06-17-2018, 06:41 AM
Remember the Big Island movie...
If we’re going to mention all the B rated greats made on Hawaii and featuring our beloved volcano I would be remise not to take the opportunity to recommend When Time Ran Out… which, imo, is the best by far of all of them..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081747/?re...lmg_act_24
But, more to the point of the topic.. what would be the drawbacks of encouraging county/state to open up a viewing area at the flow’s edge at the end of Red Road?
Besides the impacts on the communities sightseers would pass through to get there this seems to me to be the best possible viewing area that could accommodate that sort of activity without too great an impact on others.
From a safety point of view any changes up by the vent could be immediately threatening to the people that are there, With those fast moving flows if the levee were to break things could get dicey fast. As such any change could immediately turn the Pahoa area into an emergency oriented situation that is best not burdened unnecessarily. Down in Kapoho the lava is moving much slower and the grade is less and all told is a much safer place for people to enjoy viewing the eruption without inconveniencing others.
Also, if the county would allow it, there is room for all the commerce that grew up in Kalapana. It could be a win win situation, all but for the folks in Waa Waa, who probably are currently loving the solitude that the closure of four corners affords them. But OMG the viewing from there must be world class. The wide open landscape, the weather, the air, a view up to the vent and down to the ocean entry, people would have a truly great experience in relative safety and no real adverse effect on those otherwise impacted by the eruption.
Would the view be obstructed by Puu Kuku and Kukae? Could a viewing area be created there? Are there cultural issues? Burial grounds? Land ownership issues? I would not like to offend, but think the opportunity to see, to feel, to smell and hear the eruption is one we should be looking for ways to share. Is there something wrong with my thinking?
If we’re going to mention all the B rated greats made on Hawaii and featuring our beloved volcano I would be remise not to take the opportunity to recommend When Time Ran Out… which, imo, is the best by far of all of them..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081747/?re...lmg_act_24
But, more to the point of the topic.. what would be the drawbacks of encouraging county/state to open up a viewing area at the flow’s edge at the end of Red Road?
Besides the impacts on the communities sightseers would pass through to get there this seems to me to be the best possible viewing area that could accommodate that sort of activity without too great an impact on others.
From a safety point of view any changes up by the vent could be immediately threatening to the people that are there, With those fast moving flows if the levee were to break things could get dicey fast. As such any change could immediately turn the Pahoa area into an emergency oriented situation that is best not burdened unnecessarily. Down in Kapoho the lava is moving much slower and the grade is less and all told is a much safer place for people to enjoy viewing the eruption without inconveniencing others.
Also, if the county would allow it, there is room for all the commerce that grew up in Kalapana. It could be a win win situation, all but for the folks in Waa Waa, who probably are currently loving the solitude that the closure of four corners affords them. But OMG the viewing from there must be world class. The wide open landscape, the weather, the air, a view up to the vent and down to the ocean entry, people would have a truly great experience in relative safety and no real adverse effect on those otherwise impacted by the eruption.
Would the view be obstructed by Puu Kuku and Kukae? Could a viewing area be created there? Are there cultural issues? Burial grounds? Land ownership issues? I would not like to offend, but think the opportunity to see, to feel, to smell and hear the eruption is one we should be looking for ways to share. Is there something wrong with my thinking?