Comments on: "Beware of Falling Coconuts" http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/ Hawaii Travel Guide & Vacation Advice Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:21:36 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: VocaloidO2 http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-294836 VocaloidO2 Mon, 02 May 2011 16:31:31 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-294836 Oh man this is hilarious. i remember when i was like 4 or 6 i was in puerto rico and this buissness woman parked what i remember was a BMW because i remembered the white blue symbol and was walking with my parents to the beach and a breze rolls in or the invisable cows were scratching and snap. put a big dent in the roof and she was on the phone ATM (at the moment) and she turns around, drop her phone and the look on her face, i was lmao so hard. i know its harsh but i didnt know better and found it funny. but atleast it didn't hit the woman. the worse that could of happened was if it were a durian fruit tree Oh man this is hilarious. i remember when i was like 4 or 6 i was in puerto rico and this buissness woman parked what i remember was a BMW because i remembered the white blue symbol and was walking with my parents to the beach and a breze rolls in or the invisable cows were scratching and snap. put a big dent in the roof and she was on the phone ATM (at the moment) and she turns around, drop her phone and the look on her face, i was lmao so hard. i know its harsh but i didnt know better and found it funny. but atleast it didn’t hit the woman. the worse that could of happened was if it were a durian fruit tree

]]> By: Sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7056 Sheila Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:23:30 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7056 @ Dave - Got it! No camping under a coconut tree in a hurricane. :) @ Sharon - Wow! You really got to camp is some awesome places! Thanks for sharing those stories. I bet you had fresh mangos for breakfast, didn't you? Gosh, I love the fresh mangos there in Hawaii. OK....my mouth is watering now. :) @ Dave – Got it! No camping under a coconut tree in a hurricane. :)

@ Sharon – Wow! You really got to camp is some awesome places! Thanks for sharing those stories. I bet you had fresh mangos for breakfast, didn’t you? Gosh, I love the fresh mangos there in Hawaii. OK….my mouth is watering now. :)

]]> By: Sharon http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7026 Sharon Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:38:57 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7026 I have a cow story, and not coconuts but mangos. When I was a teenager living in California (a scary number of years ago), my parents brought us here to the islands for a month. Except on Oahu, on each island we were met at the airport by the rental company staff with a camper. We loaded up our luggage and drove off for a week of camping out wherever we wanted (well, almost). We stayed overnight at the top of Haleakala to see the sunrise when it was just a parking lot and an outhouse. We stayed at the southernmost tip of the Big Island and woke up surrounded by a herd of cows! That day we hiked to the green sand beach. And one night we got no sleep at all, because mangoes kept falling onto the roof of the camper. That trip was the most awesome way to see the islands, and began my love affair with the islands. Now, and after many many many years I live here! :) I have a cow story, and not coconuts but mangos. When I was a teenager living in California (a scary number of years ago), my parents brought us here to the islands for a month. Except on Oahu, on each island we were met at the airport by the rental company staff with a camper. We loaded up our luggage and drove off for a week of camping out wherever we wanted (well, almost).

We stayed overnight at the top of Haleakala to see the sunrise when it was just a parking lot and an outhouse. We stayed at the southernmost tip of the Big Island and woke up surrounded by a herd of cows! That day we hiked to the green sand beach. And one night we got no sleep at all, because mangoes kept falling onto the roof of the camper.

That trip was the most awesome way to see the islands, and began my love affair with the islands. Now, and after many many many years I live here! :)

]]> By: Dave http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7021 Dave Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:24:47 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7021 Um... Yeah... Just use your best judgment. For example: Don’t go camping in a coconut grove during a hurricane. ;) Um… Yeah… Just use your best judgment.

For example: Don’t go camping in a coconut grove during a hurricane. ;)

]]> By: Sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7019 Sheila Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:59:14 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7019 Thanks for the laugh, guys! @ David -Bwahahahaha! Thank you for solving the mystery. Those invisible cows sure are sneaky little rascals!! :) @ Dave - So you reckon we're pretty safe from flying coconuts? ;) Thanks for the laugh, guys!

