Building a new town in South Puna

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Originally posted by geochem

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Originally posted by SBango

Let's not rebuild Hilo after a lava flow from Mauna Loa wipes it out either. Good thinking.

Sheila Bang

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Mauna Loa resurfaces itself at an interval of several thousand years, Kilauea at an interval considerably shorter. Nowhere in Hawaii (or anywhere else) is perfectly safe from loss, but it's just plain foolish to encourage - or enable - development in high hazard areas. The cost to the County and the State of responding to this disaster will be in the $100,000's to $Millions that neither government has to spare - and that's aside from the State and County infrastructure that will be lost. And, no doubt, the HPIA will be calling on State General Funds to cover their losses from this inevitable event. Why should the State and County taxpayers subsidize/indemnify against predictable losses?

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All those resorts in Kona are downhill from Holualoa, which is way overdue and will be a FAST flow when it finally opens up, same thing with Mauna Loa for South Kona. The only safe place on the Big Island from volcanic eruption is Kohala. So the state and county has recently spent millions on roads in those areas, development of multi million dollar resorts and golf course retirement communities continues, with all the infrastructure that goes with it.

So to quote geochem "Why should the State and County taxpayers subsidize/indemnify against predictable losses?" Those places only have the illusion of being any safer than Puna from volcanic activity, and they will have far less warning of the danger, due to the steepness of the terrain.

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Carol

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