09-20-2014, 08:26 AM
Boy, has this threat been hijacked!
Back to the subject, I live in Nanawale. Can't even see the glow at night and definitely not being subjected to any noxious fumes from the lava or fires....I've always appreciated being upwind of the geo plant and Pu'u 'O'o! I think we get the least vog of anywhere in the state here in Nanawale.
It bothers me to see so many people so frightened. I wrote a book about Kalapana, using my own clip files from covering the eruption for the paper as well as all the other info I could access. And that file is the thickness of an entire shelf in a filing cabinet. That's because it took nearly seven years for the flow to finally cover Kalapana, a much smaller geographic area than the direction this flow is heading. So I feel many of us are going to be in limbo for quite a while, with each one of us having to reflect and determine what our best options are based on our individual circumstances. Obviously, it's gonna be next to impossible to sell our homes here in lower Puna. And I'm gonna have to wait for lava to set fire to my house to be able to move somewhere else as I'm a senior on a fixed income and I'd still have to pay my bills here.
But that's minor....I don't have young, dependent children or a job I have to go to. I feel so very bad for the young and middleage families who depend on jobs in Pahoa, barely minimum wage if that. These families usually are living on the economic edge in the best of times. Now to lose their jobs and their homes?
So I think the more cooperative systems we can help set up ourselves down here in the People's Republic of Puna, the better. And one I see a real need for is a kind of hospice respite service.
I used to do respite care for Hospice of Hilo. Dropped out of Hospice when I went back to school and just when it became so Hilo-centric. I think we need to organize a group here in lower Puna of people who are willing to give respite care to caregivers who are overwhelmed with the stress of this lava flow as well as taking care of needy family members. The number of care-home beds is very limited and there are residents down here caring for severely handicapped loved ones. Maybe there are some nurses living down here who would also help with a hospice effort down here. Does this strike anyone else as a need we could do something about? Please respond.
Back to the subject, I live in Nanawale. Can't even see the glow at night and definitely not being subjected to any noxious fumes from the lava or fires....I've always appreciated being upwind of the geo plant and Pu'u 'O'o! I think we get the least vog of anywhere in the state here in Nanawale.
It bothers me to see so many people so frightened. I wrote a book about Kalapana, using my own clip files from covering the eruption for the paper as well as all the other info I could access. And that file is the thickness of an entire shelf in a filing cabinet. That's because it took nearly seven years for the flow to finally cover Kalapana, a much smaller geographic area than the direction this flow is heading. So I feel many of us are going to be in limbo for quite a while, with each one of us having to reflect and determine what our best options are based on our individual circumstances. Obviously, it's gonna be next to impossible to sell our homes here in lower Puna. And I'm gonna have to wait for lava to set fire to my house to be able to move somewhere else as I'm a senior on a fixed income and I'd still have to pay my bills here.
But that's minor....I don't have young, dependent children or a job I have to go to. I feel so very bad for the young and middleage families who depend on jobs in Pahoa, barely minimum wage if that. These families usually are living on the economic edge in the best of times. Now to lose their jobs and their homes?
So I think the more cooperative systems we can help set up ourselves down here in the People's Republic of Puna, the better. And one I see a real need for is a kind of hospice respite service.
I used to do respite care for Hospice of Hilo. Dropped out of Hospice when I went back to school and just when it became so Hilo-centric. I think we need to organize a group here in lower Puna of people who are willing to give respite care to caregivers who are overwhelmed with the stress of this lava flow as well as taking care of needy family members. The number of care-home beds is very limited and there are residents down here caring for severely handicapped loved ones. Maybe there are some nurses living down here who would also help with a hospice effort down here. Does this strike anyone else as a need we could do something about? Please respond.