Homeless "Overrun" Lava Centers in Pahoa and Keaau

[Old Croc]

An exaggeration perhaps?

http://hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesDaily...-Read.aspx

[alaskyn66]

Sadly, Lower Puna Has its share of suicidal people, sexual predators, drug addicts, alcoholics, hermits..etc.

There is no way of knowing if the story is within the borders of 'real news' or not. chronically homeless people typically like to be closer to agencies that can provide for them.. So I wouldnt think there are that many living in lower puna.. as its a long haul to salvation army.. etc, in Hilo.

[leilanidude]

It is true. They are playing up the evacuation, taking resources from everyone from the Red Cross to filing false FEMA apps, grabbing the food and water from the various donation centers, etc. While I normally wouldn't mind them getting food and water - they are lying about their status to get "free stuff", some of which is then being sold/traded for drugs and alcohol.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Sadly, Lower Puna Has its share of suicidal people, sexual predators, drug addicts, alcoholics, hermits..etc.

Yes.
The shelters gather many of them together in a single location.
Lava-palooza.

A bird flies home across the sky. It appears to be tired, it had a difficult day. It returns from the hunt, it was hunted. - Laszlo Krasznahorkai

[dan d]

Just a heads up all persons have had to show proof of loss of home or rental to use the
Facilities

Dan D
HPP

[Allenl]

My neighbor is staying at the shelters. Not a damn thing wrong with her house. Can't beat someone else cooking 3 square meals a day for you. She was also first in line at FEMA and got a few grand for her unpermitted structure that's been leaning a few inches for the last year. And this is in an entirely unaffected subdivision between Leilani and Kalapana.

[jrw]

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Originally posted by dan d

Just a heads up all persons have had to show proof of loss of home or rental to use the
Facilities

Dan D
HPP

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dan d you are wrong about showing proof you just had show up and sign in I worked at the shelter and know a for a fact you dint have show any proof.

jrw

[glassnumbers]

quote:

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Originally posted by Allenl

My neighbor is staying at the shelters. Not a damn thing wrong with her house. Can't beat someone else cooking 3 square meals a day for you. She was also first in line at FEMA and got a few grand for her unpermitted structure that's been leaning a few inches for the last year. And this is in an entirely unaffected subdivision between Leilani and Kalapana.

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Yeah, that homeless shelter life is so exotic and tempting. I can sure see why someone would deliberately give up their private bathroom, bed, house, and food, to go eat homeless food, sleep in a homeless shelter, on homeless beds. That makes a lot of sense.

[Allenl]

Not sure if that was sarcasm. But I assure you I'm not joking. When you live in an 8x8 box with a mattress (no electricity, hense no refrigerator so very little food on hand), then hot showers, free meals, access to laundry, electricity, cell service is like staying at the Hilton for many of these people. They are soaking up all the freebies.

[randomq]

"Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality, and so many of the people ... here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this - this is working very well for them." -- Barbara Bush, after Katrina