11-10-2018, 07:30 AM
I think after access to Pohoiki is reestablished folks will go to see.. sort of a one time rubbernecking load the family into the car and go holoholo kind of thing..
But as a long term destination without safe swimming for the keiki reasonable surf breaks and the boat ramp.. Pohoiki is not really going to serve. As such even with all the fanfare that will accompany the reopening of public access, within a month or two the number of people actually making it a part of their lives will be closer to none than the crowds that would flock there regularly before the eruption.
In fact, I suspect, without all those healthy forms of recreation, Pohoiki will become more of a magnet for undesirable activities than it was before.
I did watch/listen to Joy go on about all that at the grand rally and felt sorry for her. I suspect her's is an uphill battle against a legislature that is scratching its collective head wondering why would they allocate any money at all for Puna. I get the sense that they see our volcanoes as a reason not to invest any more money in the district verses doubling down.
The real humbug is the devaluing land values throughout the area which in turn will invite more of the elements that are drawn to those type of areas rather than the folks that would bring with them a vision for a better, more prosperous, future.
But as a long term destination without safe swimming for the keiki reasonable surf breaks and the boat ramp.. Pohoiki is not really going to serve. As such even with all the fanfare that will accompany the reopening of public access, within a month or two the number of people actually making it a part of their lives will be closer to none than the crowds that would flock there regularly before the eruption.
In fact, I suspect, without all those healthy forms of recreation, Pohoiki will become more of a magnet for undesirable activities than it was before.
I did watch/listen to Joy go on about all that at the grand rally and felt sorry for her. I suspect her's is an uphill battle against a legislature that is scratching its collective head wondering why would they allocate any money at all for Puna. I get the sense that they see our volcanoes as a reason not to invest any more money in the district verses doubling down.
The real humbug is the devaluing land values throughout the area which in turn will invite more of the elements that are drawn to those type of areas rather than the folks that would bring with them a vision for a better, more prosperous, future.