08-17-2014, 03:13 AM
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Originally posted by kalakoa
that the power grid is fragile.
Is your skull fragile because it can be split open by a falling albizia branch?
All these albizia are on private lots and the albizia was introduced and planted by private citizens. Now, with the constant population turnover, those original mainland transplants are gone but their "dream" lives on, and the new transplants want the government to take care of the problem, all the while whining and complaining bitterly about the intrusion of the government. Makes no rational sense.
If HELCO could get easement rights 100 feet into private lots alongside powerlines, went in, cut down and spiked the albizia over 100 feet, the grid interruptions would decrease significantly.
The lesson should be that this island is prone to earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, typhoons, and eruptions. Disaster preparedness should be a top priority. The second is that albizia is an introduced and invasive species, that eradication of this invasive needs to be raised in priority and funding. Eradication of invasive species would start solving many problems.
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*