A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS BLOG POST: READ THE WHOLE BLOG POST DON’T JUST GET NUTS AT THE FIRST PART WHICH IS SAID WITH SOMEWHAT TONGUE IN CHEEK KIND OF HUMOR so here it goes.
Tonight on the news I was quite stunned to learn that the VOG that is enveloping Oahu is not VOG (Volcanic Smog) but COG (California Smog) from the wildfires. Attending law school in California I realized that California is the most litigious state in the nation. On that note I think it would be funny if the State of Hawaii sued the State of California for something like negligent infliction of emotional distress, polluting our air in Hawaii, blah blah blah. Give California a little taste of their own medicine, what a way to get them and other states across the nation to think about good tort reform, and I used the term good tort reform, not necessarily limiting damages like they are trying to do in Hawaii. Could you imagine Gov. Terminator you have been served with process.
OK so now for the true seriousness of this post, hopefully you are laughing at my little attempt at humor, although the truth of the matter is that the California Wildfires are not really a humorous event. It is a truly saddening event and a tragedy. Many people lost their homes and all of their personal belongings. One of the saddest things that these people lost is their memories. Many of them lost wedding photos and other items of sentimental value. So a bunch of way cool people in Southern California are getting together to try and help by starting the heirloom project. The heirloom project is a bunch of professional photographers who are getting together to offer free portrait photo sessions to help these people start some new memories and in a small way to make up for their losses. This is an awesome project and you can read more about it at www.projectheirloom.com . If you have any questions you can contact my cousin’s wife, who is a professional photographer and a participating member, at nelyphoto.com. If you have something to offer or you were one of those families that lost a lot of your memories in the California wildfire contact these guys at heirloomproject.com or any of the individual photographers. Your love and aloha is appreciated.
