09-17-2014, 03:16 PM
Heading into town, the poles on your left are from the Puna oil burning electric plant up by Shipman. The poles on your right are coming out of PGV. The power lines from the Puna oil burning electric plant were there many years before PGV. That line goes down Hwy 132 and is what powers the Kapoho substation. There is the capability of PGV powering the Kapoho substation but it just goes by it for right now. That power line comes out of PGV and bypasses Pahoa. It does provide power for the police and fire station, but doesn't come back any farther than that. Going into Hilo, there are drops into HPP, then all the way into town. The width of the front may be too great for the Puna plant wires to span. Then PGV could power up the side that is cut off. The Puna plant would be powering everything north of the flow and the PGV plant would be powering everything on the south side of the lava wall. It is going to take many months, if ever to get down to Poihoiki, so there would be power until the last few weeks to decide to stay or leave.
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*