology, (which is currently used in commercial vessels) provides this stunning yacht the ability to be emission-free, running up to 8 knots on solar energy alone. This has numerous advantages, not least providing significantly reduced running costs.

Alastair Callender is an award-winning design graduate, who has taken the Superyacht world by storm with his aesthetically beautiful "Super-Green Superyacht" design, called Soliloquy. This man's passion for yacht design and for a sustainable planet has resulted in a new futuristic and innovative design for a superyacht.

      

Soliloquy's Designer of the progressive UK firm Callender Designs,  has announced that he has been invited to display his model and designs of Soliloquy, throughout the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show this week.

See Also: Solar Sailor , Abu Dhabi Yacht Show 2010,