Ilagan had introduced a raft of bills during the previous legislative session to alleviate the Puna insurance crisis, some of which involved state insurance subsidies. All those bills were shot down, but Ilagan said he’d try again next session.“Next year is going to be the year of insurance,” Ilagan predicted.
Yeah, well, what do they call doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Not to say I don't wish him all the luck in the world but that there's something else going on and how we are going to insure folks comes later, after the more basic questions of what are we going to do in the first place are answered.
I think there's a change coming to the way we, collectively, think of LZ1 and 2 that will trickled down from the USGS publishing a new Lava Zone Hazard map, That is the only way the state and county will be able to officially act, i.e., to respond to something tangible that itself is neutral. To that end..
From Big Island Video News..
A State Senate resolution asking federal officials to update the lava-flow hazard map of Hawaiʻi island is advancing at the Capitol. SCR3 SD1 which (since this report) passed and has been adopted and concludes..
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the United States Geological Survey is urged to conduct topographical surveys, particularly within lava-flow hazard Zones 1 and 2, to update USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2193; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the updated surveys are requested to include more detailed assessments of risk based on elevation differences within each lava-flow hazard zone included in the existing version of USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2193; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
All's to say representative Ilagan doesn't seem to be hip to what's happening.. as this issue works its way through the system. Yes, it's an issue, and yes folks need to pay attention, but the insurance debacle is but a small part of a much bigger beast.. civil planning in hazardous areas, and specifically how do we live harmoniously with our active volcanoes?
Yeah, well, what do they call doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Not to say I don't wish him all the luck in the world but that there's something else going on and how we are going to insure folks comes later, after the more basic questions of what are we going to do in the first place are answered.
I think there's a change coming to the way we, collectively, think of LZ1 and 2 that will trickled down from the USGS publishing a new Lava Zone Hazard map, That is the only way the state and county will be able to officially act, i.e., to respond to something tangible that itself is neutral. To that end..
From Big Island Video News..
A State Senate resolution asking federal officials to update the lava-flow hazard map of Hawaiʻi island is advancing at the Capitol. SCR3 SD1 which (since this report) passed and has been adopted and concludes..
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the United States Geological Survey is urged to conduct topographical surveys, particularly within lava-flow hazard Zones 1 and 2, to update USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2193; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the updated surveys are requested to include more detailed assessments of risk based on elevation differences within each lava-flow hazard zone included in the existing version of USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2193; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
All's to say representative Ilagan doesn't seem to be hip to what's happening.. as this issue works its way through the system. Yes, it's an issue, and yes folks need to pay attention, but the insurance debacle is but a small part of a much bigger beast.. civil planning in hazardous areas, and specifically how do we live harmoniously with our active volcanoes?