OHA Support for Puna

[Guest]

Again I would like to say thank you to Rob for making such a forum full of wonderful topics or threads like this one by Opihikao possible. Really I believe this site (punatalk) to be one of the best Puna navigating tools available by the power of the people.
Had a short list of a few more items that may be of some greater importance in the coming days.
1) basics that are bulk and important like paper goods and cloth or disposable diapers if we have convenient transfer station still.
2) folks of all ages may need to get around greater lengths by walking, running , biking, skate boards, scooters, roller blades,ect. Backpacks and survival pocket knives may be of use or reason of survival being further from medical attention.
3) maybe some basic classes can be offered at the community centers with things like CPR, or hymlic, I can't spell it let alone attempt it. Many more.
4) organized air conditioned public transportation for those with no more cars or ones about to reach the junkyard.
5) Basic things to try and stay cleaner and less infectious may be harder for some so shampoos, soaps, deodorants, peroxide, tooth paste and brushes, hair brushes, razors, hand sanitizers, and wipes may help some situation.
Thank you for reading and caring.

[shave_ice]

Mahalo opihikao for bringing this to my attention. Very cool project. I have "liked" the facebook page though it doesn't seem to have had any updates in awhile. Do you have any more information regarding its status?

[Lucy14]

As a Puna resident who works in Hilo full time, and has coworkers from Puna who do the same, my biggest concern is getting to work and being able to afford the gas. I would hope those in power would be planning for this eventuality, the real suffering will come when those wage earners who support themselves, not relying on DHS bennies, have to lose their jobs due to the very long commutes and high cost of gas. THis is assuming both emergency roads finally get covered, and all we have is Chain of pain road.

[csgray]

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Originally posted by Lucy14

As a Puna resident who works in Hilo full time, and has coworkers from Puna who do the same, my biggest concern is getting to work and being able to afford the gas. I would hope those in power would be planning for this eventuality, the real suffering will come when those wage earners who support themselves, not relying on DHS bennies, have to lose their jobs due to the very long commutes and high cost of gas. THis is assuming both emergency roads finally get covered, and all we have is Chain of pain road.

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A skills inventory data base of people planning to stay on the Farside could be really useful, there are a lot of people with a wide range of skills who drive to Hilo every day to practice those skills, there are also a lot of skilled people who drive to Puna from Hilo or up the Volcano Highway every day. A data base might help us all figure out how to match needs with the people living on that side, instead of people doing the commute in both directions, just over worse roads than we have now. In the long run it will eventually all shake out, but if people could be open and creative about job/employee swapping the learning curve could be a lot shorter and cheaper for everyone involved, maybe a data base could help do that, and if done right it could be pretty affordable to set up and run .

Carol

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