06-29-2018, 02:03 PM
When every one of us purchased our properties in Puna District we did so with a long list of preferences, considerations, and compromises. What we could afford was probably near the top of the page for most of us, and for many it was Puna or nothing.
There are a lot of things we should have known before we moved here. For example, if you drive on Highway 130 every day you should know that particular road has four or five of the most dangerous intersections in the state. But did you? Before you moved here? I didn’t. For those of us who live closer to Keaau and drive regularly to Pahoa, that’s a much more important factor in our daily lives than the volcano - - this week anyway.
If you became involved in a serious accident, your car totaled, you or your passengers seriously injured, should you have known it would happen one day? After all, there are statistics to prove it. Just like we all know a volcano could erupt here... at some point. Then, after a volcano does erupt, or you’re laid up from a car accident is it at all helpful for someone to point out with i’o sharp eyes and 20/20 hindsight what’s painfully obvious? Are statistics about lava zones or the number of car wrecks per intersection helpful in any way, after the fact, for the people who’ve experienced the loss?
There are a lot of things we should have known before we moved here. For example, if you drive on Highway 130 every day you should know that particular road has four or five of the most dangerous intersections in the state. But did you? Before you moved here? I didn’t. For those of us who live closer to Keaau and drive regularly to Pahoa, that’s a much more important factor in our daily lives than the volcano - - this week anyway.
If you became involved in a serious accident, your car totaled, you or your passengers seriously injured, should you have known it would happen one day? After all, there are statistics to prove it. Just like we all know a volcano could erupt here... at some point. Then, after a volcano does erupt, or you’re laid up from a car accident is it at all helpful for someone to point out with i’o sharp eyes and 20/20 hindsight what’s painfully obvious? Are statistics about lava zones or the number of car wrecks per intersection helpful in any way, after the fact, for the people who’ve experienced the loss?
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves