ʻO ka manaʻo nui o WaterFire ma Providence, Rhode Island

He aha ka WaterFire?

E nānā i ka papahana WaterFire , aʻaʻole eʻike i kekahi o nā hanana kūikawā nui loa o New England, i hoʻopaʻaʻia ma ke kohoʻana i ka lā ma Rhode Island ma ke kūlanakauhale nui: Providence.

ʻO ka kiʻi kiʻi lanakila a Barnaby Evans i hōʻikeʻia ma nā kahawai ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Providence, RI. Ua hana mua ia e Evans i ka 1994 no ka hoʻolauleʻaʻana i kaʻumi o ka makahiki o First Night Providence, a ua liloʻo ia i mea hoʻolālā o ka lehulehu ākea makahiki.

ʻO ka waiʻo WaterFire i ka manawa hoʻokahi ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i nā kiʻi o ka lehulehu, kahi hana, kahi hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale, kahi hana hoʻomana, a me kahi hui kaiaulu, kaulana kaulana i ke aupuni a me ka honua āpau e like me nā hanana hana kaiāulu. ʻO ka hōʻike a WaterFire a me ka ho'ākāka e pili ana a me ka hoʻonui - e hōʻike ana i kaʻikeʻia e pono nā mea pono ke hui like e hoʻoikaika a mālama i ko lākou kaiāulu. ^[1]

Ma nā ahiahi o ka WaterFire, ua hoʻololiʻiaʻo Providence e nā kanala he kanawalukūmāono a me ke kuahiwi (ʻo kēlā me kēia me 33 mau'āpana lāʻau) e lele ana ma luna pono o ka muliwai o nā muliwai e kahe ana ma o Park Park (ka Woonasquatucket river) a me ka waena o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Providence (ka Moshassuck a me Providence mau muliwai). Kāheaʻia ka lehulehu e hele a hele i ke kahawai a hauʻoli i ka nani o ke ahi kukui ahi, ka meaʻala maikaʻi o ka momona o ka'āpana lāʻau, nā mea hoʻololi o nā mea hana ahi, a me ka mele mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. He 40,000 ka heleʻana i ka pō, ^{[2] e} piʻi ana mai ka 10,000 a 100,000. Waikohoʻia ka wai WaterFire, me ka hapa he 10 wale nō o nā kālā e pono ai e hoʻolako i WaterFire i loaʻa ma o nā mea aupuni aʻo ke koena e hele mai ana mai nā makana pilikino a me nā hui pūnaewele.