02-05-2024, 01:31 AM
From Insurance Newsnet @ https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/re...-zones-map which is a repost from one of our local rags..
Headline: Resolution calls for updated lava zones map
And begins..
A state senator from Puna has penned a resolution urging the U.S. Geological Survey to update its lava-flow hazard map of Hawaii Island.
Senate Resolution 3, authored by Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, also requests that USGS, the parent agency of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, conduct topographical surveys, particularly within lava-flow hazard zones 1 and 2..
And while that sounds fun further on it says..
"Ken Hon, HVO's scientist-in-charge, said Friday he hadn't seen or heard about the resolution, but said HVO scientists are already at work updating the map and have been "for about a year.""
I just think it's cool they're gonna make a new map. Not that anything is going to change. It can't. The Zone's boundaries are dictated by physical facts that haven't changed. But still, the current map was published so long ago.. with a new one maybe local government will be encouraged to be more responsible for the management of the lands involved. But no matter, the whole process, from all the reactions to the map itself, to state and county's response, should be a riot. Any bets on whether anything will come of it.. at all?
Headline: Resolution calls for updated lava zones map
And begins..
A state senator from Puna has penned a resolution urging the U.S. Geological Survey to update its lava-flow hazard map of Hawaii Island.
Senate Resolution 3, authored by Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, also requests that USGS, the parent agency of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, conduct topographical surveys, particularly within lava-flow hazard zones 1 and 2..
And while that sounds fun further on it says..
"Ken Hon, HVO's scientist-in-charge, said Friday he hadn't seen or heard about the resolution, but said HVO scientists are already at work updating the map and have been "for about a year.""
I just think it's cool they're gonna make a new map. Not that anything is going to change. It can't. The Zone's boundaries are dictated by physical facts that haven't changed. But still, the current map was published so long ago.. with a new one maybe local government will be encouraged to be more responsible for the management of the lands involved. But no matter, the whole process, from all the reactions to the map itself, to state and county's response, should be a riot. Any bets on whether anything will come of it.. at all?