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RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - MarkP - 02-23-2015
http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/files/2013/08/Coastal-Subsidence-Final.pdf
This is pretty dry reading. Various areas along the coast have dropped by .25 meters to 3.5 meters in episodic events related to earthquakes. I read the figure of .6 cm/yr before my eyes glazed over. 4 inches per year for 55 years would come close to 18 feet. It doesn't seem like it has been that much.
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - Obie - 02-23-2015
"There was a 120 ft cliff in 1930."
"Since the 1960 EQ."
????
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - Rob L - 02-23-2015
I swam across Kapoho bay a couple of times. It seems pretty shallow and with lava rock, it would not be easy to dredge. I wonder if this bill isn't just a sop to constituents to seem like the authors are doing something.
Aloha,
Rob L
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - Mimosa - 02-23-2015
Obie - Prior to 1930 - where the surf break is now,was a sheer cliff face of 120 feet.
When the 1960 EQ hit,the whole coast area dropped many feet,some spots along the coast are subsiding at a faster rate than others and 4 inch's is just an approximate and not an exact measurement.
We are not scientists,we just remember these events and what it as like prior to certain dates.
Mr and Mrs.Mimosa
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - pbmaise - 02-23-2015
The grounds in front of the old coffee mill are an ideal spot for a safe harbor.
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - bananahead - 02-24-2015
lol
Just because some lava fearmongering pickleheads think of it, don't mean it will happen
ie diversions, bridges, etc.
This is one of those 'pipedreams'
Aloha
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RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - bananahead - 02-24-2015
PS with that so called 120'cliff pre1930 (lol) how did people in the 19th century and before lower their canoes down a 12 story cliff?
A: they didnt... the Puna Coast along that area was never a 12 story cliff... there were Hawaiian villages all along the coast from Kalapana/Kaimu to Honolulu Landing and beyond... the plants will tell ya
...lots of old mature kamani, milo, coconut, noni, hau, kou, kukui, etc = Former (pre20th Century) Hawaiian village site ie Kalani area, etc******************************************************************
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 02-24-2015
Maybe Mimosa meant the cliff was 120 feet long, rather than high?
There were a lot of people calling for a Puna Harbor and Superferry to keep the area connected to Hilo if cut off by lava. That was only a few months ago if you look back over these threads. People were discussing the possibility. Perhaps these bills were introduced to address those requests.
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - kalakoa - 02-24-2015
Perhaps these bills were introduced to address those requests.
Introduced, perhaps, but as HB374 seeks to pick a NIMBY fight, it has little chance of success (beyond the $$$$ spent on studies).
It's a win-win for the Rep who can say "for my constituents" while giving away funds for pointless studies, without any danger that something will actually be done.
RE: Study on establishing a harbor / Port Kapoho Bay - SBH - 02-24-2015
Can you imagine what would've happened to a Kapoho Small Boat Harbor last year with Hurricane / TS Iselle? Every boat would've ended up at the bottom of the bay in pieces unless a huge, long breakwater is also built like for Hilo Bay.
And what would happen to the tide pools, the marine sanctuary?