{"id":10,"date":"2016-01-20T21:05:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T21:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/el-nino-rapid-response\/?p=10"},"modified":"2017-01-13T22:39:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T22:39:37","slug":"things-go-awry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/el-nino-rapid-response\/2016\/01\/20\/things-go-awry\/","title":{"rendered":"Things go awry\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Key sites in NOAA\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o Rapid Response mission. Google Earth.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

HONOLULU, HAWAII\u200a\u2014\u200aAs is normal in field experiments, things can and do go awry. Scott Abbott (NOAA) and I traveled from Colorado yesterday. This morning we checked in for the Fiji Airlines weekly flight to Kiritimati. The plane left the gate and we got to the departure runway, then turned around. After the airline gave us lunch, they announced that we were not going to Kiritimati today, and they arranged for us to spend another night in Honolulu. Such are the problems of travel in the tropical Pacific. Flights are few, and delays do happen. The good news is that we will probably go to Kiritimati tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m taking this opportunity to write a short post for the ENRR (El Ni\u00f1o Rapid Response) blog. The place we are going to is commonly known as Christmas Island. In the Gilbertese language, the word pronounced \u201cChristmas\u201d is spelled Kiritimati. The country is spelled Kiribati and pronounced Kiri-bas. In Gilbertese, \u2018ti\u2019 is an \u2018s\u2019 sound. You now know the extent of my Gilbertese language. Luckily everyone speaks some English, and language should not be a problem.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m off soon to have dinner with other ENRR staff, who will be in Honolulu part of the time for the G-4 (research aircraft) operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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