02-11-2018, 02:46 PM
But our man Harry is Mr. Civil Defense, I'm sure he has it all figured out....
Wait a minute. I thought they figured that stuff out before they gave the developer the permits to create HOVE in the first place. They did, didn't they?
If the next eruption has a chronology anything like the 1950 eruption there are so many people that will be impacted that probably have no idea what could happen to them. There used to be those little signs marking the four different flows that cut across the highway in South Kona that gave us a sense of it all. Now even those are gone. Newer members of the community probably haven't a clue. And, I bet realtors don't say a thing.
I remember one land owner in Kalapana Gardens saying to me, as lava was winding its way through her yard, that she had no idea Kalapana was even on a volcano. And as geochem points out theres a good likelihood all of this could happen without HVO/CD even having the time to arrive on scene. Even if the seismicity becomes elevated before the onset of eruptive activity it isn't likely they would be able to pinpoint where the flows would impact and evacuate everyone in time. And keep in mine it isn't HVO's job to mitigate volcanic hazards. They just research them. This would all fall on the county and state.
Wait a minute. I thought they figured that stuff out before they gave the developer the permits to create HOVE in the first place. They did, didn't they?
If the next eruption has a chronology anything like the 1950 eruption there are so many people that will be impacted that probably have no idea what could happen to them. There used to be those little signs marking the four different flows that cut across the highway in South Kona that gave us a sense of it all. Now even those are gone. Newer members of the community probably haven't a clue. And, I bet realtors don't say a thing.
I remember one land owner in Kalapana Gardens saying to me, as lava was winding its way through her yard, that she had no idea Kalapana was even on a volcano. And as geochem points out theres a good likelihood all of this could happen without HVO/CD even having the time to arrive on scene. Even if the seismicity becomes elevated before the onset of eruptive activity it isn't likely they would be able to pinpoint where the flows would impact and evacuate everyone in time. And keep in mine it isn't HVO's job to mitigate volcanic hazards. They just research them. This would all fall on the county and state.