06-27-2021, 08:06 PM
In other areas of high risk the state does not step in and require private industry give special consideration to a select group.
It isn’t necessary for the state to step in for flood prone properties as an example. The federal National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) covers that. In places that flood more often than Puna has lava flows.
There is no national lava insurance, that’s why the state responded to a need, a need created when Hawaii County approved Puna subdivisions. With zoning and building codes, which made it sound reasonably safe when I bought a house here.
It isn’t necessary for the state to step in for flood prone properties as an example. The federal National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) covers that. In places that flood more often than Puna has lava flows.
There is no national lava insurance, that’s why the state responded to a need, a need created when Hawaii County approved Puna subdivisions. With zoning and building codes, which made it sound reasonably safe when I bought a house here.