09-25-2023, 04:26 AM
Thanks - I hadn't heard about this, and I think it's more important than ever to attend.
The Lahaina fire has highlighted how there is no evacuation route in case of fire for lower Puna below the Ainaloa roundabout. In days gone by, Chain of Craters Road was the escape route. For a short time, the part of Railroad Ave. between Kahakai and HPP was opened for the lava flows, but that took time to clear and set up. I don't want to get tangled up about the long-term commuter road that is needed - I am thinking about the people who were burned alive while sitting in their cars trying to escape Lahaina.
Anyone who has sat in the miles long train of cars on the Kea'au - Pahoa should be concerned. Those who live in Pahoa town, Hawaiian Shores, Beaches, Nanewale, Leilani, Ophikau Black Sands, and all others, need to keep pressing about this lack of an emergency evacuation route. A major drought in inevitable - I've been here when not a single drop of rain fell from the beginning of November to the end of April at my home, where I usually average 150" per year. I saw from my lanai fires burning on Kaloli, Maku'u and Hawaiian Acres all in the same day. We should not let the lessons bought so dearly by Lahaina be ignored and forgotten.
The Lahaina fire has highlighted how there is no evacuation route in case of fire for lower Puna below the Ainaloa roundabout. In days gone by, Chain of Craters Road was the escape route. For a short time, the part of Railroad Ave. between Kahakai and HPP was opened for the lava flows, but that took time to clear and set up. I don't want to get tangled up about the long-term commuter road that is needed - I am thinking about the people who were burned alive while sitting in their cars trying to escape Lahaina.
Anyone who has sat in the miles long train of cars on the Kea'au - Pahoa should be concerned. Those who live in Pahoa town, Hawaiian Shores, Beaches, Nanewale, Leilani, Ophikau Black Sands, and all others, need to keep pressing about this lack of an emergency evacuation route. A major drought in inevitable - I've been here when not a single drop of rain fell from the beginning of November to the end of April at my home, where I usually average 150" per year. I saw from my lanai fires burning on Kaloli, Maku'u and Hawaiian Acres all in the same day. We should not let the lessons bought so dearly by Lahaina be ignored and forgotten.