11-13-2018, 05:49 AM
There are 169 active volcanoes in America. Many have residential areas around them, Puna is not unique in that regard.
There is another insurance program that makes HPIA look like chump change. The National Flood Insurance Program (subsidized by taxpayers in Puna) (http://www.punaweb.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25333&whichpage=5), pays out billions of dollars yearly to homeowners and businesses.
Puna is not nearly as hazardous as many other residential areas and not nearly as costly when disaster strikes. Will Ige propose the same building ban on Oahu when more frequent King Tides start washing out the foundations of multi-million dollar homes on the North Shore, or hotels in Waikiki? Or will a solution miraculously appear like a pearl in an oyster when legislators recognize, right there in front of them, an alternative "Oahu" only option?
There is another insurance program that makes HPIA look like chump change. The National Flood Insurance Program (subsidized by taxpayers in Puna) (http://www.punaweb.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25333&whichpage=5), pays out billions of dollars yearly to homeowners and businesses.
Puna is not nearly as hazardous as many other residential areas and not nearly as costly when disaster strikes. Will Ige propose the same building ban on Oahu when more frequent King Tides start washing out the foundations of multi-million dollar homes on the North Shore, or hotels in Waikiki? Or will a solution miraculously appear like a pearl in an oyster when legislators recognize, right there in front of them, an alternative "Oahu" only option?
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