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Ma mua o 100 mau makahiki, ua ʻohi ʻoluʻolu kekahi ʻohana ma ke kūkulu hema o Tasmanian i ka ʻikepili ua ma kā lākou mahiʻai ma Richmond a hoʻouna ʻia i ka Bureau of Meteorology.
Ua hāʻawi ka BOM i ka ʻohana Nichols i ka makana 100-Year Excellence Award i hāʻawi ʻia e ke kiaʻāina o Tasmania no ko lākou kūpaʻa lōʻihi i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili.
He aha ka hope?
E hoʻomau ka mea mālama o ka mahiʻai ʻo Richie Nichols i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili ua, ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea manawaleʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,600 a puni ka ʻāina e hāʻawi i ka ʻikepili i kēlā me kēia lā.
I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka i ka hola 9, hele ʻo Richie Nichols e nānā i ka ua ma ka mahiʻai a kona ʻohana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Tasmania ʻo Richmond.
Ke ʻike nei i ka helu o nā millimeters, a laila hoʻouna ʻo ia i kēlā ʻikepili i ka Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
He mea kēia i hana ʻia e kona ʻohana mai ka makahiki 1915.
"Hoʻopaʻa mākou i kēlā i loko o kahi puke a laila hoʻokomo mākou i kēlā mau mea i ka pūnaewele BOM a hana mākou i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Mr Nichols.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻikepili o ka ua no ka poʻe noiʻi e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ke aniau a me nā kumu wai o ka muliwai, a hiki ke kōkua i ka wānana ʻana i nā kahe.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻohana Nichols i ka makana 100-makahiki maikaʻi ma ka Pōʻakahi ma ka Hale Aupuni e ke Kiaʻāina o Tasmania, ʻo Her Excellency the Honorable Barbara Baker.
He makana nā hanauna i ka hana ʻana
Aia ka mahiʻai i loko o ka ʻohana o Mr Nichols no nā hanauna a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea nui ka makana - ʻaʻole nona wale nō akā no "ka poʻe a pau ma mua oʻu a mālama i nā moʻolelo o ka ua".
"Ua kūʻai koʻu kupuna kāne nui ʻo Joseph Phillip Nichols i ka waiwai nāna i hāʻawi i kāna keiki hiapo, ʻo Hobart Osman Nichols a laila ua pau ka waiwai me koʻu makuakāne ʻo Jeffrey Osman Nichols a laila ua iho mai iaʻu," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Nichols ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻikepili i ke aniau he ʻāpana ia o ka hoʻoilina ʻohana e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni no ka hanauna e hiki mai ana.
"He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻoilina hanauna i hala i nā hanauna, a makemake nui mākou i kēlā ma ke ʻano o ke kanu lāʻau a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni," wahi āna.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ka ʻohana i ka ʻikepili ma o ka waikahe a me ka maloʻo, me ka makahiki i hala e hoʻihoʻi ana i kahi hopena kaulana no ka Brookbank Estate.
"Ua helu ʻia ʻo Richmond ma ke ʻano he semi-arid, a ʻo ka makahiki i hala ʻo ia ka lua o ka makahiki maloʻo loa ma ka moʻolelo e pili ana iā Brookbank, ma kahi o 320 millimeters," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o ka BOM, ʻo Chantal Donnelly, ʻo kēia mau makana koʻikoʻi ka hopena o nā ʻohana i noho ma kahi waiwai no nā hanauna.
"He mea paʻakikī i ka mea hoʻokahi ke hana iā lākou iho no 100 mau makahiki," wahi āna.
"ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā mākou ke loaʻa kēia mau ʻikepili intergenerational i mea nui loa no ka ʻāina."
Ke hilinaʻi nei ʻo BOM i nā mea manawaleʻa no ka ʻikepili hulili
Mai ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka BOM i ka makahiki 1908, ua hoʻohui ʻia nā mea manawaleʻa i kāna hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili nui.
Aia ma kahi o 4,600 mau mea manawaleʻa a puni Australia e hāʻawi i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms Donnelly he mea nui loa nā mea manawaleʻa no BOM e kiʻi i kahi "kiʻi pololei o ka ua ma ka ʻāina".
"ʻOiai he nui nā keʻena o ka ʻenekini a puni ʻo Australia, ʻo Australia kahi ʻāina ākea, a ʻaʻole lawa ia," wahi āna.
"No laila, ʻo ka ʻikepili ua a mākou e hōʻiliʻili ai mai ka ʻohana Nichols he hoʻokahi wale nō o nā helu ʻikepili like ʻole e hiki ai iā mākou ke hui pū."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Nichols ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomau ko lākou ʻohana e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili ua no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana
He mea ʻike no ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ua, ka ua
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-13-2024