Current Feeling on people shopping-dining Pahoa?

[Carey]

We were at Boogie Woogie last night after running a lower Puna errand. Pahoa had patrons, and looked semi normal, with the exception of the limited vehicle traffic (I was surprised at how much traffic was "normal" and when there were fewer through vehicles, it is noticeable) and with that, no buses going through...

There were tourists, including a group from Germany that had planned this trip months agoa, there was a HUGE pizza order from a film crew. I think as long as everyone is respectful, it is a part of a living, changing community.

This flow will impact many, some positively and some negatively. If we respect each other, and help those that need help, I do not it as wrong to go to Pahoa ...just taking our example, if we did not have dinner in Pahoa, we would have in Keaau, only eating later.

I do not think any of the dinner patrons we saw were negatively impacting the town, but do feel that the film crew ratio is now way high, but know most of the people I know WANT TO SEE THE IMAGES, and do know that some of the home owners directly within the path have invited these crews to their property... so even that is not unwelcomed by the ones directly impacted...

Hopefully we can all help where we can, respect others through this and can see this as a dynamic change for our area.