10-04-2014, 05:47 PM
As a Puna resident who works in Hilo full time, and has coworkers from Puna who do the same, my biggest concern is getting to work and being able to afford the gas. I would hope those in power would be planning for this eventuality, the real suffering will come when those wage earners who support themselves, not relying on DHS bennies, have to lose their jobs due to the very long commutes and high cost of gas. THis is assuming both emergency roads finally get covered, and all we have is Chain of pain road.