Hawaii ranked worst state to make a living

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Seattle and Mount Rainier/Baker on its, as I recall, once every 250,000 year eruption cycle? An eruption that won't reach Seattle but its ash fall might if the prevailing winds just happen to be coming from an odd East or South East direction respectively? I doubt Seattle would be harmed much from a Mount Rainier/Baker eruption but maybe a lahar in the rivers could cause a bit of havoc and Tacoma might get some bad lahars rushing through some of its local rivers from Raindog, maybe.

Remember, it isn't Seattle or Tacoma that has property insurance problems and loan restrictions due to volcanic activity, that is exclusive to the Big Islands LZ 1 - 2 and a great deal of that is in Puna. That alone does indeed impede development in Puna.