02-11-2018, 01:43 PM
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Originally posted by Durian Fiend
Attending a long winded monologue about the hazards of the place you've chosen to live is one thing, while receiving a mandatory evacuation notice due to an impending eruption is another. If such a scenario unfolded, they'd listen.
There may be no time for either - a "surprise" eruption (as occurred in 1984) could easily have lava flows in the ocean (and through a few back doors) in a couple of hours time.... If it happens at night, HVO won't even know where the flows are traveling since they can't fly at night...
As many in Puna know, all it takes is one flow covering one road, and economic viability changes drastically. How many S. Kona resort workers are going to be able to make a 4 hr (each way) commute to work on a daily basis? How many are going to be able to relocate north of a flow if one lasts for a significant period of time? How are those resorts going to be able to operate with a quarter or half their workforce not able to get to work? But our man Harry is Mr. Civil Defense, I'm sure he has it all figured out....