10-30-2007, 09:19 AM
If one looks at Jim Kauahikaua's maps shown at the meeting or those on the USGS website, one realizes that a LOT of places could be eventually threatened. (His little red laser pointer was all over the place, folks.) These would include, but not necessarily be limited to HPP on the Pahoa side of Paradise Drive, Makuu Hawaiian Homelands, Makuu Market, parts of Ainaloa, maybe just a tiny sliver of Hawaiian Beaches, anywhere on 130 between Ainaloa and Pahoa, and maybe even the relatively new Pahoa Marketplace shopping center. The distance the flow fans out will determine which, if any, are threatened. And, yes, ALL of the above mentioned could conceivably be threatened by a lenthy and active eruption that fans out over the widest possible area.
The problem for everybody south and east of Pahoa (Nanawale, Leilani, Seaview, Hawaiian Beaches, et. al., and others) is the potential for Highway 130 to be cut. If that were to happen, commuting to Hilo or even getting goods delivered to what little shopping there is becomes impossible unless another road is built. As a remedy for this possibility, building a road between Hawaiian Beaches and HPP no longer makes sense because if the eruption makes it as far as 130 it has a probability of continuing on down to the coast. Then the best option becomes connecting the remnants of Kalapana with Chain of Craters road, which could be done (according to Jim) as long as it were gravel and no serious excavation were needed.
Now that I have you all frightened, I have to go weedeat the driveway before somebody gets lost out there. Remember, this could all stop tomorrow and today's update says the tube flow has stalled.
There, I finally said something cheerful,
Jerry
Edited by - JerryCarr on 10/30/2007 13:23:23
The problem for everybody south and east of Pahoa (Nanawale, Leilani, Seaview, Hawaiian Beaches, et. al., and others) is the potential for Highway 130 to be cut. If that were to happen, commuting to Hilo or even getting goods delivered to what little shopping there is becomes impossible unless another road is built. As a remedy for this possibility, building a road between Hawaiian Beaches and HPP no longer makes sense because if the eruption makes it as far as 130 it has a probability of continuing on down to the coast. Then the best option becomes connecting the remnants of Kalapana with Chain of Craters road, which could be done (according to Jim) as long as it were gravel and no serious excavation were needed.
Now that I have you all frightened, I have to go weedeat the driveway before somebody gets lost out there. Remember, this could all stop tomorrow and today's update says the tube flow has stalled.
There, I finally said something cheerful,
Jerry
Edited by - JerryCarr on 10/30/2007 13:23:23