@ David -Bwahahahaha! Thank you for solving the mystery. Those invisible cows sure are sneaky little rascals!! :)

@ Dave – So you reckon we’re pretty safe from flying coconuts? ;)

]]> By: Dave http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7018 Dave Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:08:17 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7018 Hmmm... Do a Google search for "Coconuts Kill" and you'll see just how terrifying coconuts are. LOL I love this one... "Falling coconuts kill 150 people worldwide each year, 15 times the number of fatalities attributable to sharks." Or this one... "Coconuts kill more Americans each year than terrorism" It's all BS but there is some truth to the “Killer Coconut” myth… If there is a hurricane… Winds can reach 200mph. So, yes… A coconut traveling at 200mph can kill. However… I’ve lived here a long time and I’ve never heard about anyone being injured by a falling coconut and that sort of thing would certainly make the news. Hmmm… Do a Google search for “Coconuts Kill” and you’ll see just how terrifying coconuts are. LOL

I love this one… “Falling coconuts kill 150 people worldwide each year, 15 times the number of fatalities attributable to sharks.”

Or this one… “Coconuts kill more Americans each year than terrorism”

It’s all BS but there is some truth to the “Killer Coconut” myth… If there is a hurricane… Winds can reach 200mph. So, yes… A coconut traveling at 200mph can kill.

However… I’ve lived here a long time and I’ve never heard about anyone being injured by a falling coconut and that sort of thing would certainly make the news.

]]> By: David http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7017 David Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:22:51 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7017 Andy's right. This was actually an issue discussed by the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council a few years ago. I read the report on their website www.hicattle.org, but it's since been removed. (something to do with the Superferry and invasive species I think) According to the report "bovinae canotseitae" has been slowly migrating to the lower elevations of the Big Island. Besides the destruction of crops and danger they cause to unsuspecting motorists their presence has also caused an increase in the number of falling coconuts. The report didn't explain why. A couple of years ago while visiting Maui I met an old cowboy who was working for the Ulupalakua Ranch and we got on the subject of invisible cows. He said they're on Maui too you know, you just can't see them. So I asked him about the falling coconuts. He smiled and said, “well you know how cows just sometimes get an itch in places they can't reach to scratch? They've figured out that coconut palms make great scratching posts. Whenever they get an itch they just head for that tree and go to scratching and it shakes the coconuts down.” Mystery solved. But I still wonder how they manage to moove out of the way so they don't get hit by the falling coconuts. By the way, I think they've also migrated to Molokai. The Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove there has a “Keep Out – Danger Falling Coconuts” sign. David ;) Andy’s right. This was actually an issue discussed by the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council a few years ago. I read the report on their website http://www.hicattle.org, but it’s since been removed. (something to do with the Superferry and invasive species I think)

According to the report “bovinae canotseitae” has been slowly migrating to the lower elevations of the Big Island. Besides the destruction of crops and danger they cause to unsuspecting motorists their presence has also caused an increase in the number of falling coconuts. The report didn’t explain why.

A couple of years ago while visiting Maui I met an old cowboy who was working for the Ulupalakua Ranch and we got on the subject of invisible cows. He said they’re on Maui too you know, you just can’t see them. So I asked him about the falling coconuts. He smiled and said, “well you know how cows just sometimes get an itch in places they can’t reach to scratch? They’ve figured out that coconut palms make great scratching posts. Whenever they get an itch they just head for that tree and go to scratching and it shakes the coconuts down.”

Mystery solved. But I still wonder how they manage to moove out of the way so they don’t get hit by the falling coconuts.

By the way, I think they’ve also migrated to Molokai. The Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove there has a “Keep Out – Danger Falling Coconuts” sign.

David ;)

]]> By: Sheila http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7015 Sheila Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:35:49 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7015 Hmmm.... Andy, I think you might be onto something. Hopefully David, our resident cow expert and Maui Online Guide Blogger, can give us some insight in this theory. ;-) Hmmm…. Andy, I think you might be onto something. Hopefully David, our resident cow expert and Maui Online Guide Blogger, can give us some insight in this theory. ;-)

]]> By: Andy Beal http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/06/27/beware-of-falling-coconuts/#comment-7014 Andy Beal Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:32:21 +0000 http://www.govisithawaii.com/?p=877#comment-7014 The coconuts fall because the invisible cows shake the trees! ;-) http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/03/22/beware-of-invisible-cows-roaming-around-hawaii/ The coconuts fall because the invisible cows shake the trees! ;-)

http://www.govisithawaii.com/2008/03/22/beware-of-invisible-cows-roaming-around-hawaii/

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