12-01-2022, 07:28 AM
Sure seems like they don't want viewers but that is the exact reason there will be a big push of tourism to our island. Tourists and locals will want to see. $1,000 tickets and car towing is the latest threat.
If one were trying to divert the lava wouldn't a D9 pushing old hardened lava around be the obvious choice? Pile up enough rock and make it go somewhere else. Seems worth trying but no way will the state or county try it. Dude in Pahoa town tried it behind his house and the flow just stopped coincidentally.
If it does cross the saddle road will it be on the Kona side or Hilo side of the Mauna Kea access road? Tom: it would be a far drive going all the way around to work. Got a Waimea or Waikaloa second home to stay at?
Then there's the issue with the big trucks and the weight limit of the unfinished bridges on the Hamakua side. The construction slackers are now pushed to finish it quicker. I was told even some fire engines have to go over the saddle because they weigh too much for the other route.
If one were trying to divert the lava wouldn't a D9 pushing old hardened lava around be the obvious choice? Pile up enough rock and make it go somewhere else. Seems worth trying but no way will the state or county try it. Dude in Pahoa town tried it behind his house and the flow just stopped coincidentally.
If it does cross the saddle road will it be on the Kona side or Hilo side of the Mauna Kea access road? Tom: it would be a far drive going all the way around to work. Got a Waimea or Waikaloa second home to stay at?
Then there's the issue with the big trucks and the weight limit of the unfinished bridges on the Hamakua side. The construction slackers are now pushed to finish it quicker. I was told even some fire engines have to go over the saddle because they weigh too much for the other route.