04-24-2015, 09:36 AM
Rainy Jim - You are recent arrival here from Florida if we recall correctly. Have you bought your property yet and applied for the building permits needed to build a code structure ?
Once you do - actually own your own piece of Hawaii the Island - then and only then will this make more sense to you.
The down town Hilo buildings will be a non issue when the next tsunami takes out most of them.They are what Hilo is famous for,the quaint green moldy style of various shades of yesteryear . Many of these structures are under the national historic buildings recognition and can not be ever dismantled. The tsunami of future will take care of this and create many a job ,or maybe a lava flow other natural disaster . With the rising of the ocean and at high tide, most of bayfront buildings are currently submerged with at least a foot of water in each structure.
Plus the land is subsiding an just termites holding hands.
Mrs.Mimosa
Once you do - actually own your own piece of Hawaii the Island - then and only then will this make more sense to you.
The down town Hilo buildings will be a non issue when the next tsunami takes out most of them.They are what Hilo is famous for,the quaint green moldy style of various shades of yesteryear . Many of these structures are under the national historic buildings recognition and can not be ever dismantled. The tsunami of future will take care of this and create many a job ,or maybe a lava flow other natural disaster . With the rising of the ocean and at high tide, most of bayfront buildings are currently submerged with at least a foot of water in each structure.
Plus the land is subsiding an just termites holding hands.
Mrs.Mimosa