No new building will be allowed in Leilani.

[benny]

1V1, I've posted my own math on the topic before, similar story but was my 5th trip when we decided to buy a place. I pushed for lava zone 3 or greater, she wanted to be in Leilani (restrictions on farm animals, some modest requirements for building, more quiet and less shady activity). My own calculation was more focused on having more time than my own lifespan until we were likely to be covered. In retrospect the gun was way more loaded than I thought. With respect to 30 - 40 years on the outside of personal lifespan left, I am cautiously optimistic of having a paid for property to enjoy some retirement time, and likely leave to the kids, or sell-off when memories of active eruption have faded.

I told my significant other that our greatest risk was not geological, but political. I stand by that and it gets more apparent every day. The geological risk is not insignificant, but the political risk is nearly certain to occur - some okole is going to try to take what we have to enhance the value of their own holdings. They will use fear and some misplaced sense of paternalism that they are "protecting us from ourselves" and made-up fears (looting, etc) and lies ("mainlanders running up our property costs and not paying their fair share") to rile up others.

The Generalissimo and county government are getting intolerable. Sadly its hard to see a viable alternative merging.

Benny