05-12-2025, 04:41 AM
I am one of those people that while I check into punaweb site often ( most days ), my only 'registered' site that records my visitations is my desktop computer: it has a keyboard where I don't have the 'fat finger' experience that happens to us older people on my phone or kindle fire. I know the only constant is change, but I would like to add my 2 cents worth of perspective.
There is no better place to have current information about lava flows - neighborhood, county and just generally amazing people there to help in rapidly changing situations.
The same goes for fire situations, with the current drought making it all the more important.
While some threads have devolved into arguments that have little to do with Puna, most of its forums ask and answer questions that can only/be best answered by people who have lived here for a while, have experience with the geography, micro climate changes that happen with altitude and rainfall, and all the other situations that happen when trying to build a new life in a unique place on the planet. The things I have learned from others first hand life experiences have been invaluable, every thing from preventing rat lung disease, dealing with mold inside my house during the year we had over 200" of rain, controlling coqui next to my bedroom window, etc.
While repeating that 'the only constant is change', it does seem from what I read that there is a higher level of stress combined with a lower level our collective sense of
humor . I know that continuing the threads of community is of utmost importance in these times.
There is no better place to have current information about lava flows - neighborhood, county and just generally amazing people there to help in rapidly changing situations.
The same goes for fire situations, with the current drought making it all the more important.
While some threads have devolved into arguments that have little to do with Puna, most of its forums ask and answer questions that can only/be best answered by people who have lived here for a while, have experience with the geography, micro climate changes that happen with altitude and rainfall, and all the other situations that happen when trying to build a new life in a unique place on the planet. The things I have learned from others first hand life experiences have been invaluable, every thing from preventing rat lung disease, dealing with mold inside my house during the year we had over 200" of rain, controlling coqui next to my bedroom window, etc.
While repeating that 'the only constant is change', it does seem from what I read that there is a higher level of stress combined with a lower level our collective sense of
humor . I know that continuing the threads of community is of utmost importance in these times.