09-20-2007, 08:21 AM
Steven, the waterways were the major routes of commerce on this island until relatively recently (the surplus Jeep population post WWII did a lot to bring land transit around the island). There are many landings that are still utilized & many that are no long utilized, that could be looked at....if ferry traffic is the way to go...
I do not know how people here will like to be held to a schedule & the increased length of time a ferry would take (the buses are free, run 6x a day in & out of Pahoa & are rarely full, maybe 2 or 3 buses a month are full, most of the runs are 1/2 full or less....) but that is, for now, just a speculative process...& hopefully it will remain so...
Your writing reminded me of reading about the not so distant past Muana Loa flows toward Hilo (1984)...Think of the upset that a flow reaching Hilo would cause to the island!
I do not know how people here will like to be held to a schedule & the increased length of time a ferry would take (the buses are free, run 6x a day in & out of Pahoa & are rarely full, maybe 2 or 3 buses a month are full, most of the runs are 1/2 full or less....) but that is, for now, just a speculative process...& hopefully it will remain so...
Your writing reminded me of reading about the not so distant past Muana Loa flows toward Hilo (1984)...Think of the upset that a flow reaching Hilo would cause to the island!