03-27-2021, 03:24 PM
PLEASE HELP
and Much MAHALO for this blessed MAP! It is incredibly enlightening!
This is EXACTLY WHY I logged onto PUNAWEB at 4:30AM this morning.
I recently rented with option to buy 3 acres in Hawaiian Acres. I studied the flood zone maps and also contacted Big Island govt. agencies dealing with flooding. I spoke with several on the phone! All sources say this is FLOOD ZONE X, which means it does not flood! So I signed the contract.
However yesterday the surveyor went out to map the plot and told me that IT WAS A RIVER! Also several delays were due to the water crossing remote roads and washing over them and causing semi-washouts!
THAT WALL explains it so eloquently! Some "men" screwed with nature and caused a major problem in the process! Mahalo again for the map because you have freed up part of my cerebral cortex that has been marinading on this issue.
Since the agreement is rent with option to buy, it is not too damaging financially at this point. However God does not want me to waste money He brings me. I consider every cent a blessing!
I AM moving forward, as a positive minded person. I Am keeping all options on the table, as this is wise. According to the map, there are areas NOT effected by the waterwall!
However I also believe that Together we can solve this! Lets deal with the facts!
When it rains moderately, IT FLOODS in Hawaiian acres!
Curiously there are several neighbors with homes and buildings in this same area as my land, (OOAA Road and Road 6). So HOW do we deal with the regular flooding? I need to understand what others are doing to deal with this before I contract for driveway and housepad.
ANY helpful information you have is greatly desired, PLEASE only positive ideas though and NO defeated mindsets.
I LOVE HAWAII! The only thing more beautiful in Hawaii than the environs ARE THE PEOPLE!
Too many things is America, Hawaii, and the world are going UN-Adressed due to negative mindsets. We are HUMAN BEINGS and there is little we cannot accomplish together!
I AM A SOLUTION ORIENTED PERSON, not a problem oriented person, and I specialize my life in ways to PREVENT PROBLEMS!
So, In As much as I Am requesting help, I also Am offering a solution that IS working in other places of the world.
Being a solution oriented person, I spent a few hours today studying the problem world wide and discovered that humans have created most of the flooding problems that exists today with the indiscriminate use of concrete and elimination of vegetation.
Some fantastic flood remediation has succeeded by reincorporating the rain back into the environs in natural ways be creating wetlands to store it, land terracing, and also storing the runoff in cities for release SLOWLY back into the environs.
I have begun to acquire more materials for study on how to create wetlands on the property rather than squander the investment I have made thus far. I even found an article on how to create wetlands on your own property, which I downloaded for further study!
The old saying goes when you have lemons, you make lemonade.
Well some unwise folks created billions of gallons of lemons in creating that wall. The problem has now existed for nearly 100 years. It is highly unlikely they will tear the wall down, though they may be encouraged to incorporate some wetlands to remedy the problems the wall created. The map need be their only guide!
Meanwhile perhaps we can help ourselves by making our own micro-wetlands.
I plan to begin consulting with some of the State Wetland officials and DNLR next week to get some more ideas. I will also speak with the D-9 operator and get his input since he has a lot of different earth moving equipment.
In writing this post, I Am reminded that land terracing for controlling water and growing food has been done in Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, China and Japan for CENTURIES ALL BY HAND! NO heavy equipment.
I appreciate and love you all, so if you have any questions I can answer I Am happy to do so and offer encouragement as well. I also will post whatever I learn that may be helpful.
We are ALL in this together, and that's a GOOD thing because it is going to take a collection of like minded people to address these issues. I look forward to celebrating the successes thereof!
Kulia I Ka Nu' U!
God bless and be well!
and Much MAHALO for this blessed MAP! It is incredibly enlightening!
This is EXACTLY WHY I logged onto PUNAWEB at 4:30AM this morning.
I recently rented with option to buy 3 acres in Hawaiian Acres. I studied the flood zone maps and also contacted Big Island govt. agencies dealing with flooding. I spoke with several on the phone! All sources say this is FLOOD ZONE X, which means it does not flood! So I signed the contract.
However yesterday the surveyor went out to map the plot and told me that IT WAS A RIVER! Also several delays were due to the water crossing remote roads and washing over them and causing semi-washouts!
THAT WALL explains it so eloquently! Some "men" screwed with nature and caused a major problem in the process! Mahalo again for the map because you have freed up part of my cerebral cortex that has been marinading on this issue.
Since the agreement is rent with option to buy, it is not too damaging financially at this point. However God does not want me to waste money He brings me. I consider every cent a blessing!
I AM moving forward, as a positive minded person. I Am keeping all options on the table, as this is wise. According to the map, there are areas NOT effected by the waterwall!
However I also believe that Together we can solve this! Lets deal with the facts!
When it rains moderately, IT FLOODS in Hawaiian acres!
Curiously there are several neighbors with homes and buildings in this same area as my land, (OOAA Road and Road 6). So HOW do we deal with the regular flooding? I need to understand what others are doing to deal with this before I contract for driveway and housepad.
ANY helpful information you have is greatly desired, PLEASE only positive ideas though and NO defeated mindsets.
I LOVE HAWAII! The only thing more beautiful in Hawaii than the environs ARE THE PEOPLE!
Too many things is America, Hawaii, and the world are going UN-Adressed due to negative mindsets. We are HUMAN BEINGS and there is little we cannot accomplish together!
I AM A SOLUTION ORIENTED PERSON, not a problem oriented person, and I specialize my life in ways to PREVENT PROBLEMS!
So, In As much as I Am requesting help, I also Am offering a solution that IS working in other places of the world.
Being a solution oriented person, I spent a few hours today studying the problem world wide and discovered that humans have created most of the flooding problems that exists today with the indiscriminate use of concrete and elimination of vegetation.
Some fantastic flood remediation has succeeded by reincorporating the rain back into the environs in natural ways be creating wetlands to store it, land terracing, and also storing the runoff in cities for release SLOWLY back into the environs.
I have begun to acquire more materials for study on how to create wetlands on the property rather than squander the investment I have made thus far. I even found an article on how to create wetlands on your own property, which I downloaded for further study!
The old saying goes when you have lemons, you make lemonade.
Well some unwise folks created billions of gallons of lemons in creating that wall. The problem has now existed for nearly 100 years. It is highly unlikely they will tear the wall down, though they may be encouraged to incorporate some wetlands to remedy the problems the wall created. The map need be their only guide!
Meanwhile perhaps we can help ourselves by making our own micro-wetlands.
I plan to begin consulting with some of the State Wetland officials and DNLR next week to get some more ideas. I will also speak with the D-9 operator and get his input since he has a lot of different earth moving equipment.
In writing this post, I Am reminded that land terracing for controlling water and growing food has been done in Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, China and Japan for CENTURIES ALL BY HAND! NO heavy equipment.
I appreciate and love you all, so if you have any questions I can answer I Am happy to do so and offer encouragement as well. I also will post whatever I learn that may be helpful.
We are ALL in this together, and that's a GOOD thing because it is going to take a collection of like minded people to address these issues. I look forward to celebrating the successes thereof!
Kulia I Ka Nu' U!
God bless and be well!