05-16-2018, 07:37 PM
My hope right now is that funds are made available to buy out these properties and begin to remove them from the market.
Why in the world would anyone.. gov or otherwise 'buy them out?' We have been through this over and over. It is time to face reality and reality is the people that buy/build on a volcano do so AT THEIR OWN RISK.. not the governments. Not the tax payers, their own risk.
That is why the lava zone map was published. That is why you have to acknowledge it when you buy property. Not to say.. 'hey dude if the volcano comes and bites you we will buy you out.' It is time to stop insuring properties in lava zone 1 period. It is time to stop supporting the illusion that it is ok for people to move in mass in places like Leilani. It is time to stop providing infrastructure, to stop providing roads and schools, to stop the insanity that has got us into this mess in the first place. It is time to realize that living on active volcanoes is something you can do.. but if you do you do it at your own risk. Period.
ETA: I think you and I agree Yak, though you are saying we should decommission those properties gracefully, buy folks out and take them off the market. While I am saying the shock value of people realizing they blew it and lost everything will go a lot further towards stopping this insanity then everyone thinking it's ok Big Brother comes around and buys you out if you screw up.
Why in the world would anyone.. gov or otherwise 'buy them out?' We have been through this over and over. It is time to face reality and reality is the people that buy/build on a volcano do so AT THEIR OWN RISK.. not the governments. Not the tax payers, their own risk.
That is why the lava zone map was published. That is why you have to acknowledge it when you buy property. Not to say.. 'hey dude if the volcano comes and bites you we will buy you out.' It is time to stop insuring properties in lava zone 1 period. It is time to stop supporting the illusion that it is ok for people to move in mass in places like Leilani. It is time to stop providing infrastructure, to stop providing roads and schools, to stop the insanity that has got us into this mess in the first place. It is time to realize that living on active volcanoes is something you can do.. but if you do you do it at your own risk. Period.
ETA: I think you and I agree Yak, though you are saying we should decommission those properties gracefully, buy folks out and take them off the market. While I am saying the shock value of people realizing they blew it and lost everything will go a lot further towards stopping this insanity then everyone thinking it's ok Big Brother comes around and buys you out if you screw up.