05-14-2019, 12:47 PM
Waipio versus the Puna lava flow.
It is true that parts of this giant flow have homes and structures and agriculture in kipukas, where concerns about trespassing on people's activities are valid. Or their properties are on the borders of the flow.
This makes it similar to Waipio, with its patchwork of landowners, most of whom are not near as accommodating as glinda on public access (their prerogative).
But the Puna flow also includes a vast broad area of no human activity--just nature. Fissure 8 is at the top end.
At such time that the landowners move to reclaim their land by putting in roads, engaging in surveying, and marking their property lines on lava that is now 40-plus feet thick, then people can get all huhu about hikers trespassing anywhere on the flow.
It is true that parts of this giant flow have homes and structures and agriculture in kipukas, where concerns about trespassing on people's activities are valid. Or their properties are on the borders of the flow.
This makes it similar to Waipio, with its patchwork of landowners, most of whom are not near as accommodating as glinda on public access (their prerogative).
But the Puna flow also includes a vast broad area of no human activity--just nature. Fissure 8 is at the top end.
At such time that the landowners move to reclaim their land by putting in roads, engaging in surveying, and marking their property lines on lava that is now 40-plus feet thick, then people can get all huhu about hikers trespassing anywhere on the flow.