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Aquino was wanting to possible to collaborate, but there's locks,just FYI in here and on <br /> zoom, we are aware of the issue. <br /> AA: I'm able to speak. Abel commissioner District 7...my video is locked for some reason. <br /> Thank you, Brett, your presentation was awesome and comprehensive. <br /> LT: We're trying to figure out the legality of having the camera on, but I think we can hear <br /> you. We just cannot have a vote...crop council...I don't know.... <br /> CF: We have quorum otherwise. <br /> LT: We have quorum otherwise without him...okay we good you can continue... <br /> AA: I just want to ask a question, is there any research what has causing these droughts? <br /> BM: So, it's kind of a natural cycle, but overall Hawaii is getting hotter and drier. Over these <br /> last several years, and over the last serval decades, and a lot of that kind of point to the <br /> increase in climate warming that we're seeing allover the planet. Hawaii...fortunately <br /> has been relatively insulated from some of the most extreme impacts, we've been very <br /> fortunate, we haven't had severe storms, but in general the whole world is warming, <br /> that's probably going to be impacting the conditions. It's really going to be difficult to <br /> assets what's going to be the future, because there's two different papers that have <br /> come out...I don't have them off the top of my head, but I can probably look them up for <br /> you. But one points up to Mauna Kea getting drier... another one points to Mauna Kea <br /> getting wetter... So even amongst the publish resources like that, that have been <br /> deployed...available there's disagreement. Really difficult what the long-term trend is <br /> going to be. But this is probably the natural cycle in the Pacific. So, in the 1880's, <br /> 1890's super bad drought in Ka'u and displaced a bunch of people and a big impact on <br /> the birds, and this is kind of the latest iterations, that it is difficult to know what exactly, <br /> what's impacting it, some of it there seems to be some change in the cloud cover, so <br /> that could be a big impact you know. There's another paper that's looking at a reduction <br /> in cloud cover you know...over the next ten (10) —twenty (20) years. That's going to be <br /> another impact...we're going to try to figure out means of... different means of <br /> assessing it ... getting a better understanding...hopefully as technology gets better, we <br /> can get a better idea. But, for right now all we can generally say is the global trends of <br /> increasing temperatures are certainly not going to be helping. <br /> AA: Any information like Waikea selling our water, things like that kind of affecting our <br /> aquafers or maybe that? <br /> BM: I don't know any direct ties that kind of thing. Anytime you're impacting water tables, <br /> you know you could have some direct impact to total water availability... and that area is <br /> all connected... all in one major aquafer. So, it could have an impact, but I'm not aware <br /> of any data that shows that. <br /> 21 <br />