(I ka Pōʻakahi, ua hopu ʻia au ma hope o koʻu noho pū ʻana me Paul Burman no ʻehā hola ma kahi kapuaʻi a me ka hapa ākea ākea ma kahi o 25 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka puka nui o NOAA, ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ma Silver Spring, Md. Ua wehe mākou. he hae i ʻōlelo ʻia, “Bush: Let NOAA Tell the Truth.” He kuhikuhi kēia i nā hana mai ka makahiki 2001 a Bush-koho ʻia ʻo NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher a me kāna mau kahu kālai'āina. koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomehana honua a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻepekema NOAA i hōʻike ʻia ka mea noiʻi.
(E like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai ma kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka Pōʻakahi, "pono mākou e hana i ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou wahi hoʻoweliweli, pono mākou e hāʻawi i ka manaolana i kā mākou mau keiki a me nā moʻopuna a pono mākou e hana i kā mākou kuleana ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina ʻAmelika. ʻO mākou ka poʻe i maopopo i ka hohonu o ka pilikia. pono mākou e komo i mua o ko mākou makaʻu a hana i nā hana e like me kēlā ʻike. "
He mea paʻakikī, ʻo ka manawa mua, ka piʻi ʻana i 25 kapuaʻi i luna o kā mākou alapiʻi hoʻonui 32 kapuaʻi i kūʻai hou ʻia, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana ma hope o ka hale CCAN i ka Pōʻalima ma mua o ka hana o ka Pōʻakahi.
Ma mua o kēia hana ua makaʻu wau i ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka hopena paha o ka hāʻule ʻana mai ka lāʻau pea ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi, kuʻi koʻu poʻo i ke alapiʻi-ma ke alapiʻi-kuʻi ʻole ʻia, hele mai ma luna o koʻu wahi moe ma ka home me kuʻu makuahine aloha. ko'u makuahine, ko'u makuahine i aloha mai ia'u, ka mea i kaumaha mai ia'u, nana i haawi mai ia'u i kumu hoohalike no ka mea a Mika i olelo mai ai, He aha ka ke Akua i makemake mai ai ia oe, ke ole e hana i ka pono, a me ke aloha i ka lokomaikai, a me ka hele haahaa me kou ke Akua."
–Me koʻu makuahine aloha ma laila e lawe iaʻu i ka haukapila no ka noho ʻana i ka pō no koʻu ʻeha o ka lā hoʻokahi.
Ua makaʻu au i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe mai ia manawa mai.
No laila, ʻo ka manawa mua, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana ma ke alapiʻi, pono wau i kahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe e lanakila ai, a i ʻole e pale aku i kēlā makaʻu.
A no laila, i koʻu piʻi ʻana a piʻi i lalo i kēlā mau kapuaʻi he 25, ua noʻonoʻo wau iā Abbie, kaʻu kaikamahine ʻehā makahiki, a noʻonoʻo wau iā Ellie, kona kaikuahine 1 ½ makahiki, aʻu i hoʻolimalima ai i ka hopena pule me ʻelua. He mau mahina i hala aku nei, he manawa kupanaha no ka nana ana, ka paani a me ka akaaka pu me, mahalo i ko'u makuakane nana i hoonohonoho i ka hui hou ana ma ka loko o ka hopena pule no kana mau keiki ekolu a me ko lakou mau ohana.
Akā, hoʻoweliweli ko lākou honua. He nīnau hāmama ia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, inā loaʻa iā lākou kahi ola e hiki mai ana, kūpono e noho ai.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nui nei au i kēia.
A no laila, piʻi au i ke kani ʻana i kēlā me kēia mele, a hiki i ka emi ʻana o koʻu makaʻu a hiki i ke kakahiaka Poʻahine, i ka māmā ʻana o ka lani, a hiki i ka hola, ua mākaukau wau e piʻi i ke kaʻe NOAA.
A no nā hola ʻehā, ʻaʻole wau i hopohopo akā ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia-kokoke ma ka home, kahi aʻu e noho ai, me ke kaikaina ʻo Paul Burman, ma lalo o mākou, a me nā helikopter nūhou e lele ana ma luna o ke poʻo, ua wehe ke keaka.
Ma hea wau e noho ai, ma kahi o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ma ke ʻano, inā mākou e pale aku i ka pōʻino o ke aniau, inā mākou e hana i kahi honua hou a manaʻolana.
Manaʻo wau hiki ke ʻano honua.
A ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i ko mākou hopohopo e pale iā mākou mai ka hana ʻana i nā mea e pono ai - ʻo kēlā me kēia mea e pono ai - e hiki ai.
ʻO Abbie lāua ʻo Ellie, Nā keiki ma nā wahi a pau, Pono nā hanauna e hiki mai ana iā mākou i kēia manawa.
(Hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻike hou aku no kēia hana a me nā pilikia ma http://www.climateemergency.org.)