Has anyone noticed.. the latest changes @ Kilauea

[VancouverIslander]

Fire insurance should cover you. My insurance agent said it would and I have no reason to doubt her. I think insurance on my sub 100k place in lava zone 3 was in the 5-700 range, but frankly, I'm in such shock from the insane cost of permitting a house here that such a small expenditure wasn't really on my list of concerns. If I do it again, I think unpermitted with solar and no insurance is the way to go - or better yet, buy someone else's that's already depreciated and fix it up. I knew going in that lava was a risk and thus the insurance. Sure, it likely doesn't cover the property itself, just the structure, but that's the bulk of the value.

Anyway, I've been following this flow for quite some time and it's significant that the flow has sped up in recent weeks in the easterly direction. Being in Eden Roc, I'm still a bit concerned about the smaller fringe breakouts to the North, but I suspect most of the flow will go generally east and possibly south based on the lay of the land. For those of you out Pahoa way, it's certainly not panic time yet, since historically most of the recent flows in that direction have been short lived. Of course, that really depends on how fast the spatter cone builds up or plugs, leading to a breakout elsewhere on Pu'u'o'o.

Anyway, best of luck to everyone who is threatened by this current situation. I hear it's not a bad idea to invest in Gin to placate Pele.