10-28-2007, 01:04 PM
this upsets me no end ...
do you guys know this is not a new development?
There have been arson fires around this area for at least 4-5 years. It was happening when I moved to Waikoloa Village back in 2002.
Then this year the arson activity has intensified.
Waikoloa Village has been seriously threatened a few times now and hundreds or even thousands of acres of brush have burned in South Kohala.
Maybe this stuff isn't followed that much by the Punatics because it's on the west side?
My son, DIL, and little grandson live in the Village, so it's very personal to me.
At the time I lived in Waikoloa Village we had a fire that was close enough to our house to see the flames. We didn't evacuate because the wind was blowing away from us, but we watched it all afternoon. It was over near the school on Paniolo drive, in a gulch.
Anyway, one reason I didn't like living there was the Village had a large population and only one road out, then if Waikoloa Rd got cut off above and below it would be bad. In response to the fire threat, there is now an escape road for evacuation, so that's some progress.
I hope and pray they catch whoever's doing this, and soon.
Edited by - KathyH on 10/28/2007 17:05:18
do you guys know this is not a new development?
There have been arson fires around this area for at least 4-5 years. It was happening when I moved to Waikoloa Village back in 2002.
Then this year the arson activity has intensified.
Waikoloa Village has been seriously threatened a few times now and hundreds or even thousands of acres of brush have burned in South Kohala.
Maybe this stuff isn't followed that much by the Punatics because it's on the west side?
My son, DIL, and little grandson live in the Village, so it's very personal to me.
At the time I lived in Waikoloa Village we had a fire that was close enough to our house to see the flames. We didn't evacuate because the wind was blowing away from us, but we watched it all afternoon. It was over near the school on Paniolo drive, in a gulch.
Anyway, one reason I didn't like living there was the Village had a large population and only one road out, then if Waikoloa Rd got cut off above and below it would be bad. In response to the fire threat, there is now an escape road for evacuation, so that's some progress.
I hope and pray they catch whoever's doing this, and soon.
Edited by - KathyH on 10/28/2007 17:05:18